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Travelers’ Credit Cards Compromised

Friday, July 9th, 2010

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...]

Diaspora Is On Schedule

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

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...]

Another Password Cracker

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

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...]

Tracking Down Wi-Fi Interference

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

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...]

U.S. Wants Internet Kill Switch

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

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...]