Windows XP is still far from being outdated for a lot of people, but I am sure that the error reporting feature is something only a few users on this planet use, so why not disable it? Since there are only a few steps required to accomplish this task, get ready to leave those error messages behind!

- First, press the Start button, and then open the Control Panel.



- Click on System, and then open the Advanced tab.



- Press on Error Reporting, then select Disable error reporting in the window that opens.



As a final advice, if you are really sure about this, you can also choose not to be notified when critical errors occur, but I don't advise you to do that. This is it, I hope it was useful!

Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft, these are the ingredients of the story. No need to say anything about the first and the last, and Salesforce is a much younger company, founded back in 1999, in California. They are well established in the on-demand software market, specializing in on-demand Customer Relashionship management solutions. The most interesting part is that Google just forged an alliance with them, with the purpose of delivering online software to compete with Microsoft's packaged software...


Basically, we're talking about Google's software suite known as "Google Apps" to having applications included in software services offered by their new ally, Salesforce.

Yankee Group's analyst Sheryl Kingstone said "Salesforce.com and Google have changed the game again. This is revolutionizing the way people work," and this may prove to be true in the coming months, because it gets easier to keep your data online, rather than having to store everything on your computer, back it up on a regular basis, and so on.

"Google and Salesforce.com have always had similar models and philosophies about delivering innovations made possible by the Internet. Together, we are making more applications and services available online so customers can focus on building their core business rather than the applications that support it," said Eric Schmidt, Google chief executive.

Oh, my, things are getting really interesting, especially since Microsoft seems to have multiple problems at this time, with Yahoo's rejection and Vista customer (in)satisfaction being the biggest ones. Now, one of their toughest competitors just got a better position...

If you have a gun and you're using it for the wrong purposes, you end up in prison, and if you are using your computer or the computers at work for the wrong purpose, that could get you fired, or even worse. In today's story, playing dirty with his company's computers lead Mario Simbaqueba Bonilla straight to a federal prison, and not only for a few months...


The 40 years old Colombian man pleaded guilty in court to conspiracy, aggravated identity theft, and access device fraud. Between 2004 and 2007, he and his coconspirator had over 600 worldwide victims, and the funny part is that some of those that have lost their privacy because what Mario Bonilla did were employees of the US Department of Defense! Anyway, what did that guy do, after all?

During the period mentioned above, Mario Simbaqueba Bonilla installed keyloggers on hotel business center computers and Internet lounges, and by using them, he stole passwords and other personal data entered by those that used those public computers afterwards. After stealing the personal data, Bonilla and his partner used complex methods to steal money from the hijacked accounts, and bought various things, such as electronics or luxury travels to Hong Kong, France, Jamaica, and other places.

While the court pegged the actual and attempted losses at $1.4 million, Bonilla was sentenced to 9 years in prison, paying a restitution of $347,000, as well as 3 years of being supervised after the release. That should teach him, don't you think? Anyway, they surely need to keep an eye on him in prison, because if he gets near a computer...