Let’s say you’re going on a trip.

Whether it’s for business or for pleasure, you’re going to be out of town for several days and nights.

The problem is that every time you do that, you put the security of your credit card data in serious danger of [more...]

Personally, I have no interest in “social networking” sites. My Web sites give me plenty of opportunity to express myelf, and I have enough in-person, over-the-phone, and email friends that I’m not looking for more.

But I can understand how a lot of people who either don’t know how to — or don’t [more...]

As if the majority of computer users don’t have enough to worry about, now comes word that “A Russian software company today released a password cracking tool that instantly reveals cached passwords to Web sites in Microsoft Internet Explorer, mailbox and identity passwords in all versions of [more...]

On my home network, I currently only use wired ethernet connections to my three PCs and laser printer.

Of course, my DSL modem/router has both wired and wireless capability, but so far, I haven’t had any real need that would [more...]

It’s a very controversial proposal that one Slashdot submitter describes as follows: “In the name of national security, the feds are considering a law that would let the government turn off the Internet — or at least order broadband providers and ISPs to disable access.”

If you [more...]