Protecting your photos with McAffee’s service will make sure nobody can download, share or print the photos you post on Facebook. It also includes facial recognition so you know when someone posts pictures of you and doesn’t tag you. It uses a browser extension that only works on Firefox 8 or higher / Internet Explorer 8.0 or higher on a computers running Windows 7 Home Premium or higher. I would expect it’ll a Chrome version soon....

Photo via Microsoft We told you before that Tami Reller told the crowd that Windows 8 will be available in late October. Now we know the specific date. Every one who’s running XP SP3 or higher qualifies to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99. And yes, you really can upgrade from XP to Windows 8. Will you update right away on October 26th or skip a generation and stick with Windows 7?...

With Microsoft ending support for the legacy versions of IE, it means those versions will receive no more security updates or technical support. If you continue to use those versions, you’ll be more vulnerable to attacks. Microsoft says the following on its IE End of Support page: End of Life for IE 8, 9 and 10 This move has been known for a long time now and shouldn’t come as a surprise....

Microsoft has been saying the Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) would be released “around” Q3 2009 and today, the wait is finally over! Microsoft has officially launched Microsoft Exchange 2007 SP2, and it’s available for download on the Microsoft Download Center Site: – Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 Download Link. The code must have JUST been copied up to the Download Center because so far all the links are broken except for the Release Notes....

Anyway, it looks like I know what I’ll be playing with this weekend. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post.

Windows 10 Cumulative Update KB4343909 Provides protections against a new speculative execution side-channel vulnerability known as L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) that affects Intel® Core® processors and Intel® Xeon® processors (CVE-2018-3620 and CVE-2018-3646). Make sure previous OS protections against Spectre Variant 2 and Meltdown vulnerabilities are enabled using the registry settings outlined in the Windows Client and Windows Server guidance KB articles. (These registry settings are enabled by default for Windows Client OS editions, but disabled by default for Windows Server OS editions....

Windows 10 Preview Build 20262 Here is the list of fixes contained in this latest release to the Dev Channel: We fixed an issue resulting in certain apps launching unexpectedly transparent in recent builds, with no content visible.We fixed an issue where old SleepStudy etls were unexpectedly not being cleaned up.We fixed an issue resulting in no response the first time a pen was clicked after being paired due to an underlying crash....

According to the Microsoft Download Center: If you’ve already have it installed, you should be automatically updated. If not, head to the Microsoft Download Center or the Microsoft Security Essentials site. It will run on XP and above. There is a 64 & 32-bit version available. The new version looks cosmetically the same, but includes extra protection and stability. Editor Note: Keep in mind Windows Security Essentials doesn’t work on Windows 8....

If you are a new owner, you should check out our article: Tips for Getting Started with the New Apple TV. Apple TV Tips & Tricks The Apple TV has come a long way since I wrote about my first impressions of the device. At the time, it seemed that Apple had released an unfinished product. However, after several updates and a slew of new apps, it’s a much better device for home entertainment....

However, in the leaked Windows 10 build 9901, the file formats are indeed supported. I installed the leaked build on a virtual machine (VM), and have been checking out some of the new features that we can expect in the final release. Here’s a look at the new file format support. Windows 10 Flac and MKV Support The cool thing with the MKV video format is that you can play them in both WMP on the desktop and the modern Video app....

Bloomberg, quoting two people with knowledge of the matter, say that the company won’t release a new Xbox model until E3 2013, earliest, as it is still making money from the current model. This ends speculation about a new model being announced this year’s E3. The same source says that the new model will probably be shown at next year’s E3, and it will be on the market not long after that....

It sounds stupid because, yeah it is. This incredible breach of the rules started when several members of the team began wearing a special UK edition of Beats by Dr. Dre headphones (pictured above), gifted to them by the company in an ambush marketing campaign. Some of the Olympic team members decided to Tweet their love of the products, including football goal-keeper Jack Butland. Others wore them before competing. Well, Olympic officials didn’t react too well to the impromptu campaign and promptly told the athletes to stop wearing them and start wearing Panasonic headphones....

I went through my Twitter and Facebook profiles yesterday and realized there are a bunch of apps that I no longer use, and they no longer need access to my profile data. Here’s a look at how you can remove app access on these two popular social networks. Revoke App Access on Twitter Sign in to your Twitter profile if you’re not already, then click the gear icon on the upper right of your profile and select Settings....

It’s frustrating when you can’t find an email someone sent you several moths ago. By default, Outlook will only search the Current Folder you’re in. Here you can see in the Search box Outlook is only searching my Inbox. After doing a search, if there are no results or not the one you want, click Try Searching Again in All Mail Items. This helps to find the email you’re looking for....

I started using this feature back when I read the article Jack wrote for creating search folders with Outlook 2010. Today let’s review the feature with Microsoft’s new Outlook 2013. Organizing Email with Outlook 2013 Search Folders Let’s start by creating a new search folder. Click the Folder tab and then click New Search Folder. Microsoft provides several default searches you can choose from. Many of these are very useful, including “Mail sent directly to me” or “Mail flagged for follow up....

Pandora Turns 10: Ad-free Music All Day To celebrate being in business for 10 years, Pandora is offering all of its free users a complete day of ad-free listening in the U.S. According to the Pandora blog: The ad-free streaming starts on September 9th from 12am to 12am EST. This is nothing new if you’re a Pandora One subscriber, which offers ad-free streaming, more skips, and other benefits for ($4.99/month or $54....

First, right click an empty area on your desktop and select New » Text File. Now name that text file to something memorable .exe. Here I naming my external drive that I use for Plex Media Center which has a lot of videos, songs and pictures to MediaDrive.exe. It’s important to change the file extension from .txt to .exe. Click Yes to the dialog that asks if you’re sure you want to rename the file extension....

To use it, you just need to have access to your Google account that’s associated with the phone. Go to the Google Play Store here and log into your account. Then click Install. A list of devices associated with that account will come up. Choose the one you want to find and click Install. If your phone was stolen, and the thief hasn’t done a master reset, Plan B is installed the moment it’s connected to the Internet....

Currently it doesn’t look like the install media will come on DVD, but on a USB flash drive instead. Although, Gabe Aul said on Twitter: ” Once you upgrade W10 w/ the free upgrade offer you will able to clean reinstall Windows 10 on same device any time.” When the big day comes, we assume you can purchase it via the Windows Store in ISO format that you can then burn to DVD, but that hasn’t been confirmed....

Remote Desktop on Windows XP and Server 2003 is not enabled by default, but if you need to connect remotely using RDP (remote desktop), you’re not stuck. As long as you have Admin rights on the box and you can get access to its registry, just follow the simple steps below. Remotely Enable RDP on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 1. Open Regedit 2. Click File in the File Menu Click Connect Network Registry...