But there does appear to be a Gopher Hole in Internet Explorer. There’s a simple fix for it in the article as well, unless you happen to be using Gopher with IE, in which case I have to ask where, and why? 🙂
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Last week I was informed that I’ll be getting a new piece of hardware. Actually, I’ll be getting a second PC, because we’re going to be testing and then partially rolling out a new version of software, and since we will have to support users running both versions for awhile as the roll out moves…
Thanks for all the suggestions on a new name. Turns out that rather than just go with one of those suggestions, I’m leaning toward combining two of them and thusly, giving away two PC World subscriptions, assuming that Toby, who left one of those suggestions, will take the time to send me an email so…
I’m reimaging a machine this morning. This one proved to be a little tricky as the hosed OS was masking an actual hardware failure. So while I knew I could fix the blue screens with a nice, clean reinstall, I couldn’t even start the reinstall until I identified that the RAM was bad. A quick…
Angela reports that the first day of her new job is going pretty well. I’m sure she’ll have loads more to say about it on her blog later! It’s a little odd working here without her. We met here, so we’ve always had a relationship where we see each other all day, and have enjoyed…
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If Sharon, and others, are right about this, on the other hand, they won’t have to: “There are many cybersecurity experts who believe it is only be a matter of time before device manufacturers and mobile operating system developers embed similar tools directly into devices themselves, making them impossible to escape. Embedding content scanning…