MakeUseOf.com
So you’re at work or school and you want to check your profile or watch a YouTube video. Lo and behold, it’s blocked. Now you have two options - be productive or try and bypass the filter. Usually one would choose the latter, but how would you do that? Here’s some options.XeroBankThe xB Browser is a wh (Read More)
Submitted by Techwatcher:
Come December 9, 2008, the Redmond company will release a total of eight security bulletins, six of which labeled with a maximum severity rating of Critical. (Read More)
Submitted by Techwatcher:
Killing XP “Blue Edition” is an illustrative example of the company's actions to stop the software counterfeiting phenomenon affecting its products. (Read More)
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Fake security software has grown to the size of a veritable plague, managing to deliver a consistent hit to the usability of infected PCs in order to blackmail the users into paying for the removal of incessantly nagging notifications. (Read More)
Submitted by Netxm
from blog:
Sorry if it sounds like I'm drinking the Google Kool-Aid here, but I switched from Mozilla Firefox to Google Chrome as my default browser for the very reason Google's executives said we should: speed. News.com Poll Why switch to Chrome? What would it take to get you to switch to Chrome? If there's (Read More)
: Hmm...an interesting read, but I still do prefer Firefox (for now). While Chrome does have many advantages over Firefox, it is not enough for me to transfer my blogoholic habits over to the other side of the fence.
Mozilla Links
Mozilla has released Firefox 3.0.4, the fourth update to Firefox 3, released last June.As usual, this release brings several stability and performance bug fixes, as well as, according to the release notes, some security patches. Details of the security vulnerabilities have not been disclosed as of this post.Also notable in (Read More)
Submitted by Mmartoccia
from Google Reader:
Intel claims it has improved the efficiency of a method for powering devices wirelessly. Intel"s "Wireless Energy Resonant Link" (WREL), technology was demonstrated by transmitting electricity wirelessly to a lamp on stage and lighting a 60 watt bulb, which consumes more power than an average laptop computer.[link] [more]. (Read More)
Lifehacker
WEP Wi-Fi security has been known as an easy-to-crack security protocol for a while now, which is why it was superseded by the more secure Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) standard. But now a PhD candidate studying encryption has found an exploit in the WPA standard that would allow a hacker to "send bogus data to an unsuspecti (Read More)
Mashable!
Talk about a 180. Yahoo’s CEO Jerry Yang spoke at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco; him and his company are tired, battered and bruised. But his message is now - suddenly, and amazingly - clear: Yahoo wants to be bought by Microsoft. His exact words?“To this day, I have to say that the best thing for Microsof (Read More)
: Yahoo needs to just hole up create some value and stop worrying about the stock price. They are going to hurt their cash position even more by looking desperate "perception is reality."
: Well...since the BIG offer was placed on the table and pushed back to MS with a "no"...we have seen Yahoo's stock drop fast. I mean...at one time thier stock was diamond quality..now I would really not want to touch it at all. Ever watch Deal or No Deal?..same story. Yahoo had thier case of 1'000'000 opened, so....what does the banker offer now. Somebody put this dog down.