Computer Security
PayPal Security Key
Apparently I have been living under a rock for a few months and didn’t realize that PayPal (and eBay) is offering a security key to help protect your accounts. These are being distributed as a result of eBay’s purchase of Verisign. The concept behind the key fob is make the login a two factor [...]
Windows Defender out of beta
It looks as if Microsoft has taken Windows Defender out of beta. I didn’t see a press release or any chatter about it but the website is promoting it as a new version. If you are running the beta version of the product, you will need to download the release version. The betas will expire [...]
Windows XP File Sharing Mysteries: Part 2
This article is the continuation of an article I brought to your attention in a previous post. From Oreilly’s Windows Dev Center, we have the continuation of a look into how Windows XP filesharing works. In this article we take a look further into the Simple file sharing and where Windows keeps this data in the [...]