Twitter stood fast against a court order seeking personal information about one of its users. This is from a news story that appeared on many Web sites and in many newspapers today (09 May 2012). Read the article and come back and tell us what you think. We’d like your opinion. Is Twitter doing the right thing? Tweet… Read More »
Why You Really Need Malwarebytes Windows all versions First we’re not out to sell you something else. Second we’re not out to scare you. We’ve written about Malwarebytes many times in this newsletter. But it’s time to write about it again. Malwarebytes is not an antispyware or an antivirus — it is an anti-malware program that dares call… Read More »
A few years ago we made Fotomix a freeware pick of the week. It was great freeware, it was a great program. Then greed reared its ugly head. We received an email from Doug — one of our Premium subscribers – alerted us to Fotomix’s intrepid bundling. There’s no way to stop it from installing its ugly payload,… Read More »
It’s all about the money. Facebook’s (supposed) 901 million users will be treated to “free” security software from Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro and Sophos but it’s not really free. If you are a Facebook user (and according to Facebook everyone is) you’re going to have access to some of the biggest names in the security software business —… Read More »
Raymond almost falls for the Microsoft Phone Phishing Scam I guess I’m just gullible. I received a call from a man with an Indian accent claiming to be from Microsoft. He told me that my computer had come up as “infected” and gave me a code that would allow me to connect with a Microsoft technician to clean… Read More »
Ah yes. The fervor mounts as anti-tracking cookie zealots spew their anti-tracking cookie vitriol on blogs, tech sites, newspapers, radio, and television. Why they have created a virtual army of anti-tracking-cookie haters whose paranoia can be catching. If you come down with a bad case of paranoia it can cloud your vision and blind you to really important… Read More »