Microsoft sticks to vow, leaves XP exposed to ongoing attacks Refuses to patch Internet Explorer bug that hackers are already exploiting Hackers are exploiting an Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability that was left unpatched in Windows XP on Tuesday, Microsoft and outside security experts said. The bug, identified as CVE-2014-1815, was one of two Microsoft patched with a critical… Read More »
Laine (and many others) want to know how to set a home page in their browser How can I make Cloudeight my home page? Our answer The fastest way to set a home page in your browser is to visit the page you want to make your home page — in your case www.thundercloud.net/start/ . Once you are on… Read More »
18 Ingenious Internet Tricks You Didn’t Know Existed So many shortcuts. And kittens. Alejandro Escamilla / BuzzFeed 1. Daniel Dalton / BuzzFeed Use “Cmnd + Shift + T” on a Mac. Works in Chrome and Firefox. 2. Daniel Dalton / BuzzFeed In Chrome at least. 3. See more at BuzzFeed
Heartbleed is one of those things that became a media monster darling. Everyone is making this out to be the end of the Internet — but as of now there hasn’t been a single confirmed case of anyone siphoning user data using Heartbleed — except for the NSA. Wouldn’t it be something if it were discovered that the… Read More »
Checker Plus Reads Gmail Messages, Marks as Read from Notifications Google’s browser has a pretty nifty notification system. While Gmail can provide some basic notifications through Chrome, Checker Plus lets you automatically read emails out loud, mark them as read from the notification, and more.P The extension has a host of options, including the ability to read your… Read More »
Let’s Play the Password Game With all the brouhaha over the Heartbleed Bug and other known and unknown threats, the only thing you can do is make sure you’re using nothing but strong passwords — and change them frequently. Yes, it’s a hassle, but not nearly as big of a hassle as having your bank account cleaned out… Read More »