Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips How I haven’t got this theme up sooner is beyond me. I bet there’s only one thing you guys love more than Windows 7, and that’s Chocolate! Ok maybe that’s not true, but what could be better than combining chocolate and Windows 7?

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” update has started rolling out.

Fresh off the success of decapitating the Rustock botnet , Microsoft today announced the takedown of another botnet known as Kelihos, which controlled 41,000 computers worldwide and was capable of sending 3.8 billion spam e-mails per day. While not as massive as Rustock, Microsoft said the operation is noteworthy because it marks the first time Microsoft has produced a named defendant in a botnet civil case.

The first major update to Windows Phone, version 7.5, codenamed “Mango,” is finally nearing its consumer release, two months after being released to manufacturers and networks for testing. Microsoft is now delivering the update to every handset on every carrier in the US and the  rest of the world , with a handful of exception.

Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips Microsoft announced today that the Kelihos Botnet is no longer functioning. This is the third botnet take down, coming on the heels of the decommissioned Restock and Waledac botnets earlier this year. Microsoft in Operation b79, used legal and technical operations, which figured successfully in the previous takedowns, to repeat a legal assault and bring down Kelihos

I create a lot of screenshots throughout the day, at least one for every application that I review. I have been using various screenshot tools over the years for that, including the Print Screen key on the keyboard and pasting the contents of the clipboard into an image editor or the more recent Snippy . Currently I’m using the commercial software SnagIt for my screenshot taking needs

Microsoft has issued a security advisory about an exploit that can decrypt SSL and TLS Web traffic.

Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips Microsoft have now updated their “Where’s my update” website to include the forthcoming Mango update.  The update begins rolling out today, though most carriers will be delaying the rollout for a month or two while they complete their own testing on hardware and with their own bundled software to ensure compatibility.  This means that all Windows Phone should have the Mango update available to install by November, which is on schedule though some carriers have proven notoriously slow to roll out updates (Yes Telefonica, we’re pointing at you!) The main update websites can be found here for worldwide and here for the USA .  All the carriers are currently showing as either “Testing” or “Scheduling”, though there are fortunately precious few still in testing.  This doesn’t mean you’ll get the update this or next week though as mobile networks can be notoriously slow as I’ve said. Microsoft list the three stages, Testing, Scheduling and Delivering as… Stage 1: Testing The software update is undergoing mobile operator network and quality tests. These tests can vary by mobile operator, software update, and device.

One of the things that I like about Windows is the fact that you can tweak the operating system to suite your needs. You can do that by clicking through menus, editing the Registry, running scripts or using tweaking software. Simple Performance Boost is such a tweaking software for Windows.

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