Blogs about: Ed Bott

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Reblogs 2013-05-21

tPenguinLTG wrote 2 days ago: A question about proper disposal of unwanted items with an unhelpful answer [The Old New Thing] On a … more →

Tags: reblogged, Bomb, dispose, humour, Raymond Chen, terms of service, The Old New Thing, Tumblr

After Two Years

mikegalos wrote 1 month ago: A little follow-up to my July 2009 post on Google’s Chrome OS. Ed Bott is now reporting the first us … more →

Tags: Computers and Internet, chrome, Computers, Google, installed base, OS

Windows 8. Quirky, Surprising and Fun…but if you ask too many questions, you’re going to get killed.

dreyersmit wrote 1 month ago: I recently suffered through the latest Great Debate between Ed Bott and SJVN on ZDNet last week, whe … more →

Tags: Reviews, Opinion, Windows 8, METRO, Linux, modern, zdnet, sjvn

Microsoft restores transfer rights for retail Office 2013 copies

franscomputerservices wrote 2 months ago: Microsoft restores transfer rights for retail Office 2013 copies – ZDNET – Ed Bott As pa … more →

Tags: Microsoft, MS Office, retail licenses, Jack Fark, Microsoft Office 2013, office home and business 2013, office home and student 2013, Office News Blog, Office Professional 2013

Oracle, please stop sneakily foisting third-party toolbars on us with your Java updates36 comments

Graham Cluley wrote 4 months ago: If you’re installing a critical security update on your computer, caused by the software vendo … more →

Tags: Adobe, Featured, Oracle, Vulnerability, ask, ben edelman, foistware, Java, McAfee

Microsoft Ready to Release Its Tablet That Runs Full-Fledged Windows 8

Ed Fischer wrote 4 months ago: . By Ian Bush PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Finally putting a price tag on the device, Microsoft has an … more →

Tags: News, watch & listen, Business & Economy, Tech, Consumer News, Heard On, Syndicated Local, Ian Bush, KYW Newsradio 1060

Ed Bott: Profile of a student smoker

timwarne89journalist wrote 4 months ago: Ed is your every day average history student at Canterbury Christ Church. He goes to his lectures, E … more →

Tags: The Student's Tale, Cannabis, udent, Student, Smoke, University, Canterbury Christ Church, Science

Windows Unveils Touch Friendly Operating System 'Windows 8'

Mike Dougherty wrote 7 months ago: By Ian Bush PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Most of us spend a lot of time with it every day — and it … more →

Tags: News, Tech, Heard On, Philadelphia, Leisure News, Syndicated Local, Ian Bush, kyw newsradio, Microsoft

[Paperback]

laptopshouse wrote 8 months ago: [Paperback] by List Price : $49.99 Price Save : $27.91 SalesRank : Warranty: LowestNewPrice: LowestU … more →

Tags: Microsoft, Windows, computer book, Computer Reference, Operating System, Operating Systems, windows 7, Computer, defectivebydesi gn

Windows Phone users: do not rename your email to Outlook.com

Admin wrote 9 months ago: Ed Bott wrote about the new Outlook.com service and I went ahead and logged in to check it out. I am … more →

Tags: News, news 2, Windows Phone, Microsoft, Hotmail, Email Address, outlook.com, Live.com, warnings

While I have a connection...

David Harley wrote 1 year ago: …here are a few interesting links that have come up in the past few days. (I’m travellin … more →

Tags: David Harley, Apple, Graham Cluley, paul ducklin, Greg Keizer

Flashback: DrWeb analysis and Apple patching practice

David Harley wrote 1 year ago: More on Flashback: Doctor Web analyzes objects downloaded by BackDoor.Flashback onto infected Macs  … more →

Tags: David Harley, Updates, dr.web, Snow Leopard, leopard, Java, Lion, Flashback, Gregg Keizer

Google News: With Apple's US dominance, smartphone race heads overseas

nathanielabram wrote 1 year ago: Image via Wikipedia With Apple’s US dominance, smartphone race heads overseas ZDNet (blog) - ‎ … more →

Tags: Apple, Google, Search Engines, Companies, smartphone, Search, Google News

Apple’s Greed Takes A Giant Leap10 comments

Bill Mullins wrote 1 year ago: One of my favorite gung-ho tech journalists Ed Bott, over at ZDNet, just posted an article entitled … more →

Tags: opinion 2, Bill Mullins, tech thoughts, Apple, License Agreement, zdnet

Lost your Windows discs? How to get replacement media, legally

macnaticopr wrote 1 year ago: Lost your Windows discs? How to get replacement media, legally … more →

Tags: Apple, Windows, Microsoft, zdnet

New publisher of computer books embraces e-books and authors, not DRM

Dylan Tweney wrote 1 year ago: For technical books, publishing has a nearly fatal lack of speed. E-books are increasingly popular, … more →

Tags: media, Books, E-Books, Publishing

Obsessed with Mac malware3 comments

Philip Elmer-DeWitt wrote 1 year ago: Believe it or not, the author of Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report is doing Apple a favor Source: ZDN … more →

Tags: Apple 2.0, Pc's, Apple, Mac OS X, YouTube, malware, John Gruber, Daring Fireball, PC World

New Apple antivirus signatures bypassed within hours by malware authors [Update]

patricktech wrote 1 year ago: Image via Wikipedia Update June 1, 6:00AM PDT: The bad guys have wasted no time. Hours after Apple r … more →

Tags: technology, malware, Apple, zdnet, Safari, Patch (computing), pacific time zone, timestamp

Ed Bott on mac malware (again)

David Harley wrote 1 year ago: Ed Bott on why malware for macs is on its way. Hat tip to F-Secure Labs for flagging the article. Da … more →

Tags: David Harley, mac defender, fake av, rogue av


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