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Posted : 31st May 2009

How to secure your Wi-Fi

So you’re convinced that you have to secure your WiFi. Good, now we can make some progress. In the previous post, I mentioned using a password. This is the first step is making sure that unauthorized users will not be able to connect easily.
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Posted : 19th May 2009

Microsoft's Kumo sneaks out in public

Microsoft has begun to broaden the testing of its next-generation search technology.
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Posted : 17th May 2009

How Google Determines the Relevance of a Page

Have you ever wondered why Google.com delivers different results for a user in the US than for a user in Germany? This is a question I recently had to answer for a client, and it would have been much easier to send him to a link than to spend half an hour trying to explain what many skilled SEOs already know.
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Posted : 10th May 2009

Prediction: Apple will recommend security software

As an analyst, it is my job to follow the industry, internalize trends, and then use this information to make predictions. OK, here goes: Within the next 18 months, Apple will begin recommending that Macintosh users install Internet security software on all systems.
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Posted : 5th May 2009

Stay Away From Fake Security Software

If there is one thing that a lot of people do but deny doing so, it is buying fake software. This is actually understandable if you think about it. Licensed software is just so expensive and with the way things are going financially right now, people are always looking for ways to save a dime here and there. And if you buy unlicensed software, you will definitely save more than a dime!
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Posted : 29th April 2009

Microsoft tightens Windows 7 security for USB drives

In the wake of the Conficker worm spreading via removable storage devices among other methods, Microsoft said on Tuesday it is making a change to the way Windows 7 handles USB drives.
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Posted : 28th April 2009

Mozilla releases Firefox 3.5 beta

Mozilla on Monday released beta 3.5 of Firefox, a revamp of the open-source Web browser designed to include better performance, several new Web programming features, and a private browsing mode.
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Posted : 23rd April 2009

Google fixes severe Chrome security hole

Google released a new version of its Chrome browser Thursday to fix a high-severity security problem.
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Posted : 21st April 2009

F-Secure says stop using Adobe Acrobat Reader

With all the Internet attacks that exploit Adobe Acrobat Reader people should switch to using an alternative PDF reader, a security expert said at the RSA security conference on Tuesday.
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Posted : 19th April 2009

Where Have All the Flexible Designs Gone?

Has anyone noticed that flexible/fluid and elastic website designs are becoming rarer? Although it is not possible to determine numbers, it seems that flexible designs are not as popular or widespread as they were a few years ago.
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