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McAfee to launch URL shortener – no word yet on bloat

I am not fan of McAfee, or Norton, security products due to the fact I consider them to be some of the biggest purveyors of bloated software to inhabit the security software business. Now I realize that it ... continue

Going all pirate speak in your anti-virus program

There's a number of free anti-virus programs out there but one of the better known ones is Avast. Well, it seems that the company is taking their product name to heart and in conjunction of the upcoming ... continue

Symantec caught astroturfing blog comments

In this day and age of social media and reputation management it isn't unusual to find companies on places like Twitter and Facebook looking to improve their image. I've even had experiences of company representatives showing up ... continue

If anything should scare you to your very core it is this!

Never mind your mindless whining about privacy on the web. Never mind that you are already being tracked by your banks and credit card companies in ways that would make web advertisers blush. All the ways we ... continue

Is all your Facebook info sitting on some torrent site? Don’t worry it’s legal.

Web 2.0 is pretty cool and has gone a very long way to change the Web and how we use it. Social Media for better or worse has tagged along for the ride and regardless of your ... continue

So how much do all those mobile apps care about your security? Some not so much.

As we invariably move more and more into a mobile computing world questions need to be asked about just how secure our information that we are sharing all over the place really is. The need for serious ... continue

But I thought Macs didn’t need security software?

It never fails that when some-one using Windows posts a question regarding security and malware the most common response has been things like get real security buy a Mac or I use a Mac so I don't ... continue

Geez Facebook I’ve got a strainer that doesn’t leak as bad as you do

No sooner does Zuckerberg finish up his tête-à-tête with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher on the stage of the D8 conference than we find out that there is yet another security flaw in Faccebook. It turns out ... continue

Those airports scanners? Well, they may pose a serious health risk.

It's bad enough for those of us that have to fly anywhere considering some jerk beside you may decide that this would be a great day to explode their underwear; but now the equipment being used in ... continue

That office copier – it’s a data goldmine

See that fancy photo-copier over in the corner of your office. Yes that innocuous paper spitting machine that we all use daily to make copies of everything from confidential memos to last month's expense report. Did you know that ... continue

Grade your password with a handy dandy infographic

Courtesy of CXO and results gained by using GMail password strength meter. continue

Different generations, different tools, same wish: Peace

The above photograph was taken in Washington DC in October 1967 and like another famous photograph from Kent State it became an iconic message of peace. The capture of a simple act of putting a flower in ... continue

Hey Google, isn’t disabled supposed to mean .. well .. disabled?

While everyone is getting all googley over the fact that Google will now let you track any changes that sites do to their pages in Google Reader they might want to take a look at their Toolbar. It ... continue

That Twitter hack – it’s all on Twitter says DNS provider

Since the news about Twitter's homepage being hacked has made the rounds of the tech blogosphere not much more has been said about it. Twitter came out with an update post that said it's DNS records had ... continue

The Epic WordPress + MediaTemple Failure

A week ago I, Kyle the Invincible!, was hit by an injection attack on the majority of my own sites, and it took a large handful of hours to even figure out what was wrong. Once I ... continue

Chrome OS gets ‘mounting library’ but doesn’t change the fact a Web OS is dumb

I was reading Sarah Perez's post at ReadWriteWeb about some clever folks at the DownloadSquad who have found some goodies in the Chrome OS code that seems to indicate that the new web-based operating system will be ... continue

Rogue group hijacks hundreds of Facebook groups for your own good

Despite well-known privacy leaks and rampant availability of sensitive personal data, Facebook remains hugely popular. Lulled into a precarious sense of security by friends locking accounts, most people feel fairly comfortable sharing information they might not otherwise like to ... continue