Now available (US and Canada) is the new Microsoft Security Essentials suite , available for free, providing protection from viruses, spyware, and other malicious software for your PCs at home. Just installed the release version on my home PCs today....

Even with the recent price drops on the Xbox 360 Elite to $299 , a new announcement today on an additional $50 rebate for customers in the U.S. from now (September 22) and October 5, 2009. More information on the rebate can be found here . Fine print...

This from the Microsoft Support Lifecycle team, a revision to the Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy regarding the availability of Daylight Saving Time (DST) and Time Zone (TZ) updates during the Extended Support phase… DST or TZ updates are important...

In case you missed the announcement, there is a new Microsoft Windows 2009 Daylight Saving Time and Time Zones Hotfix available for Egypt and Western Australia . See my original post here . Once again, as has happened in the past, a couple of countries...

Going to PAX this year in Seattle , or perhaps catching a few acts at Bumbershoot 2009 (maybe both)? It seems from what I read on Twitter that we will have a number of people visiting the fair Emerald City for this weekend's festivities: from what I've...