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From ZDNet News: According to a report released Monday by antivirus company Sophos, China–including Hong Kong–hosted 44.8 percent of the world’s infected sites in August. The U.S. ranked a distant second, hosting 20.8 percent of sites that contain malicious code. The number of infected Web pages has also grown. Sophos said it detected an average …
From PC Magazine: Every year, the analysts and editors at PC Magazine excavate our browser bookmarks, poll our coworkers and friends, dig deep into the World Wide Web, and put our heads together to come up with PC Magazine’s list of the Top 100 Classic Web Sites. The following is our list of the top …
From Reuters: Research in Motion Ltd moved higher on Thursday on renewed market speculation that Microsoft Corp could be interested in buying the BlackBerry maker. “Microsoft has been mentioned as a possible buyer,” said Frederic Ruffy, an analyst at options education firm Optionetics in California. “According to speculation, the software giant might be interested in …
From MSNBC: If you are at work, chances are you are probably doing it right now. Walk into any large office, and you will most likely hear the telltale computer bleeps of chat programs and online games, accompanied by furious mouse-clicking. Employees may seem busy, but many are wasting time on the Internet, or “cyberslacking.”
This comes from David Kennedy’s Ontario in Photos blog: The fall is one of my favorite seasons to photograph Ontario’s landscape, particularly that thoese few weeks when the leaves have turned colour… Two years ago, though, the colours were very dramatic with bright reds and yellows and this period seem to last a few weeks… …
From InfoWorld: Although Microsoft did not identify the number of affected systems Saturday, based on the user comments and Liu’s promises, it appeared to be systemwide. If so, it would be the biggest problem so far in the developer’s contentious WGA program. Designed to spot pirated copies of its Windows and Office software, WGA has …
I read about this in the September issue of TechNet Magazine: Dealing with physical media can be a real drag. Since switching to Windows Vista and losing direct compatibility with the Microsoft Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel, I have been looking for a replacement to mount CD and DVD images… One tool I’ve found that does …
From the New York Times: When Charline and Dan Truitt of Irvine, Calif., owners of a company that audits mortgage lenders, started misplacing their keys and blanking on names, they made all the usual jokes about senior moments. But it was no laughing matter when Mrs. Truitt, 62, started forgetting client appointments. “I was honestly …
My wife Lisa is a stay-at-home mom to our two sons (and soon to be new daughter). One of her biggest challenges is keeping the boys busy. They don’t mind playing on their own, but they aren’t very creative and need some help getting started. One site she has visited lately is Everything Preschool: Everything …
From CNet News: In an update to NASA archive news posted earlier this week, the space agency has officially announced plans to develop a massive online archive of photography, film and video from its 50-year history. The archive will be developed under a five-year agreement with the Internet Archive, which will host the free site …