Microsoft will post an out-of-band security update for the Internet Explorer vulnerability used in the recent Chinese attacks on Google. Read More: The Microsoft Security Response Center

The Windows operating system monitors several computer parameters and events in the event monitor. Users who prefer a direct visual indication of the system resources that are used can install third party software to do that

Well here’s something I bet you didn’t expect, apparently if you set your Windows 7 machine to have a solid color background, it will hang for 30 seconds before it actually loads. So if your into having a bleak and barren desktop with just a dull grey background, it may feel like time takes an age to pass.

Microsoft will eliminate all data collected on Bing users after six months. The software giant said it sent a letter to the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party , a collection of the EU’s top minds on data protection and privacy issues, today notifying it that the company would reduce the amount of time it stores IP addresses from searchers from 18 months to six months before deleting them.

Just this Sunday, A friend of mine asked me what I thought of Mac laptops because his sister was in the market for a new one after struggling with viruses and low-end performance on her HP for the past three years. My response via text message, “I can’t recommend Mac’s because it’s the same hardware, but way overpriced.” Normally, if this were a phone conversation or in-person, I would have time and a forum to better explain my answer, although this is how I feel. Mac’s have built a reputation with many people who do not know much about computers that they are better-built, contain better hardware and never have viruses, at least this was my friends’ perception

Many webmasters and photographers watermark images that they have created to add a visual copyright notice to the photo. This serves as a basic hotlinking protection and usually protects the image from being used by other websites without proper permission or attribution.

The Windows System State Analyzer utility helps IT admins figure out what may have changed on a system. Read More: Ask the Performance Team

Avast antivirus is one of the most popular free antivirus software programs for the Windows operating system. It is that popular that Google and Avast decided to make a deal to distribute the products of each other to further increase the market share of the applications

Microsoft has set up a product identification service which allows you to send your suspected, high quality  sophisticated fake to them – along with proof of purchase. Microsoft will then tell you… For more visit The Windows Club.

Well over 20 different subtitle formats exist today, some more popular than the other. Chance is that one stumbles upon a subtitle file that cannot be read by the media player. The only option to cope with this problem is to either search for the subtitle in a different format or to convert it into a format that is compatible with the media player used