Hackers exploit Tiger Woods car accident to spread malware – Cybercriminals have wasted no time taking advantage of the news that the world’s number one golfer, Tiger Woods, has been involved in a car accident outside his house in Florida.
New Facebook Worm Warning: Wanna See Something Hot? – A new Facebook worm is making the rounds today, with a brilliant landing page that has already caused many infections.
Windows 7 Functions and Settings In A Box – Have you ever been frustrated with navigating the operating system in an effort to find a specific function or setting? You know it is there, but just can’t seem to remember where exactly you saw it and how you got there. With the recent public release of Windows 7 I am sure many of you are finding yourselves in that type of situation.
Backing-up Your Photos, Music and Files for Free – Your hard drive will eventually fail. So you need to backup your files. Why not do it for free?
Five tips for safe Web shopping – Web shoppers are a suspicious lot. That’s the conclusion of a recent poll conducted by Zogby International and funded by Symantec and the National Cyber Security Alliance. The survey found that 63 percent of online shoppers abandoned a purchase due to security concerns.
One-Third of Laptops Fail After Three Months – SquareTrade, a provider of PC extended warranty services, studied the failure rates of the most widely used notebook computers. The results are startling. One in three notebooks will fail within three years. Here’s a look at the reliability and failure rate results among the top PC manufacturers.
Seven Deadly Sins of Social Networking – Social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn can be incredibly useful tools for those in the channel to connect with clients, prospects, vendors and even future employers. But every rose has its thorns. The extremely informal nature of social networking communication tends to invite participants to let their guard down.
Employees Willing To Steal Data; Companies On The Alert – Separate studies offer a scary glimpse into the minds of employees, management.
Is Google Chrome the Official Start of the Cloud Era? – Google Chrome is being dismissed by competitors and analysts, but it may just be the official beginning of the cloud computing era by freeing users from big, heavy PCs and operating systems.
Off Topic:
Video Games Help Real CSI Solve Crimes – Soon, real criminal investigation teams will be using video game technology to help forensic scientists collaborate virtually to re-create what happened at the scene of the crime.
Cracked: 5 Disturbing Ways the Human Body Will Evolve in the Future – We don’t think of ourselves as changing: We’re the same basic meat popsicles we’ve always been. But some of the surprising changes that the future holds in store for the human body are ball-shatteringly disturbing, so you’d better have an iron stomach if you plan on reading this (though if not, don’t worry; that’s probably in the pipeline too).
6 Online IQ Tests Created by Complete Morons – For the past year, lunatics have been buying up ad space around the Internet to tell us how stupid we are. Their banners are as ubiquitous as they are crazy– optical illusions, broken English riddles, and fake email notifications that all lead to the same site– OfficialIQquiz.com.
The World Has A New Strongest Beer: Tactical Nuclear Penguin – The 32% abv brew, called Tactical Nuclear Penguin (great name), takes over the mantle as the world’s strongest beer from German concoction Schorschbraerm which weighs in at a measly 31% abv.
Today’s Quote:
“Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays, it insists on it”.
– Russell Baker
Today’s Free Downloads:
EnhanceMySe7en Free – Although Windows 7 may be easier to use than Vista or XP, performing diagnostic and maintenance chores remains tricky. EnhanceMySe7en Free is a utility bundle for anyone interested in doing a little system housekeeping.
Paragon Partition Manager Express – Partition Manager Express 10 has some unique features, and I found the program rock solid in my testing. PME 10 offers only two options: Create and Resize. These are not your run-of-the-mill functions–both work on drives that are already fully partitioned. If you have the need for such a program, this freebie’s a good bet.
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