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New Filing Assistant from Allometa

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Allometa BVBA has launched Tagwolf Email Filing Assistant, a new software product to save time while filing email messages in Microsoft Outlook. Tagwolf speeds up filing by intelligently suggesting the best folder for each email message.

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Dropbox bridges gaps in Microsoft's mobile sync

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Windows Phone 7 has been released to manufacturing. Windows Live Mesh was just announced. But. The two items won't work together. For that you need a third-party application called Dropbox.

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SmartBear Software Releases AQtime 7.0 Pro

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

SmartBear Software announced the release of AQtime 7.0, an application runtime analysis and performance profiling tool. Version 7.0 works with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Embarcadero RAD Studio XE, and adds support for Java and Microsoft .NET 4 Framework.

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6 Super Wi-Fi Tools for Windows

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Windows is not the most Wi-Fi aware operating system. This article looks at five free, and one low cost, applications to help Windows become more Wi-Fi friendly.

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Microsoft Revives Windows 7 Family Pack Discount

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Last year Microsoft offered a Family Pack, three upgrade licenses for $150, for a few weeks. The offer is back, again for a short time only, beginning in October.

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Microsoft releases FixIt for critical flaw in 100 apps

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Microsoft has released a Fixit Tool to help administrators apply a workaround to close the DLL launch vulnerability. The workaround released last week has to be applied before this tool will work.

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M-Files Cloud Vault Easy, Hosted Document Management

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

M-Files new Cloud Vault is a hosted solution offering a simple, centralized document vault accessible from any Windows application, whether online or offline, for less than $20 per month.

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Misconfigured networks main cause of breaches

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

A survey taken at DEFCON 18 indicates most networks are misconfigured and that such networks are easily hacked. Many of those most apt to hack your network are your co-workers.

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DocuSign Electronic Signature Service Extended

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

eDottedLine, a new DocuSign software application add-in from @Ware, Inc. extends DocuSign's functionality within Microsoft Outlook by integrating the electronic signature service within Microsoft Outlook.

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Escape from Windows DLL security hell

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

The Windows DLL loading vulnerability, affecting hundreds of applications, may not hit your computer. But. There are some steps you can take to help protect your PC.

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MS hits refresh on Windows 7 SP1 for select few

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Microsoft has released build 7601.17077 of Windows 7 SP1 to a group of testers. An updated build of the beta for Windows Server 2008 R2 was also released.

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Solving Your Annoying Internet Explorer Troubles

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

A free tool, IE New Window Maximizer, from jiiSoft lets you set preferences for how the windows of specific programs behave. This article explains what the program does and provides a link to the download.

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Microsoft Pins its Browser Hopes on IE9

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

While Windows 7 has been selling well, Internet Explorer has been losing market share. Microsoft needs Internet Explorer 9 to be a success to fight off other browsers.

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Paul Allen Files Patent Lawsuits Against Entire Web

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Apparently, Paul Allen feels that everyone doing business on the web, except Microsoft and Amazon, violated patents held by a company he owned. This article includes a copy of the suit filed in Seattle.

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Microsoft's Windows Live Sync Is Now Live Mesh

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Live Sync has been renamed to Live Mesh and your storage space in the cloud has been increased from 2GB to 5GB. SkyDrive is not part of this revamping and has a separate 25GB storage limit.

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Microsoft's Security Development Lifecycle under Creative Commons License

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Microsoft is making it easier for others to use and integrate their process for developing software more securely by changing the licensing model. The first two documents will be available in a few weeks.

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New article: The strange case of Outlook losing notes and requiring passwords

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Reader Mike Flanagan has a couple of troubling questions about missing notes and backup copies of PST files.

Microsoft to slot ActiveSync into Hotmail

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Microsoft will be adding Exchange ActiveSync to Hotmail sometime next week. The addition will allow users to synchronize their e-mail and calendars from the server to their phones.

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Updated 'blue screen of death' rootkit now targeting 64-bit Windows

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Earlier this year, WinXP machines with rootkits installed crashed when trying to apply Windows updates. Now the same rootkit has been updated to infect 64-bit machines despite code that was supposed to protect them.

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Windows Phone 7 to Get Half a Billion Dollar Marketing Blitz

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

According to some analysts, the half-billion dollar mark is a fairly standard amount for Microsoft to spend on marketing a new product, even Vista. It remains to be seen how effective it will be.

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Hackers accidentally give Microsoft their code

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Some hackers show less restraint than others. It seems that many of those writing malware agree to send Microsoft the error details of any crashes they experience during the process.

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Has Microsoft Blown the Timing on Tablet PCs?

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Steve Ballmer previewed HP's Slate, running Windows 7, back in January. But then, nothing much has happened since. Well, except for the release of the iPad, which includes many features the Slate won't.

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Does your 'digital reflection' show your true self?

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

The mirror being held by this Digital Mirror is an analysis of your e-mail, and other electronic postings, describing how people perceive you based on your written words. It also tries to help you improve your image.

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Microsoft's Big Bing Theory Targets Google

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Microsoft is betting that Bing plus Yahoo! will equal a sizable dent in Google's lead. Bing has already replaced Yahoo's own search engine on servers in the U.S. and Canada.

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Mortgage worker got drunk, shot computer server

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Some days it's entirely too tempting. Joshua Lee Campbell, an employee at a Salt Lake City, Utah, mortgage company, shot a server with a .45-caliber gun.

