Computrace back door could make millions of PCs vulnerable Almost all recent PCs have Absolute Computrace embedded in their BIOS. It’s a product designed to allow companies to track and secure all of their PCs from a single cloud-based console. But researchers at Kaspersky lab have revealed that it often runs without user-consent, persistently activates itself at system boot, and can be… Read More »
Another Comcast call recorded, another Comcast apology Is recording the only answer? Ash Semvalavich/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET This call is being recorded to improve customer service. It’s being recorded by the customer. Perhaps this is the message that every Comcast customer should prepare after another unhappy man decides to record a call with the company’s service staff. In… Read More »
These States Have the Fastest Internet Virginia tops the list, and Alaska comes in last Virginia tops the list of the states with the fastest Internet, with an average Internet speed of 13.7 megabits per second (Mbps), according to Akamai’s “State of the Internet” report for the first quarter of 2014. Massachusetts and Delaware tied for second at 13.1 Mbps,… Read More »
Hackers Unveil Their Plan To Change Email Forever The creator of an ultra-secure email service once said to be used by Edward Snowden unveiled his next project at a major hacker conference Friday: He and others like him want to change the very nature of email forever. Ladar Levison, creator of the Lavabit encrypted email provider, was forced… Read More »
PaperBackSwap If you’re anything like us, you have lots and lots of paperback books laying around. One of our passions, besides computers, is reading. We both love to read and we both have tons of paperback books. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to trade some of those old paperback books for other paperback books we’d like… Read More »
Everyone likes short, quick Windows tips. These following 21 tips work in all versions of Windows, unless otherwise noted. We hope you find these tips useful! To change computer time: Right mouse click on the clock in your system tray (lower far right) or right-click in system tray and choose “adjust date and time”. To save a picture/image… Read More »