The company that claims it can keep you safe from all manner of threats and hackers was itself hacked. We find this telling and amusing. The self-proclaimed king of Internet security Symantec (the company that makes Norton products) must be red-faced today as a group of hackers posted the entire source code for Norton Anti-virus which was stolen… Read More »
We’ve been telling you right along that when ISPs block email as spam, what they’re essentially doing is censoring your email. That’s why it’s so very important, if you’re ISP uses spam filters, that you maintain at least one non-ISP email account and use it when you absolutely, positively want to receive email without your ISP defining spam… Read More »
We can’t think of a more important Windows feature, that is less understood and more underused than System Restore. Since Windows ME, Microsoft has given every Windows user a way to back out of catastrophe. In your hands, fellow Windows user, Microsoft has entrusted a virtual time machine. With System Restore you can back out of the biggest… Read More »
It’s a new year, but you probably don’t have a new PC. Maybe you should check your old PC in the new year to see if there are programs you need to update. Using outdated programs can not only slow your PC, they can be really bad for your PC’s health — and maybe even your online security.… Read More »
This proves that no matter how much you think you know, you don’t know everything. EB claims to know everything – I’m not sure she does. But I don’t know everything – according to EB I know nothing at all. But I’ll tell you one thing, I’m the old dog to which you can teach new tricks. I… Read More »
Internet Explorer 9 automatically sends your entire browsing history to Microsoft if you have “Suggested sites” enabled. Your data is sent to Microsoft (essentially they’re tracking your movements on the Web). Microsoft saves your browsing history and correlates it and uses it to find sites similar to those you’ve visited. Microsoft then uses the data collected from you… Read More »