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About 99main and What We Offer
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99main Internet Services is a Norwich, Connecticut based Internet Service Provider, established in 1996. It is our mission to provide fast, reliable and affordable Internet access and technical support to home and business users across Connecticut. If you need more from your ISP, call us today - we do it all! Internet Access, Domain Hosting, E-mail Services, Spam Filtering, Business Class Connections (T1's / Fiber) and Technical Support. We continue to grow by offering solid local service and tech support with no gimmicks, no hidden requirements and no long term contracts. 99main does not "re-sell" services from another provider - we are a local company and the network and bandwidth are our own. We support all operating systems (Windows, Mac, Unix) and any browser or SMTP/POP3 E-mail program you choose. We have dedicated servers for WWW (domain hosting), FTP, DNS, E-mail & Spam Filtering. What does all this mean for your home or business? Better throughput, faster speeds, fewer dropped connections and the best tech support in the area! To find out more about our services, see our Account Options.
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2011 Thursday, November 17 - Fake Microsoft Office Tool Hides Worm
A piece of malicious code written in Visual Basic, identified by Bitdefender as Win32.Worm.Coidung.B, spreads via Yahoo Messenger pretending to be an Office Genuine Advantage checker, called “office_genuine.exe”. This file has been used by computer owners to check if their Microsoft Office applications were legit, but the tool become obsolete in December 2010, when Microsoft retired the OGA program. However, the name of the file usually associated with a legit tool is enough to trick the user into downloading and executing the worm on their computers. The worm operates fast, disables the Windows Firewall and opens a backdoor to allow a remote attacker to access and control the compromised computer. The end purposes may very well vary from data theft to DoS attacks, or any other illegal usages for a computer that has a remote access Trojan planted on it. You can read more about this new threat at MSNBC's web site here.
2011 Tuesday, September 13 - Microsoft Unveils Windows 8 at Conference Today
This morning, Microsoft officially took the wraps off of Windows 8, unveiling its radically revised new operating system in front of an audience of software developers at its Build Conference in Anaheim, Calif. The operating system, simply titled Windows 8, is a complete rebuild of Microsoft’s flagship product. It is designed to work with both tablets and PCs. At this time there is no targeted release date. You can learn more about some of the features of Windows 8 at MSNBC's web site here.
2011 Tuesday, June 28 - The Google+ Project Has Launched
Google has finally launched its long-awaited social network, the Google+ project. The Google+ network is designed around users' social circles (called +Circles) and lets users selectively share with specific groups within their personal network, rather than sharing with all their social connections at once. The search giant emphasizes Google+'s privacy customizations and hopes that users will choose to use the new service over more established networks like Facebook and Twitter. By granting the user more control over what is shared, how and with whom, Google+ attempts to make the online sharing experience more secure and more personal. In addition to +Circles, Google's network will also let users add interests, video chat in groups, share content via mobile and many more features that should be familiar to social network users. The search giant's new social project will be visible on every Google product, thanks to a complete redesign of the Google navigation bar. The familiar gray bar at the top of every Google page will turn black, and come with several new options for accessing your Google+ profile, viewing notifications and instantly sharing content at any time. The notification system is similar to how Facebook handles notifications, complete with a red number that increases with each additional notice. Google is completing its field trial of the network, which is currently open only to a select few. However, you can visit Google+ to learn more and sign up here.
2011 Thursday, May 26 - Latest Internet Explorer Flaw: Cookiejacking
A computer security researcher has found a flaw in Microsoft Corp's widely used Internet Explorer browser that he said could let hackers steal credentials to access FaceBook, Twitter and other websites. He calls the technique "cookiejacking". Hackers can exploit the flaw to access a data file stored inside the browser known as a "cookie," which holds the login name and password to a web account. Once a hacker has that cookie, he or she can use it to access the same site. The vulnerability affects all versions of Internet Explorer, including IE 9, on every version of the Windows operating system. You can read more about cookiejacking on CNET's web site here.
2011 Friday, March 4 - Mozilla Pepares Firefox 4 Release Candidate
Mozilla has squashed all the bugs in the latest beta for Firefox 4, and is working on a release candidate. Reports suggest Mozilla will unveil the release on March 9th, but the open-source developer hasn't set a firm date. Mozilla reported earlier this week that it would speed up its release cycle, mimicking Chrome's more frequent releases with fewer features. Developers are expecting Firefox 5 to arrive within three months. Read more at the PCWorld web site here.
2011 Wednesday, January 26 - Both Google and Mozilla Offer "do-not-track" Tools in Chrome and Firefox to Stop Unwanted Ads
In their mutual quests to continually improve browser capabilities, and to basically keep up with each other, both Google and Mozilla have added new do-not-track tools that will help users better thwart ads. Google just released a new extension for its Chrome browser called "Keep My Opt-Outs" that will make it easier to avoid ads on the Web. And with Mozilla's do-not-track technology, network data packets from their Firefox browser would signal to a Web site that a person doesn't wished to be tracked. Of course, both companies still have to get sites to cooperate with the new feature. You can read more about the improvements to Chrome and Firefox at CNET's web site here.
2010 Tuesday, December 28 - Cyberspace Risks: The 2011 Edition
There is a very good article at MSNBC's Red Tape Chronicles site that helps to explain the newest security risks that are out there in cyberspace and how the Internet itself has changed in the last 12 months. The article is a good read and very informative, touching on subjects such as the dangerous Stuxnet virus and the security risks associated with hackers and sites such as WikiLeaks. To learn more about these issues you can access the article at MSNBC's web site here.
2010 Friday, December 3 - Google Releases Chrome 8 Browser with Built-in PDF Viewer
Chrome 8 is now the stable version of Google’s lightweight web browser. Compared to Chrome 7, there are more than 800 bug fixes and stability improvements in Chrome 8, including support for Google’s upcoming web apps as well as a built-in PDF viewer. Chrome developers are working on several different branches of Chrome, with version 8.0.552.215 yesterday being upgraded to the stable version. Since Chrome has three development channels – stable, beta and developer preview – Chrome 8 will (for now) also populate the beta channel, and the 9.x branch will be the experimental version of the browser. You can read more about the new version of Chrome and download it at Google's web site here.
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