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170 Million Facebook users have their profiles listed on Pirate bay (www.thepiratebay.org– visit with caution) in a searchable database. This may be part of the reason you are getting invitations from scantily dressed women on your Facebook page.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20012115-245.html
USB 3.0 is a faster standard for USB devices, which are now starting to be available. www.pcworld.com/article/186566/usb_30_finally_arrives.html
USB 3 Flash drives www.tomshardware.com/reviews/usb-3.0-flash-drive-superspeed,2691.html#xtor=RSS-182
www.computerworld.com/s/article/9162399/USB_3.0_The_new_speed_limit
New Amazon Kindle is under $200 www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2367118,00.asp
Apple sued for overheating IPads.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38450024/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/?gt1=43001
Privacy and the internet - most Americans can be identified by name and address using only their ZIP Code, birthdate and gender. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703748904575411682714389888.html
The NSA has awarded a "black" (classified) $100m which will see secret monitoring equipment installed within US networks deemed to be of national importance. www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/08/perfect_citizen
Zombie Cookies enable stealth tracking of your web browsing.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703748904575411682714389888.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_MIDDLETopNews
To see a marketer’s view of your neighborhood: www.claritas.com/MyBestSegments/Default.jsp
Handbrake DVD transcoder – for copying (ripping) DVD’s to your computer. Not for the novice. http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php
Combine with Dropfolders to make it easier http://ctl.du.edu/staff/josephlabrecque/DropFolders/
More media tools: http://lifehacker.com/5605509/top-10-tools-for-managing-your-media-downloads
www.archive.org saves copies of web content from the past. Allows you to see what a website looked like at a particular date. Also has audio and video from the past; and a lending library of digital books.
More ways to find old web content: www.searchengineshowdown.com/others/archive.shtml
Websites for readers: www.goodreads.com www.librarything.com www.getglue.com and of course www.amazon.com allow you to save your booklist, and rate and review books. Get recommendations and share lists with friends.
How to buy a Blu-ray player. www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346615,00.asp
More free online college courses: www.einztein.com
http://education-portal.com/articles/Universities_with_the_Best_Free_Online_Courses.html
http://wlh.webhost.utexas.edu/browse.cfm
If you haven’t played with the Advanced Search tools in Google, it’s worth a little time. Try out the choices on the left column in a Google search. www.google.com
A very few Dell replacement server motherboards were sent out with malware installed. None are servers our clients use.
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/servers/f/956/t/19339458.aspx
SECURITY
Emergency patch released Aug 2 by Microsoft. This is a serious security hole which is actively being used – update right away. If your computer is set to update automatically it should already be installed. www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#microsoft_windows_lnk_vulnerability
www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2286198.mspx
Windows updates were released 8/9. There are 14 things being patched, 10 of which affect most workstations and servers, and 8 are rated critical. One addresses a Kernel flaw discovered last week. www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-aug.mspx
www.computerworld.com/s/article/9180338/Microsoft_probes_new_Windows_kernel_bug?source=rss_news
Yet another Google Chrome security update.
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/07/stable-channel-update_26.html
Firefox update 3.6.8 fixes a bug in 3.6.7 Update when prompted. Firefox will be moving to silent automatic updates.
Adobe Flash and Air updates (again). Current Flash player is 10.1.82.76 and AIR is 2.0.3. Update when prompted and make sure you are on Flash version 10. You can uninstall Adobe AIR unless you are actually using it. AIR is installed automatically with Acrobat Reader.
www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-16.html
Recent Windows updates are causing QuickBooks to crash on exit. Nothing is harmed. The fix is to uninstall the update. It seems to be related to a June 23 Windows .NET update. Depending on the version(s) of .NET you have installed it might be called kb982524, kb976576, or kb977354.
http://community.intuit.com/posts/quickbooks-2010-crashes-and-stops-working-when-i-close-it-why
If you upgrade iTunes and you also have the apple sync software installed (MobileMe), you may run into a problem with “AppleSyncNotifier.exe not found” error. Update MobileMe as well.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3383
Trend Worry Free Service pack 3 (for server based Trend antivirus) was released. It fixes a bug some clients have seen with a black window popping up, and has better detection of fake antivirus programs. http://downloadcenter.trendmicro.com/index.php?prodid=39
Tim Torian
Torian, Group, Inc.
http://www.toriangroup.com
Tim Torian is president of Torian Group, Inc. which provides a full range of Technology Consulting services to local businesses, including computer services, networking, web and custom software development. He has taught Networking at COS and Cal Poly Extension, and has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry. He is a Cisco and Microsoft Certified Network Engineer.