I know that CCleaner is popular on this forum. For almost a month it was compromised and installing malware. This is quite serious - it means that Piriform's development servers were probably compromised. CCleaner is owned by Avast which would also b...
For anyone thinking of getting a Chromecast now is a good time. Amazon is offering a $10 gift card for free with the purchase of a Chromecast. That makes the net price only $19. Limited offer, while supplies last, etc. etc. More details here.
Lenovo bundled adware that has a horrible security vulnerability. This impacts Lenovo branded laptops (although reportedly not Thinkpad) sold since at least October, although there are reports of laptops sold earlier being affected as well.Essentiall...
Microsoft Warns of Attacks on IE Zero-DayI know the XP topic has been covered extensively and that most XP users here are wise enough to not be IE users, but just in case anyone is still using IE on XP you really need to switch browsers now.Please no...
I know many users here use Microsoft Security Essentials because it's lightweight and unobtrusive. But MSE has not done well on AV tests and now even Microsoft recommends using a 3rd party anti-virus tool. They claim it was designed to be at the bott...
Cameras don't rotate the image themselves because in the past that took more processing power than they had. So they write a little piece of information about the orientation in something called an exif tag. Most programs read that tag and autorotate...
X2 on MrWizard's comments. The fault lies with your camera. The other behavior is just inconsistency in how the programs interpret the image metadata on orientation (or lack thereof).
ljr wrote:DavinD wrote:Email encryption is an option. Working in a medical company we use it all the time as it's required for HIPAA.That means X509 certificates and SMIME capable clients on both ends. That’s quite a learning curve to climb.Agreed. ...
ccchuck wrote:Would you guess if a skill to show a webpage is possible? I have no background in programing, so I'm at the mercy of whatever gets posted by DIY types. Would appreciate a heads up should you see something that might work for me.Without...
I've written a couple. It's definitely non-trivial - if you don't have a development/IT background it can be a challenge. It supports any web language and their are frameworks already created for many of them such as Python and Javascript.However, Am...
