TechNet Radio: IT Time - The Risk of Running Windows XP After Support Ends | TechNet Radio | Channel 9

TechNet Radio: IT Time - The Risk of Running Windows XP After Support Ends | TechNet Radio | Channel 9: "Support for Windows XP ends this month. No big deal you say? Well not so fast my friends. Tune in as Blain Barton interviews Tim Rains, Director of Trustworthy Computing at Microsoft as he lays out the many security risks you open yourself and your organization up to by running Windows XP."



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How to Enable Click-to-Play Plugins in Every Web Browser

How to Enable Click-to-Play Plugins in Every Web Browser: "Most web browsers load Flash and other plug-in content as soon as you open a web page. Enable “click-to-play” plug-ins and your browser will load a placeholder image instead — click it to actually download and view the content."



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Windows Admin: Understanding Hard Drive Partitioning with Disk Management

Windows Admin: Understanding Hard Drive Partitioning with Disk Management: "n today’s edition of Geek School, we’re going to talk about how to use Disk Management… but we’re going to go one step further and explain master boot records, partition tables, and dynamic disks."



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Microsoft tells IE users how to defend against zero-day bug - CNET

Microsoft tells IE users how to defend against zero-day bug - CNET: "Microsoft has yet to patch its latest critical Internet Explorer zero-day security flaw, but an advisory about the bug now offers two temporary solutions."



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Microsoft tells IE users how to defend against zero-day bug - CNET

Microsoft tells IE users how to defend against zero-day bug - CNET: "Microsoft has yet to patch its latest critical Internet Explorer zero-day security flaw, but an advisory about the bug now offers two temporary solutions."



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Love Chrome, But Love Your Privacy And Security Even More? Try Aviator

Love Chrome, But Love Your Privacy And Security Even More? Try Aviator: "We live within our web browsers. You’re reading this article in a web browser. You probably check your email in a web browser. I order my groceries in a web browser. I buy books in a web browser. Web browsers are pretty important."



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The 100 Best iPad Apps of 2014 | PCMag.com

The 100 Best iPad Apps of 2014 | PCMag.com: "The Apple iPad is one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful tablets on the market. An elegant design, intuitive interface, and a massive app ecosystem that lets you do nearly anything you can imagine have all combined to propel the iPad to stardom. Want to watch a movie? Download the Netflix app. Want to get some work done? Download the long-awaited and recently released Microsoft Word for iPad app. Any task you want to do, there's probably an app for that"



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Comparing Intel Core i5 vs. i7 | PCMag.com

Comparing Intel Core i5 vs. i7 | PCMag.com: "For many consumers who are on the hunt for a new desktop or laptop PC, one of the biggest considerations is the type of processor. Two of the processors most often in contention are the Intel Core i5 and Intel Core i7. Discounting Core i3 (mainly found in budget systems) and AMD processors (another story entirely), the difference between Intel Core i5 and Core i7 can seem daunting, especially when the prices seem so close together once they're in completed systems. We break down the differences for you."



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How to Check if Your VPN Connection is Actually Encrypted

How to Check if Your VPN Connection is Actually Encrypted: "I recently subscribed to a VPN service for my personal use so that my Internet connection from home is completely encrypted. With all the spying and hacking revelations going on these days, I don’t mind having a little bit of extra security on my side just in case. Once I had installed the software on computer and connected to the VPN, it seemed to be working fine as far as I could tell."



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Spring cleaning: Going digital with your wallet - CNET

Spring cleaning: Going digital with your wallet - CNET: "It's true, mobile payments aren't mainstream quite yet, but that shouldn't stop you from going digital with your wallet. Over the course of the last year how many times have you accidentally forgotten your wallet? How about your smartphone? I'm willing to bet your wallet is far more neglected, and for good reason."



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