It’s Never Done That Before: A Guide to Troubleshooting Windows XP
Product DescriptionWhen Windows works properly, it’s relatively easy to ignore; you can concentrate on the work you’re trying to do and forget about the plumbing inside your computer. But when something goes wrong, it often requires an experienced guide to solve the problem and restore the computer to working condition. Everybody who uses Microsoft Windows [...]
Can someone tell me if it`s possible to lock individual folders in a computer for security purposes?
I have several other people that use my computer, and I am trying to find out if I can lock certain folders to resrict accsess. eg. banking information ect…. Thanks guys.
It’s All Software (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:It’s All Software — Here’s Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, writing about iCloud: … Many — maybe even most — observers share this view of the differences between Apple’s and Google’s approach to cloud-backed software. I think this view is wrong. Where Gobry writes “for Google …
It’s Not Funny When Security Becomes a Joke – IDG NEWS
How much has computer security changed since the last time you looked? It’s now a half-hour TV comedy called Breaking In. Will it be funny? Will it be realistic? You’re missing the point: Security is now so mainstream that it’s getting the Two and a Half …
It’s No Joke. IPOs Are Back, Baby (Stacey Higginbotham/GigaOM)
Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:It’s No Joke. IPOs Are Back, Baby — Fourteen venture-backed companies went public in the first quarter of 2011, raising $1.4 billion in the process, according to the National Venture Capital Association. That’s the highest number to go public in a quarter since 2007.
Jeopardy! genius Ken Jennings on what it’s like to play against a supercomputer. (Ken Jennings/Slate)
Ken Jennings / Slate:Jeopardy! genius Ken Jennings on what it’s like to play against a supercomputer. — When I was selected as one of the two human players to be pitted against IBM’s “Watson” supercomputer in a special man-vs.-machine Jeopardy! exhibition match, I felt honored, even heroic.
White House scrambles to show it’s on point at fixing security leaks – CNN
I still don’t sense an urgency to fix the problem,” said Hoekstra, R-Michigan. Hoekstra spoke after attending a high-level meeting to discuss the government computer security breach exposed by WikiLeaks. “I think that there are still other government …
Qwiki Just May Be The Future Of Information Consumption. And It’s Here Now. (MG Siegler/TechCrunch)
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:Qwiki Just May Be The Future Of Information Consumption. And It’s Here Now. — In the late 1980s, Apple created a few concept videos about a device they called the Computer Knowledge Navigator. These videos came up recently when Apple unveiled the iPad, because the machine in the videos is a tablet [...]
How your cell phone’s autocorrect software works, and why it’s getting better. (Farhad Manjoo/Slate)
Farhad Manjoo / Slate:How your cell phone’s autocorrect software works, and why it’s getting better. … – Will Sarkozy Survive the Bribery Scandal That’s Rocking France? – Great News: People Are Buying More but Borrowing Less- Can Police Use Toe Prints To Identify the Barefoot Bandit? – Help!
Here’s Bilski: It’s Affirmed, But . . .No Decision on Software Patentability – Updated (Groklaw)
Groklaw:Here’s Bilski: It’s Affirmed, But . . .No Decision on Software Patentability – Updated — Here’s the US Supreme Court’s opinion [PDF] in Bilski v. Kappos, at last. The lower court’s decision is affirmed, and so no patent for Bilski. However, business methods are not found totally ineligible for patents, just this one.
