Good news - or not so good news, depending on your point of view relative to these things - the world will not end on December 21, 2012, as (allegedly) predicted by the Mayan  calendar. So says NASA, at least, and I guess they would know about these asteroid things.
Eweek has an interesting article that [...]

Ars Technica has a big and very comprehensive Windows 7 review with lots of helpful references - 15 pages, lots and lots of details.
The Big Ars Technica Windows 7 Review
Ars Technica discusses the big MS Windows 7 product guide here, with many links.
Find the MS Windows 7 Product Guide here. This is a very comprehensive [...]

We are moving to our new offices today, out on Cass Road, just south of the Pepsi plant. Lots more room in a better layout. Stop by!
Our “Contact Us” page has details, here.

Windows 7 hit the streets last week Thursday, and now is out there full force.
We have been working with the test versions, the beta versions, the Release Candidates (RC), the Release to Manufacturing (RTM), 32-bit, 64-bit, all the bits that are fit to bit.  And our take: a big “thumbs up”. Great improvement in interface, lighter weight, [...]

Windows 7 will be released tomorrow, Thursday, October 22. Can your workstation run Windows 7?
When Windows Vista came out, roughly half of all corporate workstations in use could even run the operating system, due to insufficient hardware capabilities. Our experience was that it was even less than that.
According to this study posted on the tech [...]

The Gartner Group did some research on upcoming WIndows 7 and whether businesses should have the new operating system inm their plans. Their conclusion: yes, it will happen, and sooner than later.
From Mary-Jo Foley’s “All About Microsoft” blog at zdnet.com:
Gartner Group analysts are telling business users that they should look at Windows 7 as an  [...]

USA Today had an interesting article in Friday’s edition Tech section on corporate networks and security vulnerabilities.
Well worth the read with real interest for anyone in charge of - or who owns - any type of corporate network.
To me, the most interesting part of the article is the following passage:
In the vast majority of those [...]

From pcmag.com:
Microsoft Confirms Hotmail Phishing Attack

10.05.09

By Mark Hachman

Several thousand Hotmail usernames and passwords were exposed on over the weekend via a phishing attack, Microsoft confirmed late on Monday.
Microsoft said it would block access to the accounts that were exposed and work with customers to reclaim access to them.
“Over the weekend Microsoft learned that several thousand Windows Live Hotmail [...]

This came out in late August, but is still very relevant - have a look at Symantec’s List of the 100 Dirtiest Web Sites of Summer 2009.
While over half of the sites are porn, that isn’t what Symantec means by “dirty” - they are specifically referring to sites with malware attached, where just viewing the [...]

Trojans are making a comeback as the preferred way to get info from comprimised users. This article from Channel Insider has details about “Clampi”, a particularly ugly little variant.
Sporadic reports are surfacing that the authentication credential stealing Trojan Clampi is regaining momentum and poised to begin a new round of stealthily siphoning cash from the [...]