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Articles from October, 2009

Shared by Victor Huang
Tips for Windows, OS X and Linux: Keep your software updated automatically. Aside from Linux users, these apps only notify you of updates rather than pulling them in automatically, but it sure makes life easier.
Rather than wait around for your software to notify you of updates (let’s face it, a lot of applications never will), t…

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We’re on Facebook!

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Victor in All News

Hello, friends and fans,
We’re now officially on facebook! Be a fan of our page!

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“A new way to chat? Will this catch on the mainstream?”
Tinychat, which started out as a simple IRC-style chatroom app to complement the quick-and-dirty conversations on platforms like Twitter, has been steadily building a solid browser-based communication platform that rivals some of the tools built by large corporation…

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Shared by Victor Huang
Microsoft… Not again. Weren’t you the ones who hypocritically warned that browser plugins (i.e. Chrome for IE) were a security vulnerablity?
Its not even funny anymore, the way they’ve managed to botch things up continually this week. First with the Database wipeout on behalf of T-Mobile and now infecting compe…

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This is the month of updated anti-virus softwares. With Microsoft’s Security Essentials, and now AVG Free 9, users have little excuse now to get bogged down by malware. Will it still happen? You bet.
Windows only: AVG 9 Free—one of the most popular free antivirus apps on the market—is now available for download.
A couple weeks ba…

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