Recent content by dpeters11

But those stats, HD movie in 36 seconds etc, only are accurate if the provider of the video sends it to you that quickly.Would iTunes etc actually deliver at a gigabit? Cincinnati is also getting Gigabit to residential this fall, but not sure it's really worth it for me.

This actually happened to us a few years ago, not quite to this extent, it only hit the servers. I've never seen a guy run to the server room so fast :)

NCR has said about 400,000 ATMs in the US use full XP, not embedded.

In the US, Mastercard and Visa have set October 2015 as the date to shift liability to the side that doesn't support it. Now, not sure what happens if neither do...

In October 2012, they tried to get us to switch from third party AV to System Center Endpoint Protection (was Forefront), which was just a managed Security Essentials. They pitched it as a full replacement, and that the bad reviews were a conspiracy against Microsoft.

And it's certainly not how they tried to sell us the corporate version.

Do you need it for apps or web? They are very different, having java installed for apps but disabled in the browser is much better. There are still some discrepancies in this whole thing. Microsoft on the MSE download page still says to not run it with other AV products.

This page has more info, including the person that said it. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/384394/microsoft-security-essentials-is-designed-to-be-bottom-of-the-antivirus-rankings And to think, they were trying to get us to go to Forefront at the office last year. And they were very clear...

That really isn't enough anymore, especially the average person. It is not unheard of to get infected from a malicious ad on a very legitimate web site.

I just use a registrar that privatizes the info. There's no need to close off WHOIS.

On TWIT yesterday, it was said that it had been approved for Patrick and Leo to come back for the AOTS finale. It may have been partially serious.

Myself, I use random characters for security questions, and store the answers in Lastpass. My primary email address requires two factor, and the backup email for it is a random address. Each site has a different password. Is it possible to hack? Sure, but they'll more likely go after someone...

Maybe but I bet they aren't paying a licensing fee. ThinkGeek (or more accurately the manufacturer) has to pay that.

I think it was pretty good back in the old days. Of course viruses were also quite different. It's like Norton. Norton Utilities was quite good, at least when Peter Norton was actually programming it.

Maybe he wants to do more cat scans or something.