http://www.miles-assoc.com Jim Miles - Information Technology & IT Security Consultant Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:08:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.miles-assoc.com/2012/your-complete-guide-to-facebook-timeline/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2012/your-complete-guide-to-facebook-timeline/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:08:16 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=551 Facebook has been rolling out Timeline slowly since December, after first introducing it at its F8 developer conference in September. The project is one of Facebooks most ambitious and significant redesigns to date, as it seeks to become your digital … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2012/your-complete-guide-to-facebook-timeline/feed/ 0 http://www.miles-assoc.com/2010/keyboard-shortcuts-the-ribbon-microsoft-word-and-ie/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2010/keyboard-shortcuts-the-ribbon-microsoft-word-and-ie/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:58:06 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=428 Here are some lesser-known keyboard shortcuts in Office and Internet Explorer to free you from all that mousing and clicking. via Keyboard Shortcuts: The Ribbon, Microsoft Word and IE | CIO. Related posts: Microsoft Security Advisory: Vuln in MS Word … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2010/keyboard-shortcuts-the-ribbon-microsoft-word-and-ie/feed/ 0 http://www.miles-assoc.com/2010/cio-magazines-sharepoint-bible/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2010/cio-magazines-sharepoint-bible/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:09:51 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=379 SharePoint Bible: Your Complete Guide to Microsoft’s Collaboration Software via SharePoint Bible: Your Complete Guide to Microsoft’s Collaboration Software. Related posts: Security Tip of the Month – SharePoint Security Five Things Don Tapscott Has Learned about Collaboration

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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2010/cio-magazines-sharepoint-bible/feed/ 0 http://www.miles-assoc.com/2010/the-blackberry-to-iphone-switch-converts-speak/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2010/the-blackberry-to-iphone-switch-converts-speak/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:12:56 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=375 I found this article very interesting in spite of the fact that I am a strictly Windows Mobile guy; my current phone is a Palm Treo Pro.  I have never used either a Blackberry OR an iPhone.  (My day-job company recently forbade users to … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2010/the-blackberry-to-iphone-switch-converts-speak/feed/ 0 http://www.miles-assoc.com/2009/adobe-admits-users-vulnerable-after-new-install/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2009/adobe-admits-users-vulnerable-after-new-install/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:13:25 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=317 Adobe Admits Users Are Vulnerable After Downloading Reader.  From CIO Magazine. Adobe leaves vulnerable versions of Reader (For example version 9.1) for download on its web site, and the user can only update (to, say 9.1.2) by patching.  But the … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2009/adobe-admits-users-vulnerable-after-new-install/feed/ 1 http://www.miles-assoc.com/2009/meet-the-laptop-youll-use-in-2015/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2009/meet-the-laptop-youll-use-in-2015/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:30:30 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=307 I have concerns about touch-screen keyboards (but then, I am such a poor typist I wonder why I care? ) The rules of notebook design and the components that go inside are being rewritten to make the road a better … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2009/microsoft-update-removes-rogue-antivirus-program/feed/ 0 http://www.miles-assoc.com/2009/twitter-targeted-again-worm-like-phishing-attack-ciocom/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2009/twitter-targeted-again-worm-like-phishing-attack-ciocom/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 17:24:04 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=286 Watch out for “TwitterCut”… Twitter users have been tricked into divulging their login and password details to a Web site that then spammed their contacts. via Twitter Gets Targeted Again By Worm-Like Phishing Attack – CIO.com. Related posts: Criminals Hack … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2009/twitter-targeted-again-worm-like-phishing-attack-ciocom/feed/ 0 http://www.miles-assoc.com/2009/gumblar-hacked-sites-install-google-targeting-malware/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2009/gumblar-hacked-sites-install-google-targeting-malware/#comments Sun, 17 May 2009 16:03:44 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=279 May 15, 2009: A new round of Web sites hijacks is attempting to install malicious, Google-focused software on unpatched PCs, …cementing the drive-by-download approach as a bad-guy tactic of choice. The attack, dubbed “Gumblar” by ScanSafe, starts by hijacking legitimate … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2009/gumblar-hacked-sites-install-google-targeting-malware/feed/ 0 http://www.miles-assoc.com/2009/earth-day-recycling-your-tech-gear-is-easy/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2009/earth-day-recycling-your-tech-gear-is-easy/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:49:03 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=263 Downturn or no downturn, it’s nice to upgrade your tech gadgets now and again, especially when they are so old that your colleagues are looking at you sideways. But once you’ve bought — or been given — that great new … Continue reading →

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