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By Richard Hay, on December 19th, 2011 
Welcome to Episode 34 of the Observed Tech PODCAST. This is our first green episode as no trees were killed in the production of this show because we are now using a new Acer Iconia Tab W500 as our notes and reference device. In this show we discuss free Skype over the holidays; Google+ improvements; malware making like the police; laptop laziness; embedding tweets; Microsoft and multi-platform releases; new Hotmail features; more Windows Phone 7 accolades; picture passwords in Windows 8; Bing making progress; some smart phones not worth stealing; stop using IE6 already; Kindle Fire selling – well like fire; e-book pricing economics; amateur treasure hunter finds the Viking mother lode; Windows XP on a third of computers out there; lots of DroidRage wanting Windows Phone handsets; rogue security software victims getting refunds; protecting your digital identity in Windows 8; free Xbox Live game Breeze; FCC tells commercials to turn it down; Soluto offers web based PC support solution for everyday users; Microsoft Co-Founder heading to space; teens and the Internet – it is not pretty nor safe sometimes; TwitVid revamped; computer glitch cancels out 57 million dollar jackpot and a Windows Phone SMS attack discovered. As usual we wrap up with a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com . . .
Read More: Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 34
By Richard Hay, on November 3rd, 2011 
It is the end of the week prior to Microsoft’s monthly security related Patch Tuesday, which is always the second Tuesday of the month, and the November 2011 advance notification has been published at the Microsoft Security TechCenter.
This month there are four bulletins with one labeled Critical, two labeled Important and . . .
Read More: November 2011 Patch Tuesday Advance Notification Released
By Richard Hay, on October 25th, 2011 
Microsoft today is marking the 10 year anniversary of Windows XP’s release on 25 October 2001 by asking you to dump it and get up to date with Windows 7. Personally, I can not blame them at all for doing it. I have discussed this issue many times both on the site . . .
Read More: Windows XP Turns 10 – Now Get Rid of It!
By Richard Hay, on October 11th, 2011 
As expected Microsoft has released the details for the 8 security bulletins that today’s Patch Tuesday updates will address. Just head to Windows Update on your PC to grab the updates that apply to your system.
Here are the details:
MS11-075; Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows
This security update resolves a privately reported . . .
Read More: October 2011 Patch Tuesday Related Bulletins Released
By Richard Hay, on October 7th, 2011 
Microsoft has released their advance notification for the security updates we will see next Tuesday, 11 October 2011.
There are eight bulletins being released with two labeled critical and six important that will address a total of 23 vulnerabilities. They say the bulletins and related downloads can be expected at approximately 10 . . .
Read More: Advance Notice for October 2011 Patch Tuesday
By Richard Hay, on July 18th, 2011 Welcome to our 22nd Episode of the Observed Tech PODCAST! After letting you listen in on the crowd at Space View Park in Titusville, Florida during the final shuttle launch in the history of Human Space Flight for NASA we get down to business talking planet based technology. Items we discuss include 60% of Adobe users which use vulnerable versions of the software; Microsoft banning common passwords and introducing a new hacking alert system; Using a Microsoft FixIt to address power consumption problems on your laptop; the final 1,000 days of Windows XP; Patch Tuesday Security Bulletins; Versace’s censoring of comments on their Facebook page; websites to check if your credit card is stolen (not); Harley Davidson Museum and technology; Dropbox and Skydrive Terms of Service; Spam dropped by 82% in the past year; Office XP and Windows Vista SP1 retired. We then wrap up with a review of what we have been discussing on WindowsObserver.com. . . .
Read More: Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 22
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