New malware detects browser, shows fake malware warning page

Ed Valio | August 30th, 2010 - 9:16 am
New malware detects browser, shows fake malware warning page

From ARS Technica: ”Microsoft is warning about a new piece of malware, Rogue:MSIL/Zeven, that auto-detects a user’s browser and then imitates the relevant malware warning pages from Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Chrome. The fake warning pages are very similar to the real thing; you have to look closely to realize they aren’t the real thing. [...]

Geeks.com does deals on outdated hardware

Ed Valio | August 5th, 2010 - 2:08 pm
Geeks.com does deals on outdated hardware

From Lifehacker: ”Whether you’re replacing parts in an older machine or looking for or you just can’t wait a decade to build your DIY circuit board table, web site Geeks.com provides great deals on old and out-of-production hardware.

While you could always visit eBay for those hard-to-find parts, Geeks.com is a pretty great resource for old hardware without [...]

Open Source OCR that makes searchable PDFs

Ed Valio | July 27th, 2010 - 9:20 am
Open Source OCR that makes searchable PDFs

From Slashdot: ”In my job all of our multifunction copiers scan to PDF but many of our users want and expect those PDFs to be text searchable. I looked around for software that would create text searchable pdfs but most are very expensive and I couldn’t find any that were open source (free). I did [...]

Dell: 90% of data is never read again

Ed Valio | July 13th, 2010 - 10:53 am
Dell: 90% of data is never read again

From PC Pro: ”According to Dell, 90% of company data is written once and never read again. This arresting claim cropped up in the middle of a presentation from Dell’s Enterprise division, recently given to Jon Honeyball and me. Given our usual style of dealing with such events, the poor devils didn’t stand a chance [...]

iOS 4: Exchange may not sync after update

Ed Valio | June 30th, 2010 - 11:25 am
iOS 4: Exchange may not sync after update

From support.apple.com – ”Symptoms - Immediately after updating to iOS 4, some users may notice that Exchange ActiveSync Mail, Contacts, or Calendars do not sync, or sync very slowly. In addition, some Exchange Server administrators may notice their servers running slowly.

Products Affected
iPod touch, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS
Resolution
To work around this issue, users should install [...]

Google Voice now available without an invitation

Ed Valio | June 22nd, 2010 - 1:18 pm
Google Voice now available without an invitation

From the Google Voice Blog:  ”A little over a year ago, we released an early preview of Google Voice, our web-based platform for managing your communications. We introduced one number to ring all your phones, voicemail that works like email, free calls and text messages to the U.S. and Canada, low-priced international calls and more—the only [...]

PrintConductor Prints Documents in Batches Without Opening Them

Ed Valio | May 27th, 2010 - 10:43 am
PrintConductor Prints Documents in Batches Without Opening Them

From Addictivetips: ”Lets say you want to print different types of documents in one go, such as, Adobe PDF, Word Document, Wordpad text, Excel spreadsheet, Visio or AutoCAD diagram, and so on. The only way would be to manually open each one of them and click Print. This is a tiresome procedure which will waste [...]