Author Archives: Bryce Whitty

About Bryce Whitty

Bryce is an Australian computer technician and the founder of Technibble. He started his computer repair business when he was 17 years old and is still running it 9 years later. He is an avid traveller and spends at least a month of the year in another country.

MS Responds To Vista License Concerns

TechWeb sat down with Microsoft and found out just how Vista will impact the enthusiast: TechWeb: What happens if someone adds a hardware upgrade to their PC (like a new graphic card, or a faster processor); does that count as one transfer? If it does, what happens if they do …

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How to Remove MSN Virus Project 1/ Generic2.EXO / Backdoor.Generic3.SAT

This MSN virus is a new virus which spreads via MSN Messenger. Once a computer is infected it will send copies of itself to every online contact on the infected users contact list.

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Microsoft News, Oct. 23rd 2006.

Microsoft Blocks Windows Vista Rootkit Exploit Windows XP Service Pack 3 Delayed to 2008 Internet Explorer 7 Officially Released Internet Explorer 7 Vulnerability Reported three hours after release

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Technibble.com Makes The Grade on CoolSiteOfTheDay.com

The website CoolSiteOfTheDay.com, which most of us have heard about at some point in our internet lives, is considered a grand daddy as far as webpages go. CoolSiteOfTheDay.com started listing cool sites in 1994 and has been around ever since with some bigboys such as Yahoo supporting it. On October …

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Fake Ad for Fake Antispyware Program SpySherriff

In the past Technibble.com has run into a nasty fake antispyware program called SpySherriff which alerts you to fake problems where you have to pay for the full version in order to fix. Recently, F-Secure hosted a contest of who could make the cheesiest TV ad for SpySherrif. Here is …

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Hardware Reviews, Oct. 16th 2006.

Razer Pro|Solutions Pro|Pad Precision Mousing Surface @ Hardware-Review.net Coollaboratory Liquid MetalPad Review @ Technic3D SilverStone Ensemble EB01 Review @ ModTheBox.com Sapphire Radeon X1650 PRO Videocard Review @ Tweaknews.net Dead Rising: The Feel-Good Game of the Season @ OCModShop

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Microsoft News, Oct. 11th 2006.

Microsoft Fixes a Record of 26 Security Holes Windows XP Service Pack 1 Support Has Ended

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Will My Computer Run Windows Vista?

A common question which techies are being asked alot now days is “is my computer compatible with Windows Vista?” or “Will my computer run Vista?”.Microsoft has recently released a tool called the “Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor.

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Windows Vista RC2 Now Available to Public for Download & Screenshots

Windows Vista Release Candidate Version 2 is now available for anyone to download in both the 32 and 64bit versions. You can get it Here. In other Vista RC2 news, you can view some screenshots of RC2 Here.

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Hardware Reviews, Oct. 06th 2006.

Thermaltake Bigwater 735 Water Cooling System Review @ Tweaknews.net Sleek as Hell and Power to Boot: Ultra’s X-Connect 2 550W PSU @ OCModShop Biostar Sigma Gate 7300GT 256MB DDRIII @ Overclockers Online Sapphire Radeon X1300 XT Overclocked Edition 256Meg Videocard Review @ Tweaknews.net ABIT Fatal1ty AN9 32X AM2 Motherboard @ …

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Windows 8 Backup and Imaging Tools for Techs – RecImg Manger & SlimImage

With the Windows 8 user base increasing steadily, and the majority of the focus on computing devices switching to mobility, we’re going to see an increase in the need for backup and imaging solutions focused on mobile devices. As Techs, we need to fill that gap between desktop backup systems …

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