Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference descends on Toronto

Downtown Toronto plays host to 15,000 Microsofties this week for the yearly Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference taking place from July 8-12 at the Rogers Centre and the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Toronto is expected to earn upwards of $50 million for hosting the conference according to Tourism Toronto.

This is a particularly significant conference for Microsoft which is slated to launch the Windows 8 operating system. Windows 8 is coming this Fall. The new OS has been redesigned from the ground up for multi-touch operation and will run on tablets that can double as full-featured PCs.  Windows 8 will be offered as a $40.00 upgrade to users of Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. This high profile conference may generate more interest in Toronto as a world class convention city for the technology sector.

Free Copies of JPG to PDF Converter for Mac Giveaway

Reezaa has a 15-day giveaway of JPG to PDF Converter for Mac. JPG to PDF Converter is a new application for rapid conversion of images in popular formats to PDF on Mac OS X.

The user drops scanned images or photos onto the program. The application allows changing the sequence of pages by clicking Move Up and Move Down. Now users can get free copies of JPG to PDF Converter for Mac to convert JPG, TIFF, PNG, BMP and GIF images to PDF documents.

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McAfee offers free detection for massive DNSChanger Trojan scheduled to hit tomorrow

Thousands of Internet users worldwide could lose access to websites, email, chat and social networking tomorrow after the FBI shuts down temporary servers that were used to replace fraudulent servers operated by hackers.

This blackout will affect all systems infected with the DNSChanger Trojan, a malware program created to redirect the Internet traffic of unsuspecting consumers to websites from which these cybercriminals could profit.

Most users who are affected by the trojan should have long ago been alerted by their Internet Service Providers that they need to correct their DNS settings and remove the rootkit infection that is responsible. 

McAfee announced the release of free tools to help consumers check to see if their computers have been infected by the Trojan, and to help them modify and restore their Internet settings if they test positive. Consumers can simply visit www.mcafee.com/dnscheck and click a button to run a check. Take a look at this blog post from Robert Siciliano, Online Security and Safety Evangelist to McAfee, for more information:

http://blogs.mcafee.com/consumer/family-safety/on-july-9th-millions-may-lose-access-to-internet

Source- McAfee Canada

Contest!: Win a year's subscription to the BBC iPlayer App!

Here's your chance to win one of two one year subscriptions to BBC's iPlayer App for iOS. 

The BBC iPlayer App features than 3000 hours of the best British TV shows on demand. Constantly refreshed, including 13 different genre You can also enjoy all our shows on your big TV screen using HDMI or AirPlay. 

Canadians who wish to subscribe to the global BBC iPlayer App can do so for $8.99 a month (or $84.99 for an annual subscription). The global BBC iPlayer App is available to download from the App Store on iPhone and iPad at www.bbc.com/iplayer/tv.

We're giving away 2 one-year subscriptions! All you have to do is tweet the following -"I want to win a year's Canadian subscription to @BBCiPlayer from @Creviewer!" 

We will select two winners by July 10th who will be contacted by BBCiPlayer with their access codes. Good Luck to all who join!

Contest is open to all residents of Canada only.