Ira Wilsker's archive

IObit’s new malware fighter

 I was recently using someone’s older computer, which had IObit Security 360 installed as its anti-spyware program. As is typical, I always check and update, if necessary, the installed security software. I noticed that the IObit Security 360, a popular anti-spyware utility with millions of downloads, had not been updated for several weeks, and clicked on the button to manually update it.

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Microsoft offers ‘Health Vault’ for medical records

For the past few years, I have been using two primary methods for recording personal medical information. One method I have been using to keep track of my personal medical information and records is an 8 gig flash drive attached to my car key chain along with a large, red, aluminum, engraved medic alert logo.

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Browser wars intensify with release of Firefox 5

In last week’s column about Google’s Chrome 12, I mentioned how one prominent computer columnist was publicly chastised for writing about the “recent” release of Firefox 5 while it was still officially in beta (pre-release version). Well, In the brief period between my writing last week’s column and its publication, Firefox did officially release version 5.

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