After years of working with computers: taking out and replacing components, opening them up, upgrading them, and generally being comfortable inside them, I built my first PC years ago. I'm mostly self-taught on building computers, but I've got a number of from-scratch computers under my belt now and thinking about it, once you have the parts it's pretty straight forward. This … [Read more...]
Is Your Firefox Genuine? Phishing at its Phinest!
Do you have a genuine version of Firefox installed? Did it install a bunch of malware alongside your browser? Is Microsoft allowing this to sabotage your first impression of Firefox? The browser wars are getting ugly. Why isn't Mozilla doing anything to stop this phishing attempt that is ruining their good name and adding more machines to the botnet? The Scenario: You have a … [Read more...]
Google Voice Officially Goes Mobile, Device-Agnostic
Early Tuesday morning, Google announced the launching of a revamped Google Voice mobile site. This web app allows Google to circumvent restrictive factors like Apple's App Store. It also makes the app relatively device agnostic. Though it is only currently supported by the Palm Pre and iPhones with OS 3.0 or higher, the app would work for any phone supporting HTML 5 in its … [Read more...]
Get your CompTIA Certifications Now! It’s Life or Dea… 3 Year Renewals!
CompTIA announced earlier this month that its certification programs would undergo a huge overhaul in order to maintain their accreditation from the International Organization for Standardization in a press release titled 'CompTIA Announces Plan to Help IT Professionals Keep Skills Up-To-Date'. Instead of CompTIA's certifications being good for life as they traditionally have, … [Read more...]
Extracting Images from Microsoft Word Documents
Despite my attempts to educate here at 404TS, I still continue to receive screenshots and images inside of .doc files. Other times, you might have to revise a document or convert a Word document to a wiki or webpage. In any case where you need to extract the images from a Word document, hopefully the following three methods will help. Here's an example of an image saved in a … [Read more...]