Free program from Norton

The Norton “Power Eraser” is a program to be used when “all other attempts fail”.

You should use the Norton Power Eraser tool when nothing else will remove an annoying program and you are willing to accept a higher risk that the scanner may quarantine a legitimate program.

This makes the program an useful addition to your arsenal of security programs.  And did I mention it was free?

More at this link.

Top PC Magazine rated products

The page lists the Editor’s choice in recent PC Magazine reviews.  Included are some desktops and laptops, gadgets, phones for every provider,  as well as the completely free Microsoft Windows Live Moviemaker Beta.

Well worth bookmarking:
http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,2806,21,00.asp?o=1&p=2

Microsoft finds new Windows bug

A vulnerability that affects Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7, has no patch available as yet.  6000 hacking attempts have been detected by Microsoft.

By crafting a malicious .lnk file, hackers can hijack a Windows PC with little user interaction: All that's necessary is that the user views the contents of the USB drive with a file manager like Windows Explorer.

More at:
Computerworld.

HP introduces ePrint

The HP Photosmart e-All-in-One is a new printer - the first of a new line of web-connected printers from HP to feature ePrint, the ability to email messages with attachments (Microsoft Office documents, PDFs and JPEG image files to name a few) to the printer from any device including smartphones and tablets -- no driver or app required.

The $99 802.11n Wi-Fi inkjet features a 2.36-inch touchscreen and prints at a rate of up to 29 ppm black (at up to 600 dpi) and up to 23 ppm color (at up to 4800 x 1200 dpi on photo paper). Scans are captured at resolutions up to 1,200 dpi (optical). It also prints directly off the web or via USB and SD (camera) cards  There is no fax in this all-in-one but it is PC and Mac compatible and will work with Google's forthcoming Cloud Print service when Google sets it free in the fall.

The following email clients have been tested by HP ePrint:

• Outlook 2003, 2007
• Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, Gmail
• Apple Mail (iPhone, iPad, Macbook, MacbookPro )
• BlackBerry mail client
• Nokia/Symbian client (Nokia)
• AOL Mail web

More about ePrint here:
http://h30495.www3.hp.com/about/eprint