Archive for January, 2010

IPv4 address shortage reaching critical stage

The shortage of IPv4 addresses has reached a critical stage, according to the registries that allocate internet numbers around the world.

The Number Resource Organization (NRO), which represents the registries, said on Tuesday that less than 10 percent of all IPv4 addresses remain available, threatening the future network operations of all businesses and organizations unless ISPs and businesses step up their migration to IPv6.

“The limited IPv4 addresses will not allow us enough resources to achieve the ambitions we all hold for global internet access,” NRO chairman Axel Pawlik said in a statement on Tuesday. “The deployment of… Read More

5 More Reasons Why IE6 Must Die

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It’s no secret that we don’t like Internet Explorer 6 (IE6), the outdated 10+ year old browser still used by 15-25% of people on the web. Last year, we called for IE6 to die so that the web could move on with new innovations such as HTML 5.

Now Internet Explorer, specifically IE6, is under fire again after a critical IE vulnerability was implicated for the attack on Google’s infrastructure by Chinese hackers. While IE6 criticism is not a new phenomenon, last week’s… Read More

PC Tools Registry Mechanic 9.0.0.120

PC Tools Registry Mechanic

With Registry Mechanic you can safely clean, repair and optimize the Windows® registry with a few simple mouse clicks! Problems with the Windows® registry are a common cause of Windows® crashes, slow performance and error messages. By using a registry cleaner regularly and fixing registry errors your system should not only be more stable but it will also help improve your system performance without expensive hardware upgrades. Learn more about the importance of a clean registry with our registry insight.

    The FBI Sucks at Photoshop [PIC]

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    Left, Bin Laden in 1998; middle, the FBI image; right, Gaspar Llamazares

    The FBI this week released a “digitally-altered” image showing what Osama Bin Laden possibly looks like now he’s older.

    While the FBI claims to have used “cutting edge” technology to create the image, a Spanish politician has noticed that the poster is a modified version of his campaign photo — he now finds his face in America’s most wanted list.

    While on the surface it’s an amusing misstep by intelligence agencies, Gaspar Llamazares… Read More

    Anti Tracks 7

    Anti Tracks

    Anti Tracks is simply the ultimate solution to protect your privacy and enhancing your PC’s performance. Just about every program you use on your PC leaves tracks behind that can be easily viewed by pirating eyes. With Anti Tracks, those tracks are gone forever literally.

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    If you’re worried about privacy during your work with the computer, then Anti Tracks is the program that you look for: an application specialized in eliminating all those… Read More

    German government issues official warning: Do NOT use Internet Explorer until it is fixed

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    Internet Explorer just cannot catch a break these days. The German Federal Office for Security in Information Technology has officially advised people to stop using Internet Explorer, all versions, until Microsoft releases a new patch for the latest gaping security hole.

    If you were not aware, in Internet Explorer there is a current security problem that allows a webpage to maliciously inject code onto the machine running the browser. This bug was used by “Operation Aurora,” which hacked Google and other companies in recent days… Read More

     
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