February 17th, 2010 - 3:07 pm ≡ by mildtech ≡ in
Adobe
Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash seem to be two of the most targeted software programs by malicious software and hackers besides the Microsoft Windows operating system and Internet Explorer. It is rare that a month passes by without yet another update that fixes a security vulnerability in Adobe Reader or Acrobat.
Today a critical vulnerability was [...]
February 9th, 2010 - 4:02 pm ≡ by mildtech ≡ in
Cell Phones
GROUP TEST: Emailing work mobiles that make fiscal sense
Being umbilically connected to your office email is essential for the modern business person, but if your company budget won’t stretch to an Apple iPhone or the very latest BlackBerry Bold there’s no need to fiddle the books. This crop of business phones have CVs that boast [...]
January 24th, 2010 - 4:55 pm ≡ by mildtech ≡ in
Browsing
The Opera developers have released a new snapshot release of the upcoming Opera 10.5 web browser. The last snapshot caused troubles for many users who experienced crashes among other things. One could say that it is not seldom that pre-alpha releases show that behavior.
One reason why the developers might have decided to release the third [...]
December 20th, 2009 - 7:09 am ≡ by mildtech ≡ in
windows
Gamers have a few choices when it comes to ingame voice communications. Many games today offer voice chat that has been build into the game so that no external software is required to communicate with friends, allies and enemy players. But voice communication software for gamers offers several advantages over ingame solutions. The main advantages [...]
December 13th, 2009 - 4:58 pm ≡ by mildtech ≡ in
software
The guys over at Donation Coder are running a regular year’s end event that is called NANY. NANY stands for New Apps for the New Year (not Not Another New Years event). It is a coding challenge for everyone to produce a fine piece of software in December to release it before December 31.
The basic [...]
December 9th, 2009 - 4:46 pm ≡ by mildtech ≡ in
windows
Microsoft has released a new batch of security updates on this month’s Patch Tuesday which patch various security vulnerabilities in Microsoft software products. The vulnerabilities are affecting several popular Microsoft products including various Windows operating systems, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office.
Three of the vulnerabilities have a maximum severity rating of critical while the other [...]
November 17th, 2009 - 8:20 am ≡ by mildtech ≡ in
Security,
software,
windows
Microsoft’s new and free security software Microsoft Security Essentials received some raving reviews since its first release as a beta version. The final version of the antivirus software program was released alongside Microsoft’s new operating system Windows 7. Microsoft Security Essentials is using Windows Update to update the virus definition files which can be problematic [...]
November 15th, 2009 - 6:21 pm ≡ by mildtech ≡ in
Yahoo,
software
Yahoo Messenger has released the Yahoo Messenger 10 final which was previously only available in beta version. The new Yahoo Messenger 10 can be downloaded directly from the Yahoo Messenger website where it is available for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh, mobile devices, Apple’s iPhone and as a web version that does not require installation [...]
November 11th, 2009 - 7:48 am ≡ by mildtech ≡ in
Security,
software
After months of being available as a beta version, Panda Cloud Antivirus has been released today. The antivirus software, which has been offered as a public beta since April 2009, received more press coverage than conventional free antivirus software programs thanks to its cloud based approach.
This approach moves some of the virus scanning away from [...]