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Back in December Microsoft bought a company called GIANT which made a well-known anti-spyware utility. Yesterday Microsoft released the rebranded utility in beta. I never tried the GIANT version, but I’m quite impressed with the Microsoft version. The interface is very nice. It is very easy to do, and it seems to do a great …
This comes courtesy of the TechRepublic Windows XP Tips newsletter: If the vast amount of available space on your hard disk is dwindling, you’re probably wondering where all that space has gone. To figure that out, you may open Windows Explorer and look for the folder or folders that are using up all the hard …
From C|Net News: Police do not need a search warrant to examine an employee’s computer for incriminating files, a Washington state appeals court has ruled. All that is necessary is the permission of the business that owns the computer, the appeals court said in a 3-0 decision last week.
Co-worker and subscriber Pat Clary sent us this. From Small Business Pipeline: Every day in your workplace, the curses get louder. Unwanted pop-up ads, slow computers, PCs that crash all the time. Despite the network firewall and the anti-virus software installed on the server and every computer, your office is infested with spyware. You’ve read …