Archive for the ‘Security’ Category
Facebook partners with McAfee to Improve Security
15, Jan 2010Facebook on Tuesday said that it had partnered with McAfee to offer its 350 million members a complimentary six-month subscription to McAfee security software. “Now, if your computer is infected, you will be asked to run a scan … and clean it before accessing Facebook,” said Facebook project manager Jake Brill in a blog post. “We’re not aware of another free Internet service that takes this much responsibility for helping people keep their accounts secure.”
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- Tags: Facebook
12 events that made the most noise in 2009
3, Dec 2009HTC Hero
When ever I think of HTC hero, I think of Puff Daddy’s I got the power song. You definitly have the power if you are going to use HTC Hero because it is backed by Googles own Android and comes packed with loads of features. It’s loaded with Google apps, of course, plus a [...]
First iPhone Virus is on the prowl
10, Nov 2009The first worm to infect the Apple iPhone is on the loose. This new program known as “ikee” changes the phone’s wallpaper to a picture of 80s singer Rick Astley with the message, keying off Astley’s song, that says “Ikee is never going to give you up.” The worm is also known as ash, [...]
Microsoft to Bings rescue
22, Oct 2009Microsoft on Wednesday said it is fixing a bug in Bing that allowed spammers to bypass spam filters and distribute malicious links. Researchers at Webroot Software discovered a spam campaign earlier this week that used the search engine’s own redirection mechanism and a link-shrinking technique to send people to spam Web pages, according to a [...]
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- Tags: bing, microsoft
Bluetooth Out – Wi-Fi Direct In
20, Oct 2009We are in the last few days of Bluetooth technology. Recently, the Wi-Fi alliance announced a new wireless networking specification which will enable users to establish a simple peer-to-peer wireless connection without a wireless router or an active Wi-Fi connection. This new wireless networking standard is currently called the Wi-Fi direct. This, in many occasions [...]
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- Tags: bluetooth, wifi, wifi direct