Trojan Installs Self as a Firefox Extension

According to an article from ZDNet, “A new Trojan horse making the rounds has been installing itself as a Firefox extension, according to security company McAfee. The FormSpy Trojan attacks computers that have already been infected with the Downloader-AXM Trojan, according to a security advisory McAfee issued Tuesday. Once FormSpy is executed, it installs itself [...]

Microsoft to Push IE 7.0 via Automatic Updates

Microsoft plans to release the final version of IE7 via the Automatic Updates and is listing it as a “high priority” update.  According to eWeek’s article on the IE 7 push, “Users and administrators will be prompted to opt in and accept the IE 7.0 download; it won’t happen automatically without notification, Microsoft officials stressed. [...]

What is Web 2.0?

The term Web 2.0 refers to a second generation of services available on the World Wide Web that lets people collaborate and share information online. In contrast to the first generation, Web 2.0 gives users an experience closer to desktop applications than the traditional static Web pages.  Many find it easiest to define Web 2.0 [...]

Microsoft Announces A New Approach To Music & Entertainment

Microsoft officially announced a new approach to music and entertainment called Zune. Included is a series of portable music devices under the Zune name. This announcement was reported in Billboard magazine. For more information from ZuneNation, click here. This posting continues the earlier posting in the day about Microsoft’s “iPod Killer” [...]

Fake version of Google hides Trojan horse

Apparently, someone has setup an exact copy of the download page for Google’s Toolbar plug-in in an attempt to lure users to download a Trojan back door.  “The Trojan itself — W32.Ranky.FW — is designed to turn the PC into a bot zombie, and is spread using the conventional technique of asking recipients of a [...]

Microsoft’s “iPod Killer” Due To Launch In October

According to an article on BetaNews web site, Microsoft’s “iPod killer” (called Zune) is due to launch in October and an unveiling may occur as early as August. The article states that Microsoft is working on at least two models as well as a syncronization service much like the interaction between iPod and iTunes. [...]

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Claims 99% Accuracy out of the box.

Nuance Communication, the maker of Dragon Naturally Speaking, claims that they have achieved a breakthrough in speech recognition capability and that their new version can achieve 99% accuracy right out of the box without the need to train the software first.  If this is true, that is a big leap in speech recognition software technology.  For [...]

Upgrade Planning for Windows Vista

Microsoft has posted a page on their web site under their “Get Ready” section for Windows Upgrade that begins with “For many of you, the experience of Windows Vista will begin with the purchase of a new PC. For others, however, the experience begins by upgrading your current PC, and it’s important to know and [...]

Are you getting sick of using Outlook Express?

Are you getting sick of using Outlook Express?  You can go to Microsoft’s web site and download the beta to their Windows Live Mail Desktop.  What is this new program?  It lets you get e-mail from multiple accounts in one place and it is a Outlook Express replacement. 
What are some of the features of this [...]

Microsoft to allow users to choose default search engine for IE7

Microsoft announced that they will allow users to choose their own default search engine instead of using Windows Live search as the normal default.  While this may be news from their recent speeach entitled: “How Will Microsoft Enhance Windows While Promoting Competition?”  With each beta, they have allowed users to change the default search engine.  [...]