31 Apps, Games, and Utilities to Enhance Your Chrome Experience! – Like any dependable sidekick, Google Chrome has proven to be reliable, fast, and easy to work with; so much so, in fact, that we decided to feature the various apps, games, and utilities Chrome has to offer in a weekly series. But to make things easier for all you Chrome fans, we’ve decided to compile the last 30 weeks worth of posts and bring them to you here, in one huge comprehensive list of reading apps, games, utilities, and more.
Review: Free software runs Android apps from within Windows – BlueStacks announced that a free alpha version of its software allowing Windows 7 users to run Android apps is now downloadable — so naturally, we had to give it a try. The initial BlueStacks App Player comes with ten apps and allows an additional 26 to be installed, while a related Cloud Connect service allows pushing apps from a user’s phone to his or her desktop PC, the company says.
Block unwanted calls on Android with Privacy Security – Jack Wallen says the free Privacy Security app by NetQin Mobile Inc. is a great way to block unwanted calls on your Android smartphone.
Patch Internet Explorer Now - The October Patch Tuesday is moderate, with only eight new security bulletins, but security experts are unanimous that updating Internet Explorer should be a top priority.
Build a Gaming PC for $500 – Just because you don’t have a lot of money to spare doesn’t mean you can’t build a capable–and highly upgradable–gaming desktop.
Downgrading your computer: Why less is more – Summary: Planning on upgrading your computer? Consider downgrading it instead.
40% of SMBs suffered breach due to unsafe Web surfing – 40 percent of small and medium-sized businesses have suffered a security breach due to unsafe web surfing, and nearly one-third still do not have a policy to govern the use of social networking sites, say the results of a recent GFI survey of 200 U.S.-based IT decision makers.
Verisign asks for ability to suspend domains without a court order – Verisign, the operator for all .com, .net, and .name top-level domain, has submitted a request to ICANN asking for the power of taking down “abusive” domains following requests from law enforcement agencies and without a court order. The news of the request was met with an outcry from security professionals all over the world and digital rights and individual rights advocacy groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation and American Civil Liberties Union, who argued that this eminently disruptive approach would be a direct threat to people’s First Amendment rights.
Security pros say that hackers have the upper hand – Interviews with 1,967 professionals at the recent Cisco Live and Black Hat USA conferences found that more than 75 percent of network management and security professionals believe that automated tools give hackers the upper hand in evading the defensive systems utilized by most enterprises to protect their critical assets and data.
Anonymous prepares for Operation Britain – HACKTIVIST GROUP Anonymous is readying for the UK part of its Occupy campaign, and has called on UK residents to join it in Operation Britain on 15 October.
Company News:
90,000 accounts compromised in new Sony attack – 60,000 PlayStation Network and Sony Entertainment Network accounts and 33,000 Sony Online Entertainment accounts have been compromised during what Sony describes as a testing of a “massive set of sign-in IDs and passwords” against their network database.
Website reputation and automatic blacklisting enhance GFI WebMonitor – GFI announced that GFI WebMonitor now includes new security and anti-malware features that enable small and medium-sized businesses to provide employee Internet access without sacrificing network protection.
Cray Titan Supercomputer to Feature AMD, Nvidia Chips – Supercomputer maker Cray will bring together CPUs from Advanced Micro Devices and graphics technology from Nvidia to upgrade the massive Jaguar system at a national laboratory and create what could become the world’s more powerful supercomputer.
AMD launches FX “Bulldozer” desktop chips: Eight cores for $245 - The long-awaited day for AMD fanboys has arrived. The chip company has finally released its first Bulldozer desktop processors under the FX series name, including a flagship eight-core CPU that’s priced at just $245.
Off Topic (Sort of):
The 10 Greatest MS-DOS Games of All Time – From a trio of kids who save the world from a giant purple tentacle to one of the world’s great shoot-em-ups, here are ten games that entertained millions.
Microsoft is marketing Windows 8 to developers not to me and you – While Microsoft might be getting Windows 8 “just right” with developers, many IT pros seem to be feeling left out.
10+ things you can do to avoid ethical breaches – If you’re headed toward an ethical quagmire, a few basic steps can help you find your way back to the high ground.
The Tech Tools of Political Revolution – Technology makes communication and collaboration of political movements, like Occupy Wall Street, possible.
Today’s Quote:
“There are no facts, only interpretations.”
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Today’s Free Downloads:
PrimoPDF – PrimoPDF is a printer driver that creates PDF files from your documents. It’s extremely easy to use and produces excellent PDFs–without the watermarks that some programs add.
UNetbootin 5.63 - UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
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