The main security concerns on all Windows versions are those of users being duped into installing rogue software such as fake patches, browser plugins or antivirus programs, and of browser plugins such as Flash or Acrobat...
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If so many important systems still running XP, (ATMs, healthcare, electric/gas utilities, etc) will be at risk after April, can Microsoft offer an almost free upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium, and show that they care what...
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It's interested to point out that the US is 4th in the overall Web Index (measure of the Web's growth, utility and impact). Nevertheless, it's 12th in Universal Access, 10th in Relevant Content. 1st in Impact & Empowerment...
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If you click on the link below the paragraph/description (it says something like image credit), it'll open a new page where the images are. I hope it helps
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Daniel, I think the part that is the largest shift in all of this is the lack of understanding, by many, many users, that the world does not actually revolve around them (personally). The ME-centre has infantilised...
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@Lorna that makes sense. For some companies the fines are a relative drop in the bucket.
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How strange. I tried Chrome, FF and Internet Exploder, all the same. Win7.
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@Somedude8 I think it has to do with your browser or perhaps you have something like NoScript going on. Because when I click on the link, it opens a new window (a different website) where the full size image is. And yes,...
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It's always good to see government using technology to save money. So many times I have heard they use old machines and older software. New technology can save you money, as the Army has found out. Hopefully it trickles...
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I have always wondered about licensing for DaaS and never have really found a one answer fits all. I've received many different answers. Do you have to license each virtual desktop with a full windows license?
In reply to: Licensing
No doubt. Last I'd heard, Apple actually has more market share than anyone else in the $1000+ PC market. But virtually all Apple computers (certainly the ones that sell in greatest volume) fall in that category. Nice machines,...
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I think there are many people who say they are going to jump to a Mac but do not. Cost is an issue with the Mac. You can still get a entry level PC for a fraction of the price of a Mac.
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I gave been asked that a few times this week. People think they have to upgrade, that what they are using isn't safe. If your definition of not being safe is running an OS that isn't being patched then yes. When I think...
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You know, it's interesting; not all XP users are going to upgrade over the next few months, but tens of millions of them will-- and all of that market share has to go somewhere. It could mean Windows 7 gets a boost, but...
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This going to be the calamity what Y2K never was. Why? Because every one was prepared for Y2K, and responsible people who should know better are burying their heads in the sand this time around. I wonder where the responsibility...
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Ah good deal. I thought maybe I was having a moment there. Its been a day of moments!
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Nope, you're not missing anything; it was just phrased ambiguously. I wasn't trying to convey degree of difficulty but rather degree of XP removal--i.e. keeping it around in virtual environments represents a lesser degree...
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Windows 8.1 is very fast to load. However, it is slow to use. Too many unwanted popups that slow it further. Most of the screen shots are not useful for me, and they keep coming up when you don't want them. Navigation is...
In reply to: Windows 8.1 - further and ever downward in quality
"... they probably don't have time to even replace XP systems with virtual machines, let alone migrate their operations to Windows 7." Its easier to replace systems with VMs than to upgrade the OS? Am I missing something...
In reply to: Huh?
I know many IT organizations have done everything they can do, short of replacing Windows XP machines, but 500 million XP users and we're hoping most of them won't go out on the Internet? The police forces of IT organizations...
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In comparison to what? It has always far exceeded a green screen no matter what anyone says or believes. In the early days it was no match for local app GUIs but the ease of deployment offered by green screen...
In reply to: Re: Ouch: 'The browser and Web are moving us in the wrong direction.'
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