Windows Secrets Article about the Conficker worm

Run a Conficker removal tool before April 1 By Brian Livingston @ windows secrets Computers infected with the infamous Conficker worm will start scanning the Internet for instructions this April Fools’ Day, and the results won’t be a funny joke. I’m publishing a special news update today to correct some misinformation that’s been circulating and […]

Ubuntu 9 04 vs Fedora 11

The excitement has already started in anticipation of Q2 2009 l distro releases. As usual, the big names are Ubuntu 9.04 (a.ka. Jaunty Jackalope) and Fedora 11 (Leonidas). It’s time for a straight off comparison on the upcoming features of these two distros. I have not mentioned minor version numbers of most packages, since it […]

Cisco -Username Privilege Levels

Username Privilege Levels Finally, a username can have a privilege level associated with it. This is useful when you want specific users to default to higher privileges. The username privilege com- mand is used to set the privilege level for a user: Router#config terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line.   End with CNTL/Z. Router(config)#username […]

Firefox Browser Going On A Memory Diet

Mozilla officials admit Firefox continues to rely on a monolithic architecture that can lead to instability and memory leaks. By Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek March 25, 2009 Mozilla, faced with more insistent competition for Web browser market share from Apple, Google, and M*crosoft, is asking for help managing Firefox’s appetite for memory. In a blog post […]

Microsoft to Kill Pirated Windows XP Professional

Having dealt with the SoftMod Windows Vista activation crack, Microsoft will start hunting down and “killing” pirated copies of Windows XP Professional, the flavor of the operating system labeled by the company as most popular with pirates. The software giant has cooked and will release an update to Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications designed to sniff […]