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Cellphone Privacy

This past week several college students discovered that inside the iPhone there is a file that is “tracking” where its user went. This has some people on edge because Apple, until now, gave no explanation as to what the data was from or what it was being used for.  The speculations given was that they…

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Norton 2012 Coming Soon!

In the past Norton was considered to be a huge system resource hog. In recent years however they have made their product much more light weight, more accurate in what it picks up on as an infection, and faster.One of the biggest complaints about Norton in the past is that it was too difficult to…

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Angry Birds

Have you ever wanted to play Angry Birds but don’t own a smartphone like the iPhone or a Droid.  Or maybe you do, and you just want to play Angry Birds on a bigger screen to make it easier to take down those pesky pigs.  Well now you can enjoy one of the top rated…

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New Malware Scam Tactics

According to the antivirus company “Cyber Defender”, there is a new tactic that Malware creators are beginning to use to get your money. The new method involves you using your phone and using the SMS service to text a number to the malware creator which in turn pays them. Also, like most other malware, paying…

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Systems That Are Not Booting

Having a workstation that will not boot can be one of the most aggravating and scariest problems to run across if you’re using your computer for business. In most cases we can recover your data which is another topic all together, but, what if it’s your mission critical server that goes down, then what?If your…

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Trying to Save Your Battery?

Battery life on a laptop is such an important factor when it comes to mobile computing since without it, well, you don’t have a functioning computer. Ever consider how much battery power the various programs you run consume?Well, Microsoft just came out with their newest web browser in the last few weeks and they decided…

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Self-Repairing Computers

Okay, so I must admit, the idea of a self-repairing computer does sound a bit futuristic. A group of computer scientists named “CRISP (Cutting edge Reconfigurable ICs for Stream Processing” is developing a new type of process that allows individual components to fail and the processor to continue to function. While the processor obviously would…

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Donation Scams

There is a lot of scam on the internet to say the least. Many of them are designed to steal your credit card information, bank account information, or other personal information. Because of the recent disaster in Japan this may be a good time to shed some light on this topic.Scam artists use various disasters…

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