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Stay safe online: 5 secrets every PC (and Mac) owner should know
How do you protect yourself online? I share the five steps I teach to friends, family members, and clients who want to avoid malware, scareware, phishing sites, and other online scams.
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Ed Bott
Ed Bott is an award-winning technology writer with more than two decades' experience writing for mainstream media outlets and online publications. He's served as editor of the U.S. edition of PC Computing and managing editor of PC World; both publications had monthly paid circulation in excess of 1 million during his tenure. He is the author of more than 25 books on Microsoft Windows and Office, including the recently released Windows 7 Inside Out.
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How much online privacy do you really have? Less than you think
How much privacy do you have on the web? An independent group called PrivacyChoice has undertaken the formidable effort of assigning a numeric score to popular websites, measuring their published...
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview due February 29: why it's not called beta
The Windows 8 Consumer Preview will be available for download on February 29. Why isn’t it called a beta? Blame Google. And Apple. And Microsoft. Especially Microsoft.
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Did Google withhold malware protection details from partners?
Google’s Safe Browsing API is a core security feature of Chrome that Google shares with Firefox and Safari. Now, a security research firm that specializes in measuring the effectiveness of...
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Apple's lawyers clean up the sloppy iBooks Author EULA
Today, Apple released version 1.0.1 of its iBooks Author program. There’s no new code, only a new license agreement. The sloppy language in the original license agreement is cleaned up, but...
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Microsoft, Apple, and Google: where does the money come from?
After reading last month’s SEC filings, I was inspired to make some pie charts. Microsoft’s a software company. Apple’s a hardware company. What business is Google in? If you...
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What are your plans for the Windows 8 beta? (poll)
Over the past few months, Windows 8 has been publicly demoed and discussed in detail more than any other software program I can remember. Has all that information made you more eager to try...
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Legal legend David Boies won't get another crack at Microsoft
Barnes & Noble thought it had a strong defense against allegations that its Nook e-reader infringes on Microsoft patents. It even hired a legendary antitrust lawyer to lead that part of the...
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Symantec says it's safe to use pcAnywhere again
Last week Symantec told some 50,000 pcAnywhere users to stop using the software until it could fix a critical security flaw. Those patches are now available, and the company is offering free...
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Looking ahead to Windows 8: five big questions for Microsoft
The beta release of Windows 8 is just a few weeks away. It should be nearly feature-complete, and expectations will be high. So what’s keeping managers in Redmond awake at night? Here are my...
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What does the Office 15 schedule say about Windows 8?
In recent years, Windows and Office have moved on parallel development tracks. Today’s announcement of an Office beta “later this summer” offers some useful hints about the...
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