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What’s New in Windows 8 RTM? Well, Not Too Much
After releasing its Windows 8 code to manufacturers, Microsoft has made the final (though not yet public) version of Windows 8 available to developers. The version is called Windows 8 RTM (for “release...
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You can’t block Facebook using Windows 8′s hosts file
Just saw an article about a new bug/feature of Windows 8. The Windows hosts file offers a great way of blocking or redirecting certain Internet hosts. I’m for instance using it whenever I move websites...
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Windows 8
We’re all very excited and anxiously awaiting the release of Windows 8 which will be available to the general public on October 26, 2012! The first time we actually got to see what Microsoft had in...
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Is your computer completely up-to-date?
At Bay Geeks, one of the most common issues we see in the field is a perpetual problem. I could simply not tell you the last time (if ever) that I saw a computer in the field that was properly patched,...
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Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday Easy; October, Not So Much
September’s Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) Patch Tuesday preview is shaping up to be a fairly simple one with only two bulletins in a list that is usually much longer. Both are rated as “important” and relate...
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Adobe confirms Windows 8 users vulnerable to active Flash exploits
Microsoft’s Windows 8 is vulnerable to attack by exploits that hackers have been aiming at PCs for several weeks, Adobe confirmed Friday. Microsoft said it will not patch the bug in Flash Player until...
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Windows XP is still Microsoft’s biggest security headache, but infections are...
The rate of infection ticked up for Windows 7 in the first half of 2012, but Windows XP, Microsoft’s legacy operating system, is still far and away the biggest security headache for the software giant....
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Thinking Of Upgrading Your Computer To Windows 8? Don’t
I’ve made a lot of computer blunders over the years. The biggest was taking a perfectly well- functioning Sony Vaio and upgrading it from Windows XP to Windows Vista, which left it so crash-prone as to...
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Microsoft Security Essentials Flunks AV-TEST, Loses Certification
Microsoft Security Essentials has done it again. For the second time since its inception, the free antivirus software from Microsoft finds itself without German security and antivirus research outfit...
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Internet Safety: 8 Steps to Keeping Your Computer Safe on the Internet
Viruses & Spyware & Worms … oh my! The very concept of “Internet Safety” is almost an oxymoron these days. It seems like not a day goes by where we don’t hear about some new kind of threat...
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Windows 10 Release Date Revealed: How To Upgrade For Free
If you’re eagerly awaiting Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows 10, then it looks like you don’t have long to wait. Late July looks set to be the launch period for the new OS, with hardware...
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