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Something fishy at Lenovo

02/20/2015 10:54

Over the past few days, Lenovo has come under increasing fire for adding Superfish adware to its consumer products. While adware/bloatware is nothing new, this software not only hijacks web searches to show ads, but it exposes customers to vulnerabilities that can intercept private and protected...

Hert Bleed: what can we do?

04/10/2014 13:37

This Tuesday, April 8th, network security researchers announced a startling vulnerability in Open SSL, the encryption program that secures about 2/3 of websites. This vulnerability looks to have been around for approximately 2 years and a patch has been released to fix it. As internet users,...

Apple: a bad few days for security

02/25/2014 12:58

So the past few days have been bad for Apple Inc. on the security front… First, they released an update to iOS 7 for iPhones and iPads that fixed an extremely important security flaw, but have not released a fix for the same flaw in Mac OS. This flaw could allow anyone on a...

Security Alert: CryptoLocker is loose in the wild

10/25/2013 16:35

There have been increasing reports of a new type of “ransomware” virus that is particularly nasty. Ransomware is just what it sounds like: malware that demands a ransom be paid in order to get rid of it. It may pretend to be from a legitimate anti-virus program or even a law enforcement agency...

Security Rumbles: January 2013

01/31/2013 11:30

Today, the New York Times is reporting that they have been battling in cyberspace with hackers who are believed to be from China (https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/technology/chinese-hackers-infiltrate-new-york-times-computers.html?pagewanted=1&ref=technology). This is an excellent...

Windows 8 Preview: Day 3 First Impressions

06/25/2012 20:52

Verdict: All in all, while I’m going to keep running Windows 8 myself, I can’t in good faith recommend a Windows 8 upgrade for our business clients. A new PC, fine, but the frustration level with Metro in a full desktop setting is a deal breaker in its current form. Running a full tablet...

Windows 8 first impressions - Day 1

06/21/2012 20:32

Upgrade from Window 7 64 bit: Downloaded the upgrade package and after an hour of uninstalling little things like the drivers for my 3rd monitor, received “Sorry, were unable to figure out if your high end 6 month old laptop is compatible” messages too many time times to count. Screw...

The fine line between efficient and invasive

04/13/2012 14:54

Yesterday, I received a spam message from a backup software vendor. Now, this is not an unusual occurrence as I received unsolicited emails from various technology vendors all the time. I let them through the shields as they occasionally have some relevant information or products in...

Day 3 iPad 2 review: an Android geek's perspective

01/06/2012 14:55

Day 3 It's the interface; it just preforms so smoothly with absolutely no hesitation, and all of the little animations that are built in are really impressive. I never had any complaints about the Xoom, but the iPad just screams. Apparently there's no way to access my...

Day 2 iPad 2 review: an Android geek's perspective

01/05/2012 09:41

Day 2 I really miss the Amazon free app of the day… Android only Widgets and notifications… I've gotten very used to being able to see new emails, the weather, etc. at a glance and get a preview when new emails come in. If there's a anything that brings me back to the Xoom, it...