On Monday, Microsoft pushed out an emergency out-of-band update for a critical security vulnerability that could allow an attacker to gain complete control of your system. The flaw affects all systems from Windows Vista and up--including the Windows 10 Technical Preview.
Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 has its Windows XP moment coming very soon, and that's bad news for IT leaders who have been dragging their feet.
Blair Hanley Frank | 11 Jul | Read more
Owners of Samsung PCs will begin receiving automatic software updates from Microsoft again soon, after Samsung said it will end its practice of blocking automatic Windows Updates on its computers.
Blair Hanley Frank | 27 Jun | Read more
Samsung has allegedly been disabling Windows Update on some computers, so as not to interfere with its own update tool.
Jared Newman | 25 Jun | Read more
You know it, I know it, Wikipedia knows it, and now Windows knows it: the Ask Toolbar is a bad thing that nobody wants on their PC. The next time the Ask Toolbar tries to sneak onto your computer it will be marked as "unwanted software" (that's a nice way of saying malware) by Microsoft's security tools. Microsoft previously warned it would take action against software that tries to prevent users from changing their browser's default search engine.
A few weeks back, after the Working Mac column about scanning your Mac for viruses I received an email message from Yolanda:
Jeffery Battersby | 26 Jun | Read more
We originally published this article about a year ago, but in light of Lenovo's Superfish fiasco, cleaning crapware off your PC is now more relevant than ever. For Superfish-specific instructions, see our handy guide here. But even if you don't own one of the affected Lenovo PCs, the following guide should still prove helpful.
Chris Hoffman | 20 Feb | Read more
Given the countless reports of our data being exploited, many of us are increasingly concerned about protecting that data. In this movie I'm going to show you how to protect a collection of data on your Mac.
Christopher Breen | 27 Nov | Read more
On the surface, the critical "Shellshock" bug revealed this week sounds devastating. By exploiting a bug in the Bash shell command line tool found in Unix-based systems, attackers can run code on your system--essentially giving them access to your system. Bad guys are already developing exploits that use Shellshock to crack your passwords and install DDoS bots on computers. And since Bash shell is borderline ubiquitous, a vast swath of devices are vulnerable to Shellshock: Macs, Linux systems, routers, web servers, "Internet of Things" gizmos, you name it.
Brad Chacos | 27 Sep | Read more
Microsoft published 147 vulnerabilities in 2013 that were rated as Critical. Critical, however, is a relative term, and there is one simple thing anyone can do that would guard against almost every single Critical vulnerability according to a new report from Avecto.
Tony Bradley | 19 Feb | Read more
You know toddlers: The more expensive and precious an object is, the more likely they'll grab it. My 15-month-old daughter loves nothing better than to get her drooly little hands on my iPad--and when she does, she (naturally) skips the PBS Kids and Barney apps and makes a beeline for Safari and my Mail inbox. Great.
Ben Patterson | 14 May | Read more
Microsoft may be prepping to ship a mini version of its Surface tablets within a month, based on an Amazon.com listing for a case custom made for the device.
Tim Greene | 25 Apr | Read more
Apple has improved its security in recent years, but is it enough?
Bob Violino | 10 Mar | Read more
Just because Microsoft doesn't plan on giving Windows XP patches to the public after April 8, 2014, doesn't mean it's going to stop making those patches.
Gregg Keizer | 26 Aug | Read more
Perhaps you are already an iOS master. Or maybe you consider yourself more of a novice. Either way, we feel confident that at least some of the tips and tricks for iOS 6 that we present below will be new to you. What's more, we hope you love them--and benefit from them--as much as we do.
Dan Moren and Lex Friedman | 07 Feb | Read more
Data summarised from the State of Application Delivery customer survey.