Jul 9

A flaw in the way the internet works has prompted the “largest security update” in the history of the web, and fears of millions of people remaining exposed to criminals and malicious hackers.
Microsoft was among net companies yesterday which announced action to close the loophole that has potentially affected every site on the web.
The bug [...]

Jul 3

As soon as the summer holidays start, thousands of children and teenagers finally have plenty of time to spare, for instance, in developing their abilities and learning new skills.   
Since the internet is the medium of this era, helping civilizations to understand and communicate with each other, the number of internet and computer users continues to [...]

May 20

Computer users should be careful while using Wi-Fi hotspots at airports and other public places, to prevent hackers lurking around from having access to sensitive information, US Federal Bureau of Investigation has warned.
As a matter routine, the FBI says people “kill” time at airports connecting to airport’s Wi-Fi to check their office e-mail, do personal [...]

May 17

Carnegie Mellon University researchers hope Web surfers will spend their free time playing Internet-based games to help other people’s and businesses’ computers get smarter.
On Wednesday, the researchers launched http://www.gwap.com with five games designed to help computers with tasks they can’t automatically do.
“There are a lot of things that computers cannot do, but we’d somehow like [...]

May 15

Carnegie Mellon University researchers hope Web surfers will spend their free time playing Internet-based games to help other people’s and businesses’ computers get smarter.
On Wednesday, the researchers launched http://www.gwap.com with five games designed to help computers with tasks they can’t automatically do.
“There are a lot of things that computers cannot do, but we’d somehow like [...]

Apr 21

SMB EMail options improve

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E-mail: Can’t live without it, can’t stand the hassles. Is it any wonder many people rely on Instant Messaging for co-worker communications?
But old habits die hard, and IM doesn’t fit the work styles of many. Plus, e-mail was and probably still is the “killer app” for the majority of computer users today. Nothing will kill [...]

Apr 21

MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police said Wednesday they have dismantled what they called the largest and most damaging computer-hacking network ever uncovered in Canada.During several action-packed early-morning hours Wednesday, provincial police and RCMP officers dismantled the latest hacking ring by successfully carrying out 17 lightning-fast raids in 12 towns small and large across Quebec, including [...]

Apr 16

NEW YORK — On television, CBS’ “Big Bang Theory” is a traditional, half-hour sitcom about two super-smart dweebs fumbling around their sexy neighbor. On the Internet, that premise is cut to its essence on “Talk Nerdy 2 Me,” a series of clips from the show that [...]

Apr 7

NEW YORK — On television, CBS’ “Big Bang Theory” is a traditional, half-hour sitcom about two super-smart dweebs fumbling around their sexy neighbor. On the Internet, that premise is cut to its essence on “Talk Nerdy 2 Me,” a series of clips from the show that [...]

Apr 7

BOSTON — Leaving a copyrighted song where others can get at it with peer-to-peer software doesn’t constitute a copyright violation until someone downloads it, a federal judge said in a record industry lawsuit against college students.The Boston judge’s comments in a Monday pretrial ruling conflict with [...]