I'm getting a little tired of the business card. Every time I meet a business contact, we exchange these tiny little paper calling cards. It seems so analog, so archaic in this digital age of cellphones and tablets and e-readers. Why hasn't someone created a way to exchange contact information digitally that works just as [...]

Missed SMB 2 vulnerability in Vista, but found it in time to fix Windows 7

Microsoft acknowledged Thursday that one of the critical network vulnerabilities it patched earlier in the week was due to a programming error on its part.
The flaw, one of 34 patched Tuesday in a massive security update, was in the code for [...]

If you’re puzzled because you’re getting STOP errors (the Blue Screen of Death) and they scroll off your screen before you can read the details, here’s the solution:
 Trying to figure out what’s causing a Windows STOP error (more commonly known as the Blue Screen of Death, or BSOD) can be a challenge. One likely candidate is bad hardware; if the [...]