Tag Archives: Microsoft

Free Windows 7 Product Key(s) at a Retailer Near You!

Want a free Windows Product key? Any major OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) is  paying for it. Well, not really, but this is an interesting trick, although I’m not sure just how legal or illegal it is. Disclaimer: THIS IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL. Don’t blame  me if you get in trouble. Many “brick and mortar” computer stores have [...]

Just what Microsoft wanted – another security hole

Just days after an IE6 Zero-day security flaw allowed Google to get hacked in China, there are reports on the internet that there is a new security flaw in all 32 bit versions of Windows.  That’s scary.  More here: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-01/0346.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/19/microsoft_escalation_bug/

Windows 7 God Mode? I think not.

I saw this post on Cnet.com which details an “easter egg” in Windows 7 called God Mode. I emailed it to some friends and one of them  Avrohom Eliezer Friedman (name used with permission) wrote back: what you get is just the Windows 7 Control Panel in a different (expanded) layout – it doesn’t contain any [...]

Mac vs PC in dollars and cents (laptops)

Without going into details, I’m going to go into price comparison between an Apple Computer, a Dell computer and an HP Computer, all laptops. All three machines have integrated graphics and similar processors, hard drives and batteries. Consider a 15″ MacBook Pro from Apple. It’s a nice computer, with a hefty price tag. For the sake [...]