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Windows users are urged to apply a patch released last month to combat the resurgent Win32/Conficker.

1. Open your registry editor and navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER Control Panel Sound
2. In the left pane, scroll down the list and highlight Beep
3. Right click it and select Modify
4. Change the value to no
5. Reboot the computer

The beeps should be gone. If you want to re-enable them, just follow the same steps and set the value back to yes.

The latest report from Nielsen Online about traffic to social networking sites in the US shows Windows Live Spaces has taken a 15% hit for year-over-year February traffic.

Kip Kniskern of LiveSide points out that, though Windows Live Spaces came in 4th for the year, it does endured a 15% drop. A pretty significant fall, yes? MySpace is of course still the #1 network for unique visitors per month, and according to Nielsen’s numbers, grew 4% from last year. Facebook is #2, but its traffic is supposedly not yet half as trafficked as the market leader. LinkedIn sits firmly in 5th, with a hefty 271% growth trend in its pocket.