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Windows DLL exploits boom; hackers post attacks for 40-plus apps

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

The attacks have begun to exploit the flaw in how programs handle code libraries. Several browsers and a variety of other programs are among the first of several hundred programs to be targeted by hackers.

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The joys of Microsoft Exchange 2010's RBAC

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Role Based Access Control (RBAC) is a new way of granting rights within Exchange 2010, replacing the old Windows Access Control Lists (ACL). If your staff has been organized by roles it's now easier to manage their access to different parts of the mail system.

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Microsoft punts 'significant' Office for Facebook update

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Users complained about their inability to organize their own documents and how difficult it was to find other people's documents. The result? Microsoft has reworked their Office applications for Facebook.

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Is this Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 9 interface?

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

So far, Microsoft has kept quiet about what Internet Explorer 9 will look like. They've demoed some of the underlying features, but haven't shown the interface. Now a photo has come off of their Russian press site that might show the new look.

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Microsoft Binary Planting Bug: What You Need to Know

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Microsoft has released a security advisory regarding the DLL hijacking, or binary planting, bug found recently in Windows applications. This article discusses what the flaw is and what can be done to protect your PCs.

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Hacking toolkit publishes DLL hijacking exploit

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

With potentially hundreds of Windows applications vulnerable, it was only a matter of time before the first exploit would be crafted to take advantage of the flaw. Microsoft is providing a work-around for the problem, but not a patch.

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Microsoft hit by cloudy downtime in US

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Microsoft's cloud of hosted services suffered a two-hour outage in North America yesterday. Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite and other cloud services were affected by a performance issue at a data center.

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Workshare Announces Beta Program for SharePoint 2010

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Workshare announced the beta program for a new document and email management solution to extend the content management capabilities of Microsoft SharePoint 2010. Workshare provides a Microsoft-enabled front end, allowing legal professionals to manage their documents and email from within Microsoft Office and Outlook.

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Microsoft Won't Patch Critical DLL Loading Bugs

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Researchers discovered a bug in the way many software programs load code libraries under Windows. But Microsoft says the problem isn't really theirs so they don't intend to issue any patches to fix it.

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New Software Tools Fortify Your Cyberdefenses

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Keeping your PC free of invading software can be difficult. This article discusses three utilities to help clear your machine of unwanted software.

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Microsoft: 'We Love Open Source'

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

After Steve Ballmer made it clear he thinks Linux is a "cancer" in the computing world, open source adherents may be forgiven for thinking Microsoft's new stance is more marketing than actual commitment.

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Updated Version of Kernel for Windows Data Recovery Software - 10.08.01

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Nucleus Data Recovery has released an update to their Kernel for Windows Data Recovery software. The software is used for recovering data from corrupt, damaged, deleted or formatted Windows FAT and NTFS partitions.

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New article: Why I'm choosing to stick with Outlook 2007

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

By Bruce Schindler

When compared to my Outlook 2007 install, Outlook 2010 is lighter, faster, more streamlined, and can include updates from social networks like Twitter and Facebook. Outlook 2010 enables organizing communications from all these sources, including being able to ignore threads. By comparison, my Outlook 2007 seems cumbersome, and has a habit of crashing periodically. Late in the beta process, I downloaded a free late beta of Outlook 2010.

During the installation, there were instructions on how I could share my contact list and address book with the online social networks. I thought about the implications of this sharing for a little while. My business and social contacts are combined, and I eventually decided there was no way that would let that sharing happen.

While I was considering this, the Outlook 2010 beta crashed massively. At that point, I elected to remove the software.

Considering everything, installing Outlook 2010, even though it is no longer in beta, is not very likely. For me, there are two basic considerations for this: security and reliability.

For security concerns, any data held on the Internet can become a permanent feature of the cloud, and is therefore a static target. Any static target, given sufficient time and effort, can be breached. While having no delusions about my personal data being very high on anyone's target list, there is probably information about someone, on the "six links from anyone" principle.

Reliability wouldn't seem to be a relevant issue. Still, there are two critical ingredients for accessing the Internet: electricity and connectivity. A UPS can solve temporary power outages, but won't last for long. Our power here was out for two weeks due to an ice storm. The UPS gave up long before the power came back.

My location is not all that rural, but it is at the extreme edge of our wireless DSL. The DSL takes electricity to function, and while the company does what they can to keep it up, we're a long way from having redundant access. If one of the towers go down, we're done.

While Outlook 2010 doesn't require you to keep your information in the cloud, it's extra connectivity options have me worried. With the massive acceptance of the concept of keeping data in the cloud, my position may come across as being a bit of a luddite.

Nonetheless, I've got information I'd just as soon not share with the world, so I'll keep it to myself. Further, when I want my information, I need assurance of access to it. So it is that I'll continue with Outlook 2007, at least for now.

For those wondering, I do maintain a presence on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks.

Bruce Schindler is a partner in the Double-S Horseshoe Ranch, retired Civil Service and National Guard, and continuing the search for that happy place where function and technology meet.

Zero-Day Windows Bug Problem Worse Than First Thought

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

After HD Moore's claim that 40 Windows programs contained a flaw, other researchers looked at the problem and discovered hundreds of programs are at risk. The problem seems to lie in the way Windows handles code libraries.

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How to create a 'super password'

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Everyone seems to need multiple, secure, passwords today. But coming up with something a mere human can remember and a password cracker can't compromise is hard. This article shows some tricks for creating secure, memorable, passwords.

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