I used to love Gator — it made filling in online forms a breeze, and kept my credit card information handy so I didn’t have to pull it out every time I bought something online. But Gator apparently wasn’t satisfied with providing that great service, and started with a pop-up ad program; at select websites
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Compare old web pages
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Software, Useful Web Sites
Have you used the Wayback Engine yet? If not, what are you waiting for? It’s a great way to view old, no-longer-used web pages. Now, you can use a program called DocuComp to instantly identify the differences between any two historical web pages versions in the archive. Very cool.
Coplink: a long-overdue idea
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Software
Coplink, a program that links and compares data from new and existing police investigation files, is being compared to Google for law enforcement. So far, the Tucson Police Department is the only agency fully using the software, which costs between $40,000 and $200,000. The decision on whether to use this software ought to be
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Time to update Windows again
By Tom Mighell on
If you have Windows, please run Windows Update. Microsoft has identified four new bugs in its operating systems (looks like everything but Windows 95). My, but Windows has a lot of holes. I think, though, that Microsoft (as a rule) is good about getting the patches out quickly.
Will the “critical flaws” never end?
By Tom Mighell on
Microsoft announced two new “critical flaws” in its Java Virtual Machine, which could allow an attacker to take control of a user’s PC. Fortunately, you can fix it — just head over to the Windows Update and download the patch.
While we’re on the subject
By Tom Mighell on
PC World ALSO reports that there’s a flaw in Microsoft Word that lets a hacker steal information from a user’s computer. A Word document can be created that, when e-mailed to the victim, retrieves information from the user’s computer and sends it back to the hacker when the document is e-mailed back. Apparently, though, the
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Need a Quick PDF Document?
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Software
I love PDF documents, but I don’t often find the need to actually create one. A few months ago, I found that Adobe has a service called Create Adobe PDF Online, where for $9.95 a month you can create unlimited numbers of PDF documents. Not bad, but I don’t want to spend ten bucks…
XP Update Coming Soon
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Software, Technology
The New York Times reports that the first update to the Windows XP operating system will be released sometime within the next ten days.