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Homeland Security: Don’t Use Internet Explorer

  Homeland Security: Don’t use IE due to bug SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Department of Homeland security is advising Americans not to use the Internet Explorer Web browser until a fix is found for a serious security flaw that came to light over the weekend. The bug was announced on Saturday by FireEye Research Labs, an Internet security software company based… Read More »

AOL Hack Causes Zombie Spam

AOL hack causes zombie spam Long discarded AOL email accounts come back from the dead — to spam you. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Whether or not you use AOL, a recently exposed mass hack of the company’s network promises trouble for everybody. AOL (AOL) users: Hackers stole “a significant number” of email addresses, passwords, contact lists, postal addresses and answers to… Read More »

Windows 9: Coming Sooner Than You Might Think

Windows 9 release date, beta, preview, start menu & screenshots   Windows 9 Threshold: All you need to know about the next Windows When is Windows 9 coming out and what can you expect? We take a look at the expected Windows 9 release date, leaked Windows 9 screenshots and how the Windows 9 Start Menu looks set… Read More »

Americans Can’t Pass the US Citizenship Test but They Can Vote

Awkward: Americans can’t pass the US citizenship test In a video posted earlier this week, members of the Immigrant Archive Project — an oral history project that collects the stories of American immigrants — did a series of “man-on-the-street” interviews with passersby in Miami. The twist: they asked questions from the US citizenship test that every immigrant is… Read More »

New Internet Explorer Flaw Leaves 26% Vulnerable

A New Internet Explorer Security Flaw Leaves One Quarter Of Web Browsers Vulnerable More bad news in the world of online security. posted on April 27, 2014 at 5:12pm EDT More bad news for online security, especially if you use Internet Explorer to browse the web. Last night, Microsoft announced that all versions of Internet Explorer have been… Read More »