Thanks to Tom Brown at Brown & Brown PC LLO for bringing this one to my attention. Microsoft violated a copyright owned for I4i Ltd related to XML. XML has been the base of all Word and Excel documents since 2007. Below is the article from Reuters. SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it…
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Internet Lingo Guide
SpectorSoft makes great parental (or employer) monitoring software. They have a free lingo guide which is a good resource to interpret chat sessions. If you are "in the know" on the lingo maybe you'll find some new phrases. Otherwise it's definitely an eye opener. There is also a lingo quiz to test your skills. http://www.spectorsoft.com/FreeLingoGuide.asp
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Recover files from Word using AutoRecover files
Save early. Save often. If you don't follow that motto, then sometimes you can lose data in a word document. Power outages and patch reboots are usually to blame. We tell our users to close all documents before leaving at night, but that never seems to happen... Word automatically saves a file every few minutes.…
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Another Malicious Email
Here is an additional email that is going around today. It's also bypassing spam filters. This one has a zip file attachment, which IS removed by our spam filter service. ---- Begin Malicious Email ---- Dear Microsoft Customer, Starting 18/10/2009 the ‘Conficker’ worm began infecting Microsoft customers unusually rapidly. Microsoft has been advised by your…
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Latest Malicious Email
This email is the newest in malicious activity. It initially gets past the email filter and firewalls. We sent the alert to all managed PCs today. RUN Networks Alert! -- There have been a high number of malicious email messages. Some contain zip file attachments; others have the subject “New Settings for mailbox...” and…
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