SPAM. It’s a dreadful word that causes many a computer user to yank out their hair and wish their service provider would do a better job of keeping SPAM out of your inbox. But that is not going to happen over night. So…it is up to the end user to make sure they have extra [...]
AVG 9 Free Antivirus Software Download Now Available
Earlier this month we covered the release of the professional – in other words commercial – edition of AVG 9 and mentioned that the free version of the antivirus software would be released in a couple of days from the time of the review. AVG today has released the new version called AVG 9 Free [...]
After Cyborg Beetles We Now Have Sniffer Bees
Next time you visit an airport, there’s a chance of you being sniffed by, not dogs, but bees. Yes, they are now down to training bees to sniff and apparently it is proving to be extremely successful.
While the cyborg beetles in my last post are still nowhere near practical implementation, these sniffer bees are already [...]
Adobe Reader Security Update
Adobe has released a security patch for their Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat line of products that fix several security vulnerabilities that have been rated as critical. The vulnerabilities that have been discovered could cause Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat to crash which could potentially allow attackers to take control of the computer system. The [...]
Microsoft Security Updates October 2009 Online
Microsoft has published all security patches for today’s Patch Day a few minutes ago. The patches are available via Windows Update, Microsoft Update and the individual security bulletins that describe the nature of each security patch in detail. Windows users are encouraged to update their operating system and software programs as soon as possible to [...]
Zonealarm Pro Firewall 2010 Promotion
Remember last year? Zonealarm ran a promotion in November where users could grab a valid one year license for Zonealarm Pro Firewall. Seems that the promotion was a success as the devs are readying their website for this year’s promotion. The rules are simple. You need to visit the Zonealarm website – to be precise [...]
Leaked Hotmail Password Data Analysis
Remember back then when AOL decided to provide downloads of an anonymized snapshot of their search engine logs? One of the first things that Internet Marketers did was to analyze the data to see what users where looking for. Groups focused on privacy would analyse the data to see if it was possible to identify [...]
