Microsoft posted to its Windows Team blog yesterday that it plans to start automatically updating users of old versions of Internet Explorer across Windows XP, Vista, and 7. Before anybody gets too excited or angered about this, it sounds like it will be a slow roll-out. Today we are sharing our plan to automatically upgrade Windows customers to the latest version of Internet … [Read more...]
Update for Adobe Reader/Acrobat 9.x Now Available
The exploit that was used to target Lockheed Martin and many other companies has now been patched, says Adobe. The exploit exists in the latest version of Reader and Acrobat 10 but the version's "Protected Mode" feature prevents it from being successful. Reader X and Acrobat X will be addressed in their next quarterly security update, January 10th, 2012. Version 8's support … [Read more...]
Adblock Plus begins allowing “acceptable ads” by default
Some might argue that the point of ad-blocking software like Adblock Plus is to block ads, but Adblock Plus 2.0 introduces a new feature that allows "acceptable ads". The feature is also turned on by default. Adblock Plus wants to change the ad culture to encourage advertisers and websites to choose non-intrusive ads. The feature was announced in the blog post for the 2.0 … [Read more...]
Disable Firefox from removing the http:// in the address bar
Firefox is copying a lot of features from Chrome these days to play catch-up. From the rapid-release schedule to the location bar not showing http:// unless it's an https site. It's actually the latter of those two that is frustrating me the most. Copy and pasting a lot of URLS is pretty common for both my day job and writing online and Firefox will drop the http:// from the … [Read more...]
Why an Eaton UPS Should Be On Your Wish List
I picked up my first UPS several years ago as one of the deal items at a Black Friday doorbuster sale. I used it as a battery backup on my PC for several years. Since then, I've upgraded to higher wattage uninterruptible power supplies to support more electronics and have more time in the case of a power outage. Using a UPS has saved my computer from lightning strikes that … [Read more...]