Yesterday I reported how a school in the Lower Merion High School district in Pennsylvania was using web cams on laptops to spy on some of their students. Well, an FBI official spoke to The Associated Press confirmed that they will be opening up this case and giving it a full criminal investigation. Students who [...]
Last week, Microsoft issued an update for Windows XP that made them suddenly get the Blue Screen of Death each and every time you tried to boot up. Microsoft had to try pretty hard to figure out what the problem was, and they found out that it wasn’t technically the patch they put out, but [...]
For many students, renting laptops from schools to use is an effective and inexpensive way to get work done. Even some universities offer the same deal, but no student ever stops to ask, what cost do the laptops truly come at? For those enrolled in schools around the Lower Merion High School district, it may [...]
Kaspersky, an already great anti-virus company, has just been granted a patent for a hardware-based anti-virus, something which seems like it will potentially revolutionize the way anti-virus software works. The hardware-based anti-virus will be able to work independently or in combination with any software on the computer or machine. The patented device by Kaspersky will [...]
Only a week after the release of Google Buzz, some hackers have found an exploit after tirelessly looking for one. Awesome! They found an exploit that can completely compromise your Google buzz account! According to ha.ckers.org, the exploit actually is inside the code on the mobile side of things.
This is a big thanks to ArsTechnica, as usual. They are brilliant and I thank them for this. One of the updates from this month’s giant Patch Tuesday is wreaking havoc on some users Windows PCs by giving them the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), according to a thread on Microsoft Answers, the company’s support [...]
Note: No, I have not had my identity stolen, so I do not know the hardships if it may happen. I am not saying that you can be worry free when it comes to your identity, but you don’t need to lose sleep every night about it, if you use common sense when it comes [...]
There is a nifty little application floating around the web called ZamZom. It’s a nice and simple lightweight application that can see everyone that is using your network, both wired and wireless. The free version sadly does not show any computer names, so it is rather difficult to tell who exactly is using your network. [...]
Microsoft has finally gotten off their high horse and have dropped that monthly update cycle of Internet Explorer in order to push out an update that fixes a hole in the security of Internet Explorer 5.01-8. If you are using any of those versions and are scared of a small hole, it is time to [...]
It’s about time for an update, Mr. Microsoft! How can you possibly have a bug that has been around since 1993? It is amazing that things like this get through, but luckily Google is around to fix that problem, or at least suggest a way to get it fixed, The Register has the full article, [...]
