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According to reports from British PC security experts, over fifteen million computers from countries spanning the globe have been infected by a new computer virus. The virus, which is of the worm variety, goes by a variety of names including Downadup, Kido, and perhaps most commonly, Conficker. It is estimated to [...]
Hackers have attacked many PCs with thousands of bugs, spam, and other nefarious tactics. Currently security experts are saying that cellular phones will be the next likely targets.
A report by Georgia Tech has identified the growing popularity of cell phones as a new path for hackers. Of specific concern is that as [...]
Who said American automotive innovation is over?!
For its 100th anniversary, not to mention the lagging sales in the traditional auto markets, General Motors is introducing the first mass produced electric car, the Chevrolet Volt.
Let’s looks at both the drawbacks and the advantages of the Volt over existing cars. First, the drawbacks: [...]
Yes, my weekends are exciting.
I was having some files issues with my (Vista) PC over the weekend, and came across a pretty good file removal software (clone remover), so thought I’d give it a little props here.
It can be annoying and time-consuming to find duplicate files, (especially when you have as much data [...]
Human mind evolved for many millions years keeping the sense of risk that advice ed us stay alive running from predators and hiding from computer threats. On one side, this million-year experience makes our sense of risk a pretty good one, since it assistance ed us to survive during many millions years of evolution, but on the other side, the term risk sounds a little bit exaggerated especially when quoted by Net security expert engineer s of today.
Every once in a while, I receive an email from a friend which doesn’t have a personal message but a link with inspiring thoughts and beautiful pictures intent on uplifting my day. Even though my friend does not share a word in the email, I still appreciate the fact that they thought of [...]
Bite me, Blockbuster Online. Oh, and you too, Facebook.
About three years ago, I signed up for Netflix, Walmart DVD Online, and Blockbuster Online. I wanted to see which interface was better, and who was quicker about sending me DVDs in the mail. Netflix won, hands down.
Blockbuster has recently come out with an [...]
We took a lot of flack over a post back in January that questioned the security of Apple’s Mac OS X. TechConsumers left various comments ranging from “For some reason unknown to me, no one can ever show me a situation where a user opens a e-mail and their [...]
So I joined MySpace about a week ago and was already annoyed at the way they sent me my password over email. But then, just a few days later, I got an email with my first MySpace message / friend request from someone named Riley whose profile picture is [...]
I picked on search engine Mahalo as an example of a company emailing its customers passwords. I mentioned how having your password floating around openly on mail servers can defeat the purpose of having a password in the first place. Mahalo’s founder and CEO, Jason Calacanis, joined the discussion and some good thoughts were [...]
