Start me up — Again. Windows 8.1 is here

Less than a year since Microsoft unleashed Windows 8 on the unsuspecting public, they have seen fit to bring us the long anticipated 8.1 version which is now available for download for free in the Windows App Store. The move to Windows 8 brought with it the new start...

Why The Fat Lady Won’t Sing For RIM

It’s been suggested this week that RIMs final nail in its coffin is now imminent. There has been much conjecture online as to the validity of RIM’s claims that the new Blackberry Enterprise Server(BES10) will support legacy BlackBerry(bb7) devices. Some reports say...

FBI Good. TrueCrypt Better.

During a 2008 investigation, the Brazilian Police seized several hard drives from a banker. After several failed attempts at accessing the information on the drives by the National Institute of Criminology,   the FBI was contacted to provide assistance. The FBIs...

Vista: Administrator VS Administrator

So you’ve decided it is time to ditch Windows XP and introduce yourself to the world of Windows Vista and the new way of doing things. Like many other users you are accustomed to logging into Windows XP and running in a profile with administrator privileges....

Microsoft Discontinues Office 2000 Support

Beginning July 14th, 2009, Microsoft will cease to support its aged Office 2000 suite of applications. Released in 1999, Office 2000 was the last version of Microsoft Office to support Windows 95 and the first to introduce adaptive menus; where lesser used features...