2011 • Page 42 of 46 • PC Matic Blog

Chris Pirillo: Why Should You Use a Virtual Machine?

Chris Pirillo / February 22, 2011

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What are the benefits of virtualization? This is a question asked over on Lockergnome Q&A recently, and I thought the answers may just benefit several of you out there. Now, we know that many of you already use virtual machines. Why not leave a GOOD comment on the video, explaining to those who don’t why it is they might want to look into doing so? See how that works? We all help each other! Remember – YOU were a n00b at one time, too!

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Bob Rankin: Hard Drive Maintenance Tips

Admin / February 22, 2011

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By Bob Rankin

“I’ve had two hard drives die on me since the beginning of the year. Can you share some tips that will help me keep my hard drives running reliably?”

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Ask Leo: You Have to Keep IE Up to Date

Leo Notenboom / February 22, 2011

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By Leo Notenboom

In general if you don’t have or use a particular piece of software then you
can safely ignore the updates and or vulnerability notifications that you might
run across.

In general.

Internet Explorer, on the other hand, is a special case. Use it or not, you
must keep it up to date.

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TechBite: iPhone Meets the BBQ

Steve Bass / February 22, 2011

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By Steve Bass

Have $100 to burn? (Gawd, I certainly don’t.) If you do, splurge on iGrill’s fancy probe. It’s another thing specially designed for Apple aficionados.

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Malware Minute: Email Scams Still Alive & Phishing

GFI Vipre / February 22, 2011

The weekly roundup of top stories from the GFI Labs Blog – including news of a distressed traveler scam, Nigerian phishing scam, fake free VPN and .edu forum spam..

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Windows Secrets: Seven simple steps to set up Win7

Windows Secrets Newsletter / February 22, 2011

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Our checklist for quickly and easily configuring your new Windows 7 PC.

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The Internet is Crumbling

S.Hogan / February 21, 2011

Chicken Little and The Internet

Chicken Little was walking down the path to another regular day when PLOP something hit him on the head. “Woah, what the heck was that”, said Chicken Little. He looked on the ground and saw…nothing. He looked in the air and saw… clouds. “Oh No”, cried Chicken Little, “the clouds are falling, the clouds are falling”.

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Windows Secrets: Unlock the Quick Access Toolbar

Windows Secrets Newsletter / February 21, 2011

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Customize Microsoft Office 2010 apps to work your way – in just minutes.

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IE9 RC-Release Candidate

S.Hogan / February 17, 2011

On February 10th, 2011, Microsoft launched the IE9 Release Candidate. This release does not come without bugs however. Be sure you’re ready for some unexpected error messages if you use this version. Will Microsof get it right? Yes. Is it right now? No, that’s why it’s only a release candidate.

Hold your clicker and wait till it’s official.

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Email is NOT dead

chengrob / February 11, 2011

If you read the press lately, one would think that email is on its death bed. There are primarily two reasons why people are predicting email’s demise. First, people are using Facebook for email and the CEO, Mark Zuckenburg thought that they might give Google Gmail a run for its money with its Gmail service.

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