Wish I had know about these earlier. Microsoft offers free Windows virtual machines for VirtualBox, VMWare, and others. You can choose from Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 (a few different flavors of each). They last 90 days before expiring, but you can snapshot them right after you install…
We here at Geekamongus care about you, the visitor, so we offer some news and tips about staying secure: iPhone Here’s a good reason to set your iPhone to *not* auto-join Wifi networks, especially those AT&T Wifi Hotspots. Antivirus Software There is no need to pay for antivirus/security software for…
Detective Inspector Bruce van der Graaf from the Computer Crime Investigation Unit of the NSW Police says, “”If you are using the internet for a commercial transaction, use a Linux boot up disk – such as Ubuntu or some of the other flavours…It gives you an operating system which is…
If you live in the USA, did you know that your tax dollars are being used for some really good purposes?
You better believe it. For example, the NSA provides some great guides and tools for securing your operating system, whether your are on a Mac, or running Windows, Linux, or Solaris.
Some of the guides can get a little complex (especially the Linux and Solaris ones), but even if you do some of what they suggest, you are increasing the security of your OS and are likely to learn a few things at the same time.
There are more resources from other parts of the government as well.
Fudzilla reports that Microsoft is about to lay out 17% of its staff. Apparently, most of the cuts will likely be in overseas areas, as well as in the MSN division of the corporate giant. Will other major vendors follow suit?
Another sign that the Microsoft empire is failing and falling: Steve Jobs acknowledges that Microsoft will be forced to embrace web-to-deskptop technology. He’s about two years too late. Google, Yahoo, and many others are way ahead in this game.
