Archive for May, 2009
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
News From the Web Trenches
Here are some notes from the leading edge of the Internet this week: 1. That nasty Conflicker/Downadup worm is still going strong, infecting some 50,000 additional computers every single day. What is wrong with you people? All you have to do to protect yourself against this evil bug is apply all Microsoft Windows patches! With [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in News by Syd Tash
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
The Ten Commandments Version 2009
Confused and bewildered by the endless, incredible World Wild Web? You are not alone. But maybe this will help. Print it out and stick it up beside your computer, so you can see it every single day of your life. Thanks to doldgeek and the WorldStart Message Board for this. OK, here are the Ten [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Security by Syd Tash
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Your Netbook Can Be Risky
Netbooks are similar to laptop computers, only smaller, cheaper and less powerful. You can get one for $300 or so. They have been around for about two years now. Forecasts call for some 20 million Netbooks to be sold this year, double the sales figure for last year. This is still small compared to 300 [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Alerts by Syd Tash
Sunday, May 17th, 2009
A Big Patch From Apple
Apple has issued a king-sized security fix for Mac OS X. A total of 67 flaws were repaired, of which 26 could be considered critical. In other words, a hacker could use them to seize control of your computer. To get the patches, run the Mac OS X update service, or go to http://support.apple.com/downloads/ There [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Updates by Syd Tash
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Hard Drives Had Missile Launch Details
British researchers recently bought a bunch of hard drives on eBay and at other fairs and auctions. On one of them, they found very sensitive details of a U.S. ground to air missile defense system used to destroy Scud missiles in Iraq. The disk was originally from Lockheed-Martin, who built the system. It also contained [...]
