Rain Puddles In Heaven Have you jumped in a rain puddle lately? Have you even noticed them? Do you think there are rain puddles in heaven? So often we get caught up in our own concerns; we get caught in the trap of our busy lives, in the tangled web of our own routines, and in the worries and… Read More »
Avast doesn’t even come close to living up to its promise of protecting its users from malware. At one time we recommended Avast, but we stopped recommending them two years ago when Avast decided to become a one-size-fits-all security solution – a little Norton. The truth is that even the worst of the anti-virus bunch does a decent… Read More »
The Top 5 Claims That Defenders of the NSA Have to Stop Making to Remain Credible Cindy Cohn and Nadia Kayyali – EFF Over the past year, as the Snowden revelations have rolled out, the government and its apologists have developed a set of talking points about mass spying that the public has now heard over and over… Read More »
Intruders for the Plugged-In Home, Coming in Through the Internet Sometime soon, you may be able to turn your lights on with your iPhone. That, however, raises the question of what could happen if your device fell into the hands of a hacker. Home, connected home. The front door opens with a tap on aniPhone. The lights come… Read More »
Pixar Renderman software set free so you can make your own Toy Story | News Aspiring animators, listen up! Pixar’s working on a brand new version of Renderman, the in-house software they use to render (duh) all their awesome digital creations. There are a slew of improvements coming, but the big news is that there’s a version you can download… Read More »
Secure Email Made Easy Windows/Apple/Android One of the most insecure forms of communications is email. Email is stored not only on your computer (even if you delete it) but it’s stored on a Web server whether you use a Web mail service or your ISP’s mail service. And by now, there is one thing we all know —… Read More »