By Harry McCracken
If you think the whole Web is suddenly looking more like Facebook, you’re not imagining things. At its developer conference last week, the 800-pound gorilla of social networks made a bevy of announcements — and all the biggies involved intermingling your life as a Facebook user with other activities around the Internet.
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By John Dodge
PC Pitstop has published the results of a pretty interesting PC security survey and found the two least effective anti-virus programs are the ones many of us use – McAfee and Symantec Norton. I use McAfee and as far as I know, there’s nothing sinister on my PCs.
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By Leo Notenboom
With all the attention that malware and security issues keep getting it’s easy to think that there’s no hope for safe computing. There is.
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By John Dodge
I am still playing with HTC’s Droid Incredible from Verizon Wireless and like I said initially, it’s a very cool smart phone. However, the mobile broadband tethering leaves something to be desired.
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By Bill Pytlovany
If you’re interested in PC Security, you’ll want to check a look at research recently compiled by the folks at PC Pitstop. Even I was surprised at how much people mistakenly rely on their security software. The research shows that even with some of the most popular and/or highest quality protection computers are still at risk.
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Maybe it’s time we opened our eyes and took a look around. I don’t think relying on good intentions is going to cut it any more. Our privacy deserves at least a little effort to preserve. Is anyone else bothered by this?
German officials finally find a crack in Googles armour and get an admission that they have been collecting private data from unprotected wireless connections since 2006.
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I joined FaceBook roughly about 1 year ago, and I have truly enjoyed the experience. I have connected with many old friends and relatives. Without FaceBook none of this would be possible, and hence my life is a little richer. But and this is a big but, Facebook is evolving into a dangerous place.
Let me give an actual example of how one can be tricked into downloading badware when on Facebook. First, I would like to introduce an old friend of mine, Duffy Conway. Duffy worked at Gateway in sales, and was consistently one of the company’s top producers. I left Gateway over 10 years ago, and I was delighted to have Duffy as my friend on Facebook.
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PC Pitstop Research analyzed 50,258 computers and found the following:
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By Steve Hogan
Not bad! From bottom 46% to top 35% with a single click. Even a good system can get better with PC Matic.
Thanks Ray, it was good getting to know you and I hope you experience no Internet interruptions in the coming months. I can tell you’re going to enjoy the program and be sure to let your friends and family enjoy that PC Matic Home 5 installation license.
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The word is out! PC Matic is like no other PC maintenance tool on the market today.
What They Are Saying About PC Matic Read More »