Want to know what Google knows about you? If you have a Google account and use any one of the numerous services that Google provides free of charge, there is a price to be paid in exposed privacy online. Google is now ready to share what it has been tracking about you. The new service [...]
An adventurous, and perhaps daring Dutch teenager went for the big ransom yesterday by hacking into a significant number of jailbroken iphones in the Netherlands. After exploiting the vulnerable devices, he posted the following message on the home screen: On the hacker’s site, instructions were given on how to “fix” the vulnerability. And, there was [...]
It’s been over a year since the conficker worm came onto the internet scene. Now researchers at the Shadowserver Foundation are claiming that the computer virus has remained resilient and is in fact growing. The moral of the story, “the only safe computer is one that is unplugged”. If you go online with your computer, [...]
It’s the 40th anniversary of the internet. Detailing its early days as a Pentagon defense project all the way to today’s use of twitter and streaming media, The Guardian has created a fascinating interactive slideshow of the internet’s history and evolution.
Google continues its not so subtle expansion into all things internet. This time it has turned its attention to the world of music search. Over the coming days. Google will be rolling out a new music search engine that will seamlessly integrate with the popular Google search. Humming those lyrics over and over again in [...]
The days of a strictly Latin alphabet based internet may be coming to an end. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number, or ICANN which is the governing organization for the internet “naming” system is ready to introduce non-Latin based domain names. As early as next month, domain names may start to include characters [...]
If you’ve taken the plunge into the realm of ink-less reading , chances are you’ve come across Amazon.com’s line-up of e-reader devices. Although once dominant in the e-reader market, the Kindle family is beginning to see some stiff competition (take note of the Barnes&Noble Nook). To stay fresh and at the forefront, Amazon has announced [...]
Windows 7 is arriving on the scene along with a whole slew of laptops that support the new operating system. Adding to the confusion, we now have devices called “netbooks” that are slightly different than our usual laptop computers. Doing the research and spending time to make informed decisions can result in the purchase of [...]
Hooray! And it’s about time…. Led by the European Commission, major cell phone manufacturers have agreed on the micro-usb interface as the standard for cell phone chargers, thus eliminating the need to replace the charger when a new phone is purchased. Gone will be the many and varied proprietary chargers that are often unique to [...]
On January 1st, the Oregon DEQ implemented the E-cycle program statewide. The Department of Environmental Quality in conjunction with hardware and computer manufacturers is providing this service in order to promote equipment recycling. Individuals may bring up to seven items to be recycled for free. These items include: laptop computers desktop computers monitors television sets [...]
