Category Archives: Microsoft

What to do with an old laptop?

Posted on July 5, 2010 by aebrahim

After five long years using my trusted (and now extremely out of date) laptop, I’ve finally moved along to something better. Old Laptop Dell Latitude D610, Intel Pentium-M 750 (1.86GHz), 2GB RAM, 60GB HDD (using Truecrypt software FDE), 14.1″ 1400×1050 … Continue reading →

Posted in Microsoft, Technology | Tagged dell, jolicloud, laptop, linux, netbook, recycle, ubuntu, windows xp | 2 Comments

UK Government says “No Evidence” IE is Less Secure

Posted on January 28, 2010 by aebrahim

A couple days ago I had mentioned that Lord Avebury had asked the UK Government about their usage of IE. The UK Government has now answered and I am reproducing the full text of the question and answer below: Asked … Continue reading →

Posted in Microsoft, Mozilla | Tagged internet explorer | 11 Comments

Lord Avebury asks UK Government to review use of IE in the Public Sector

Posted on January 26, 2010 by aebrahim

Lord Avebury (blog, bio) has tabled a written question in the United Kingdom House of Lords yesterday, which reads as under: Lord Avebury to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of the recent announcement by Microsoft that Internet … Continue reading →

Posted in Microsoft, Mozilla | Tagged internet explorer | 3 Comments

Firefox 3 and Hotmail Incompatibility?

Posted on June 20, 2008 by aebrahim

I tried to log into my Hotmail account today with Firefox 3.0, and I got the following error: Clearing the cookies and cache doesn’t help. When I log in via IE7, it works fine. This problem started to happen after … Continue reading →

Posted in Microsoft, Mozilla | Tagged firefox, hotmail | 16 Comments

ATI Mobility Radeon Drivers from Dell

Posted on June 2, 2008 by aebrahim

A couple of days ago I wrote about some headaches upgrading to Windows XP SP3. This was related to my ability to rotate my screen being scuttled by the SP3 update. Microsoft said I needed a driver update to restore … Continue reading →

Posted in Microsoft | Tagged dell, sp3, windows xp | 1 Comment

Windows XP SP3 Update Gotchas

Posted on May 30, 2008 by aebrahim

I took the plunge and updated my machine to Windows XP SP3 today, a good month after general release. I don’t like to install Microsoft software when it’s first released, because more often than not, there are too many unknown … Continue reading →