Adobe fixes Flash Player bug again: Wait, is it safe now? Adobe Flash Player users are being urged by the company to download and update the latest patch that addresses some major holes in security of the program, and the devices that the program is running on. The fix is geared to adequately fix the flaw that’s called… Read More »
Be careful what you search for… I guess I never thought I’d see the day when I had to give a lot of thought before doing research for an article for our InfoAve Premium newsletter. Now I realize that I have probably put Cloudeight on the NSA’s observation list simply because I wrote about CyberGhost and the Tor… Read More »
We Told You a Decade Ago Not to Trust Truste We have been warning people about Truste for years. In fact, in 2011 we wrote an article about WOT (Web of Trust) criticizing their adoption of the pay-to-play methodology where you can get a badge of trust for your business or Web site as long as you pay… Read More »
MOST NOW FEAR THEIR LIVES ARE OPEN BOOK For a long time, people thought: ‘Well, I have nothing to hide,’ one expert said. But we do have things we want to hide, she said, whether it’s credit card information or info about our families SAN FRANCISCO – Americans overwhelmingly think they’ve lost control of how their personal information… Read More »
Dell takes one last shot at selling Windows 7 Home Premium PCs Just days before Microsoft orders OEMs to stop building new PCs with Windows 7 Home Premium, Dell tried one last time to spur sales using the lure of the five-year-old consumer OS. In a banner that ran on its website over the weekend, Dell promoted Windows… Read More »
CHP officers reportedly stole cell phone photos from women in custody One CHP officer allegedly asked for a woman’s iPhone password during her arrest. California Highway Patrol officers have allegedly been obtaining nude photos of female suspects from their cell phones and sharing them among other officers. Sean Harrington, 35, allegedly sent photos from the cell phone of a… Read More »