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US DOJ indicts digital currency provider Liberty Reserve for money laundering 29 May 2013 | 02:19 am
The United State Department of Justice announced today announced today the indictment against the digital currency company Liberty Reserve for $6 billion dollars of money laundering and other criminal...
Free Windows 8 Update to Address Confusion 15 May 2013 | 10:47 am
A planned Windows 8 update to address complaints and confusion with Microsoft's new operating system will be made available for free this year, the company says. Not charging extra for Windows 8.1, p...
How the Syrian Electronic Army Hacked The Onion 10 May 2013 | 09:17 pm
Seriously...The Onion got hacked...The Onion...seriously...explains how it was done...seriously How the Syrian Electronic Army Hacked The Onion - Onion Inc.'s Tech Blog QUOTE from link above: ...
Microsoft Releases Fix It for vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 9 May 2013 | 08:46 am
On May 3rd, Microsoft released an advisory about a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 that could allow specially crafted code to execute commands on your computer. It was later confirmed that there ...
Microsoft Just Upgraded All Hotmail Users To New Outlook.com 4 May 2013 | 03:33 am
Microsoft Says Goodbye Hotmail::Brought to you by TechWeb QUOTE from link above: "Hotmail was still one of the most widely used services, with over 300 million active accounts," he wrote. "This m...
R.I.P. Windows Live Messenger. Forced migration to Skype begins today. 26 Apr 2013 | 08:00 pm
The long awaited transition from Windows Live Messenger to Skype begins today. The next time Windows Live Messenger users attempt to login, they will be greeted with a message message stating a new ve...
Breaking News: Twinkies are back 26 Apr 2013 | 12:12 am
Twinkies are back: Hostess plant in Columbus, Ga., will reopen in July [...]
Is your router secure? 20 Apr 2013 | 08:25 am
Better hold off on answering that question just yet. ISE, a security research company, has published a report detailing the ease with which they were able to compromise several popular SOHO routers. ...
How to protect your computer against dangerous Java Applets 18 Apr 2013 | 08:21 am
Java exploits represent a common attack vector used by the bad guys to infiltrate vulnerable computers via the web browser. We wrote about the rise of Java exploits as early as 2010, and we haven't se...
Rumors that Windows 8.1 (Blue) may bring back the Start Menu and boot to desktop 17 Apr 2013 | 11:58 pm
When Microsoft unveiled Windows 8, the biggest complaints were the lack of the traditional Start Menu and Windows booting directly to the Windows Start screen instead of the desktop. Rumors are now ci...
