Eight great Windows tips you may not know For Windows XP through Windows 7 (Most work in Windows 8 with Classic Shell start menu installed) 1. Lock your computer Press Win+L to lock your computer. 2. Switch user Switch users without going through the Welcome screen. Click CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to open Task Manager. Click the “Users” tab in Task… Read More »
Quinn: Is the ‘right to be forgotten’ the end of Googling as we know it? I hadn’t known about the “right to be forgotten” until Europe’s top court ruled last week that Google was required to remove links from its search engine upon an individual’s request. A new right! I should be happy. According to the court… Read More »
Companies that hate net neutrality are spending way more than those supporting it It may not come as much of a surprise, but the major US telecom companies have significantly outspent supporters of net neutrality when it comes to lobbying on Capitol Hill. And they seem far more intent on getting their way. Between 2005 and 2013, Verizon, AT&T,… Read More »
Amid protests, FCC to vote on new ‘net neutrality’ proposal U.S. telecommunications regulators will vote on Thursday on whether to formally propose new “net neutrality” rules that may let Internet service providers charge content companies for faster and more reliable delivery of their traffic to users. U.S. regulators on Thursday advanced a “net neutrality” proposal that would ban… Read More »
Windows 9: New Leak Claims It Could Be Free Microsoft will have to clean up the mess, streamline and simplify the Windows 8 to come up with Windows 9 Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s upcomingWindows 9 is speculated to arrive in the first quarter of 2015. The software giant is already working on the next-gen OS after the Windows 8 debacle. An image… Read More »
Microsoft sticks to vow, leaves XP exposed to ongoing attacks Refuses to patch Internet Explorer bug that hackers are already exploiting Hackers are exploiting an Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability that was left unpatched in Windows XP on Tuesday, Microsoft and outside security experts said. The bug, identified as CVE-2014-1815, was one of two Microsoft patched with a critical… Read More »