Author Archives: Prithvi Mandava
How to remove Antivirus XP 2008
Antivirus XP 2008 is back, unfortunately. It’s not an antivirus app, but a cleverly disguised rogue security application that tries to get you to buy the non-existent “security” it’s selling. Advertised using the common tricks of Trojans and faux security alerts, this nasty piece of malware can take over your desktop settings to mimic safe …
Simple solution to remember that long list of user ids and passwords
There are numerous posts, and arguments, on what is arguably the best way to remember that ever-growing list of user IDs and passwords. Some argue that they are safest in your head. Some suggest noting them down on a sheet of paper, and putting it under lock and key. And then, there are the nerds/geeks …
Yahoo Open: Finally, a real answer to Google
SUNNYVALE, Calif.–On Friday, 300 programmers will descend upon Sunnyvale, Calif., to plant the seeds of what Yahoo hopes will be an answer to Google’s Internet might. Yahoo co-founder and Chief Yahoo David Filo (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET News) The event is called Open Hack Day 2008, and at it the coders will be the first …
Flash 10 beta update means you should, too
The ongoing problems with Flash freezing in Firefox 3 after two seconds of playback resemble nothing less than a game of hot potato. Or perhaps watching two parents have a screaming match, with us regular ol’ users playing the part of the sobbing kid that cries, “Why can’t you two just get along?” Adobe has …
Firefox 3.1 to gain modicum of privacy
Of the two big browsing features of 2008, one seems to run counter to where developers are driving their browsers. The melding of the location bar to the search bar was expected in Firefox and Opera, thanks to beta versions. Chrome has it, too, calling it the Omnibar. What seems to have caught developers off-guard …
Fix ‘COM surrogate has stopped working’ error in Windows Vista
A recent and annoying ‘bug’ in Windows Vista (both 32- and 64-bit versions) is the ‘COM surrogate has stopped working’ error. This happens almost whenever you browse a folder containing media files like mp3, avi, wav etc. A lot of people have attributed this to the presence of non Vista-compatible codecs installed on the computer. …
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