Archive for October 18th, 2010

Bing Interactive and Rapper JAY-Z Promoting New Book

Microsoft announced a partnership Monday between Bind and Rap artist J-Z to promote his upcoming book, “Decoded.” How does a search engine get involved in this promotion you might ask? Well, this will involve a multi-platform search and an interactive game experience.

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Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie leaving Microsoft

In a very surprising move, Microsoft has announced that Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect, will be stepping down from his position and leaving the company after a transition period. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer revealed the news in an e-mail to employees this afternoon, which was then posted for the public to see as a press release

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Microsoft sees "unprecedented wave" of Java malware exploits

There has been an “unprecedented wave” of exploits against vulnerabilities in Oracle’s Java during the third quarter of this year, according to data from the Microsoft Malware Protection Center. The software giant provided the following data to back its claims, outlining three specific vulnerabilities (all of which have patches available) that are being exploited en masse: CVE Attacks Computers Description 2008-5353 3,560,669 1,196,480 A deserialization issue in vulnerable versions of JRE (Java Runtime Environment) allows remote code execution through Java-enabled browsers on multiple platforms, such as Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Apple Mac OS X. 2009-3867 2,638,311 1,119,191 Another remote code execution, multi-platform issue caused by improper parsing of long file:// URL arguments

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How to get the Vista sidebar back in Windows 7

Well, the Windows Vista sidebar was done away with for some good reason. It wasn’t too popular and some considered it a resource hog and a waste of desktop real-estate. But there was always a…

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Fix: Windows 7 logon screen appears twice when you resume computer from Sleep

Does your logon screen appear two times when you resume a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 based computer from Sleep or from Hibernation? If so, this article may be of interest to you! Consider… For more visit The Windows Club.

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Fix: Windows 7 logon screen appears twice when you resume computer from Sleep or Hibernation

Does your logon screen appear two times when you resume a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 based computer from Sleep or from Hibernation? If so, this article may be of interest to you! Consider..

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AMD OverDrive Utility helps you overclock

The AMD OverDrive Utility is designed to allow you to maximize the capability, flexibility, and adjustability of the AMD chipset products. It also allows users to tune parameters to ensure system…

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Backup, restore and opimize Windows Registry with new ERUNTgui

Before modifying anything in the Windows registry, it is always a good idea to back it up. We have already blogged about the different ways to back up the Registry or its Hives, along with how to… For more visit The Windows Club.

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Windows 7 – Download kostenlos auf Shareware.de

Windows 7 auf Shareware.de: Download der Software Windows 7 kostenlos hier!

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Windows Kernel event ID 41 error – System has rebooted without cleanly shutting down

Windows kernel Event ID 41 is a very common error to find on out in the Event Viewer, now-a-days on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008.

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