• BitDefender’s Mobile AV v2 beta released
• F-Prot detects and catalogizes 8 worm variants
• Kaspersky lists the top-20 viruses of 08/2006
• Sophos nails a DDOS worm, a keylogger Trojan and a spyware worm combining the worst of both
• SpywareBlaster and Spybot S&D update their detection databases and mechanisms.

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Microsoft is currently giving away more Vista preview keys so if you didnt get one originally as part of the beta tests now is your chance. As mentioned in our blog entry on September 7th, just download it from the website and once downloaded you will need to burn the ISO to a DVD disk before you can install it.

Then visit this link and enter a valid email address to get to get your Vista product key.

So, you’ve decided to become a computer technician. Whether it’s the will to help people, computers, to earn cash, to make a name for yourself, or any combination of that, it’s a good thing. I hope you realize you’ll have quite a bit to learn if you’re completely new to the business. In order to become a good technician, you should know the inside and outside of your computer, both hardware and software - and I say a good one, because if you don’t put your mind and will into it you’ll land in more trouble than you can imagine, and you will only have yourself to blame. If you learn how to do everything properly, you’ll know what went wrong, and you’ll be wise enough to make sure you didn’t do it. In this article, let’s assume you’ve seen the inside of your computer at least once, you know all the basic parts of your computer and you can generally guess what all can go wrong.

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Recently Microsoft released a list of all the lawsuits they currently have against computer businesses selling pirate Microsoft software. Read the rest of this entry »

Countless Windows 2000 Professional and Server users are reporting that Windows Update KB920958 is causing permanent loss of data if the “compress” attibute is set for folders.
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As a friendly reminder, Microsoft will be ending all support for Windows XP service pack 1 as of October 10th. There will no longer be any security updates for Service Pack 1 based installations.
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The computer power supply is not only one of the most important parts on a PC; it is also the most overlooked. When computer buffs talk about their systems having very powerful processors, RAM and video cards they rarely ever mention the power supply, and if they do, they only mention the power wattage.
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Airflow’s good, heat is bad. If you’ve read our article on replacing GPU fans, you already know the dangers of heat and how to prevent its effect locally. However, keeping a computer running coolly isn’t just about placing a giant heatsink on the hotspot - although it undoubtedly helps. Just shifting the same stale air around isn’t going to help keep the components cool, in fact, it’ll only heat them up. So, aside from on-site planning, you need a bit of global planning as well to insure you have a cool computer case. After all, you have a CPU, a GPU and a power supply to cool in there.

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By now, most Windows based users are used to security patches being released on the first Tuesday of every month. However, Microsoft recently released a patch in record time, the patch was released 3 days after learning about the hack.
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Microsoft has released the first release candidate version of their new Operating System Windows Vista that is available for anyone to download (not just those in the tester programs). Both the 32 bit and the 64 bit versions are available for download on the website.
Once downloaded you will need to burn the ISO to a DVD disk before you can install it.

It is expected that Microsoft will release one more release candiate before the operating system is released officially.

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