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Microsoft’s Mega Patch Tuesday

Posted by on October 13, 2009 at 12:05 pm

Microsoft is gearing up for the release of its largest number of security updates and patches on this Patch Tuesday which will rival the previous highs of 12 security bulletins (February 2007 and October 2008). This release cycle will have 13 and also has eight bulletins that fall into the “critical” category which affects all [...]

Getting Ready for Windows 7

Posted by on September 11, 2009 at 8:29 pm

It’s coming and you know it. As Microsoft gets ready to release Windows 7 to the general public, it is very important for small business owners to start thinking of how to migrate to the new OS. Unlike, Windows Vista, there is no reason why enterprises should not start planning for the move now. Of [...]

KDE 4.3.1 Released

Posted by on September 7, 2009 at 3:17 pm

The KDE team has released KDE 4.3.1. This is a bugfix release of KDE 4.3 with a few new improvements. So, users of KDE 4.3 or older versions may want to upgrade it to the new release. From the changelog, a few significant bugs were fixed: More than 25 bugs fixed in KMail, KDE’s default [...]

A Case for EndPoint Security

Posted by on August 28, 2009 at 11:39 am

Businesses face all kinds of challenges these days, but for the small business owner, the challenges are magnified in these tough economic times. Faced with limited IT personnel and budget, the small business environment usually end up with non-standard computer configurations, inadequate or non-existent security policies, old equipment etc. The impact of the failure of [...]

How to Upgrade Windows 7 from RC to Final

Posted by on August 8, 2009 at 3:26 pm

The recent buzz in the technology world has been the upcoming release of the finished build (RTM) of Windows 7. Already, subscribers to Microsoft Technet have been granted access to the final release. But for those who installed the Release Candidate (RC), it will probably come as a shock to find out that there is no direct upgrade [...]