Now this is a difficult one to describe, so my best advice is simply to download and try it – you’ll either think this is engenius how could I ever live without that or you’ll think what!? I don’t get it!? Ok what it does is to optimize wheel scrolling, lets say you have 5 […]
The free Thunderbird email client has been released in a version 3, it offers some interesting new features eg. emails now open in tabs like in browsers and a whole lot more. Setup was a breeze as the guide is pretty good and even capable of guessing/testing many settings by itself (server settings like which […]
We have a few servers that for some reason refuse to update their antimalware definitions automatically, the procedure is then to download the definition update manually and apply it, not rocket science but annoying as hell. We use Microsoft Forefront Client Security and Microsoft is kind enough to offer a link where you can download a […]
Drop your USB stick, stop carrying around that dumb USB stick in order to syncronize data from your work pc and your laptop. When you install Dropbox you get a ‘cloud-folder’ in which you can copy data to, a second later this is also available on your laptop.. easy as pie.. Well this is nothing […]
According to the Danish online newsletter/magazine www.newz.dk (via link) Bitlocker encryption has been broken/cracked, or at least it has become possible to discover the passwords rather quickly using a third party tool Passware Password Recovery – http://www.lostpassword.com/kit-forensic.htm And sure enough if you visit their website you will find this statement; “Recovers encryption keys for hard […]
. Tonight I am going for something new, I am going to the “Teatro alla scala” in Milano or rather I am going to watch the opera Carmen in the local THX certified cinema via a live transmission from Milano. I am very exicted and looking forward to this, quite […]
Imagine this; You are at a public wifi spot, and they have locked down what pages you may visit by simple DNS or URL filtering, and you just have to visit Rapidshare.com where one of your friends have send you this important file!? What to do? Well actually you have to do this before you wind […]
The popular Avast antivirus went amok yesterday after a bug in a definition file, it started detecting hundreds of files as infected with Win32:Delf-MZG. For cleanup instructions and explanation go here; http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=51647
It would seem OpenDNSwill be getting some competition in the DNS field, as would be expected it’s Google that is fiddling with a new DNS service “Google Public DNS“.. It will be interesting to see whatGoogle will be offering. As a side comment I can mention that OpenDNS has recently released a pay version of their […]
When trying to get rid of a virus it often a good idea to scan using a boot CD, some viruses / rootkits bury themselves so deep that even the best antivirus cant detect them. Sadly very few CD’s are commercially available, and most often requires regular updates to always have the latest definitions. A […]