Looking Forward to 2012

It’s the last week of the year, but 2011 is far from over.

Whether you’ve followed the political revolutions or the economic reformations, the events of this year will resonate for the rest of this decade, if not longer.

Where technology is concerned, this year has been pivotal. This will forever be the year the world lost Steve Jobs, possibly the greatest innovator of commercial technology since Thomas Edison. However Mr. Jobs did not part this world before we had all realized what he already knew: the future of the personal computer is mobility, agility and simplicity. In years to come 2011 may mark the beginning of the end of a second generation of users, still chained by mouse and keyboard to hulking PCs, still tethered to wall sockets, to draw sustenance of both power and information.

Reimage Tips & Tricks: Giving the boot a Boost!

Remember the days when restarting your system meant that it was time to make a few phone calls or go for a smoke (yes kids, once upon a time people spoke on phones that were tethered to the walls and we were also allowed to smoke indoors).

One of the great bonuses with Windows 7 is the time it takes to boot up. Relative to previous versions of Windows, it was like being upgraded from having to take a 12 hour transatlantic flight to flying in a concord (I remain optimistic that most of you were born before 1990).

Reimage Tips & Tricks: Keyboard shortcuts for Windows

In an effort to make life easier for the average Windows PC user, Microsoft has gone to great lengths to provide keyboard shortcuts. Whether you know them as keyboard shortcuts or hotkeys, they have been around for as long as I have used a PC (and I’m reserving the right to keep that information a secret), and in recent years, more and more apps and programs are providing users not only with keyboard shortcuts to speed up and simplify their workflow, but are enabling users to customize and create their own shortcuts.

Revenge of the Stuxnet: Microsoft isn’t ready to face off with Duqu

Yes folks, this time last week it was Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday, unfortunately this new patch won’t fully solve the latest of troublesome trojans, Duqu (not to be confused an evil Jedi master).

Duqu is a recent meddling malware that many suspect may have been created by the same person, or persons, who created Stuxnet, arguably the most important malware in history. However, where Stuxnet primarily targeted automation and PLC gear, Duqu acts as a recon drone for future attacks, collecting various information from infected systems. I dare say that I am not alone in assuming that a bigger threat might be out there, lying dormant, awaiting this information only to wreak havoc on PCs worldwide.

-App, App, and Away!

There is very little we can do on a PC without applications, or apps. Everything from a monstrous memory munchers like Adobe Illustrator down to the itty-bitty Windows’ calculator and notepad; if it isn’t part of the basic operating system, it’s an app.
Microsoft includes a number of apps in its Windows OS package, and for a while these basic apps were so frequently used you may have considered them paramount. But that was before the Internet, way back before the crazy days that became a prologue to the Dot.Com bubble.

Microsoft’s “Accidental” Leak is a Buzz-Kill

The biggest buzz in the tech world is that Microsoft “accidentally” exposed the new Windows 8 file Explorer. In the post, that appeared on August 29th on Microsoft’s MSDN.COM blog for developers, screen shots of the new Explorer graphic user interface (GUI) and descriptions were revealed to further whet consumers’ appetite for the upcoming Windows 8.

Microsoft stress that “Windows 8 is an opportunity to substantially improve the (user) experience for everyone”, claiming that “Customers have a lot of suggestions for how they’d like to see Explorer evolve”.

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McAfee also offers users SiteAdvisor, a free application that can be downloaded and installed in your browser adding site rating icons to your search results, in addition to a browser button and an optional search box. Combined, these alerts will warn the user of potentially dangerous websites, and offer safer alternative sites.

Google’s New Malware Warnings

According to PCmag.com, Google is adding virus alerts to their Internet browser warning users that their system may be infected. Arguably the worlds most popular search engine, Google has already issued warnings to over two million computer owners.

In taking this step, Google hope to solve, or at least partially remedy one of the major problems with contemporary Internet browsers. With the ever growing commercial importance of search engines, an array of malware has been developed, intended to infiltrate and hijack search results. This type of malware anticipates a Google search and reroutes the user, sending them to servers controlled by scammers who then modify and redirect traffic for commercial gain.

The Daily reports Reimage turns heads at TechCrunch Disrupt 2011

Aston Kutcher wasn’t the only thing to impress the crowds at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt in New York. Reimage enjoyed a lot of attention and interest at the international conference, where it was recently singled out by “The Daily” the latest up-and-coming online news magazine.
Disrupt is a conference, organized twice a year, by the popular tech-blog “TechCrunch”. It serves as an opportunity for founders and entrepreneurs from around the world to showcase their startup ideas in front of an all-star panel consisting of the biggest innovators, angels, investors and influencers in the tech world, such as Google CEO, Eric Schmidt.

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