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  • msnbot/2.0b is Bing Bot!

    If you have a website and have been finding msnbot/2.0b (+http://search.msn.com/msnbot.htm) in the referrers list, fear not. This is not some horrible new evil 'bot intending to take over your website. According to the Webmaster Center Team at the...
    Published by Lamar Stonecypher (19,806 pts ) on Jul 20, 2009 to
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  • Wolfram|Alpha is live online!

    Wolfram|Alpha was online and computing at 12 am EST on May 18, 2009. What can it do? It can do practically any math computation you want, but shows a checkered set of data in other areas. It knew how many teaspoons fit in a quart, but not how many jelly...
    Published by Rebecca Scudder (11,782 pts ) on May 18, 2009 to
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  • Wired News Making Fun of the Conficker Virus?

    Wired New's Threat Level has a posting by Kevin Poulsen making light of the media's sometimes inaccurate and sometimes sensational treatment of the Conficker/Downadup virus. Was the threat overblown? "Conficker, like all the other botnets...
    Published by Lamar Stonecypher (19,806 pts ) on Apr 2, 2009 to
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  • PlayMP3z, Firesox, and Foxcicle are Firefox Adware

    In the Webroot Threat Blog, Andrew Brant reports that two new adware packages have appeared in the wild that target the Firefox browser. One installs itself as a browser plugin and watches for Google and other searches. When detected, it inserts its own...
    Published by Lamar Stonecypher (19,806 pts ) on Apr 2, 2009 to
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  • Free Windows Wallpaper from MSN

    Some things sound better in concept than they are in actuality. The beta MSN Wallpaper application is sort of like that. Here's the description from their website: "From dramatic landscapes to sleeping puppies, action sports to clips from your...
    Published by Lamar Stonecypher (19,806 pts ) on Mar 21, 2009 to
    Windows Platform Blog

  • Google Joining EU Antitrust Complaint over IE?

    On Tuesday, February 24, an announcement was made on the Google Public Policy Blog by Product Management VP Sundar Pichai that Google would be applying to join the European Commission's proceeding against Microsoft and its bundling of Internet Explorer...
    Published by Michele McDonough (78,600 pts ) on Feb 26, 2009 to
    Windows Platform Blog

  • Change the find highlight color in Excel 2007?

    Amazingly, there's no real provision for changing the highlight color of the Ctrl-F search results in Excel 2007. I have a spreadsheet from an associate that has a background color that is the same as the search results color. Some folks have found...
    Published by Lamar Stonecypher (19,806 pts ) on Feb 24, 2009 to
    Windows Platform Blog

  • Welcome to the Machine?

    Bright Hub author Arvind Arora starts his article " Three Performance Tools Your PC Would Love to Have " with this phrase: "Machines are, after all, meant to be our slaves, as good and obedient as possible." He goes on to talk about...
    Published by Lamar Stonecypher (19,806 pts ) on Jan 30, 2009 to
    Windows Platform Blog

  • How to Get a Secure Connection in Gmail

    Did you know that Google offers an SSL connection to Gmail and has since July 2008? Even better, it's very easy to use. Log into your Gmail account. Then, in the web browser address box, change "http:" to "https:" and reload the...
    Published by Lamar Stonecypher (19,806 pts ) on Dec 31, 2008 to
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  • Think YOU Are Hard on Laptops?

    Here's one from the interesting press releases department. Kroll Ontrack, the data recovery folks in Minneapolis, have released their fifth annual list of the top ten data diasters of 2008 . Here's number ten to get you started: Overboard – A...
    Published by Lamar Stonecypher (19,806 pts ) on Dec 12, 2008 to
    Windows Platform Blog

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