without knowing your Windows password, intruders can easily gain access to files and passwords stored by Windows and other programs on your computer. They can do this by booting into their own operating system (Windows or Linux) from a special disc or USB flash drive. After doing so, they can access your hard drives just [...]

The company sketched out the upcoming patches in an advanced notice of Patch Tuesday’s line-up. Microsoft today said it will ship eight security updates next week to patch 23 vulnerabilities in Windows. Internet Explorer (IE) and several other products in its portfolio. Two of the eight updates, which Microsoft refers to as “bulletins,” will be [...]

Firefox moved into its accelerated development path, Firefox really didn’t get much better. In fact, it’s been getting less stable. Google’s Chrome Web browser though just keeps getting better with every new release. Chrome 14, is now clearly the best Web browser for any operating system available today. When it comes to Web standards compatibility, [...]

The ViewPad 10pro is one of the first tablets that is powered by Intel’s new 1.5GHz Atom processor Z670, which is designed specifically for tablets. The processor is designed to lower power consumption while also enabling smaller and thinner product designs. the ViewPad 10pro dual OS interface as quick and intuitive as possible, while partnering [...]

At a press conference on Tuesday, Acer unveiled two Android tablet devices. Both will go on sale in 2011, although neither have official names yet. The larger tablet features a 10.1-inch multi-touch display and, according to Engadget, “a dual-core 1GHz processor, an HDMI output and a native 1280×800 (!) screen resolution.” Consumers can also expect [...]

Windows: If you’re a fan of system monitoring applications but you’re constantly underwhelmed by how little they actually monitor—just memory and CPU usage? Pitiful!—then you’ll want to take a look at Glint, a more-is-better system monitor. Glint can monitor up to 200 different aspects of your computer’s system and resource usage. Certainly monitoring just your [...]

Just because most of us bought iPads doesn’t mean that any of you should. There are plenty of devices, out now or coming soon, that can do some things as well—or better. Here’s a roundup of the best: Apple iPad To see how others compare, we have to look at the superstar, even though, by now, [...]

Acer‘s plans for 2010 are no longer a secret. Apart from notebooks and the rest of the stuff we got used to see from Acer, they are working on an e-book reader, a tablet computer, an app store and Chrome OS ready netbooks. We can’t wait for all of this lot. Now though we can tie [...]