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We hear about the hackers who steal people’s sensitive information and often even their identities. So some of us decide to take action and employ some software to encrypt all inbound and outbound traffic from our computers. Nowadays there are several encryption programs that can...
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December 13, 2012 admin
Internet, Security
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The guys at 4chan had a little fun making a picture that went viral saying that when PSY video Gangnam Style hit counter reached a billion hits on YouTube the end of the world would happen. The picture featured Nostradamus saying: “From the Calm Morning, the End...
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December 1, 2012 admin
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On Friday November 9 2004, eight years ago the Mozilla foundation launched the first version of Firefox. Mozilla’s open source browser was seen as a breath of fresh air at the time when Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 dominated the market share, annoying many users with its numerous...
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November 30, 2012 admin
Internet
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Zynga will no longer be tied so closely to Facebook as the two companies have forged a new deal that changes the way both companies operate there platforms. Under the new terms, Zynga games will be under Facebook’s standard terms of service starting March 31, 2013. Zynga won’t have...
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November 30, 2012 admin
Internet
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lamented a preliminary ruling by the European Commission on Tuesday that it was unlikely Visa Europe, MasterCard Europe and American Express Co had violated EU anti-trust rules with their blocks on processing WikiLeaks donations. Bank of America, VISA, MasterCard, PayPal and...
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November 28, 2012 admin
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Reddit users may have helped another man solve a medical mystery that might have saved his life. A Reddit user submitted a web comic known as a rage comic detailing his male friend’s experience of trying his ex-girlfriend’s unused pregnancy test as a joke. He was...
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November 16, 2012 admin
Internet
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If you’re wondering if the e-mail asking you to change your password on your Twitter account is legit or a phishing scam look no further the e-mail is legit. Twitter sent password reset email to many accounts, thanks to a security breach. Sites like Mashable,...
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November 12, 2012 admin
Internet, Security
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CmdTaco aka Rob Malda took to the time to write an excerpt on his new home page http://cmdrtaco.net about the site he founded, and was chef editor of for 14 years. For those of you who do not know who Commander Taco, he is the original owner...
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November 11, 2012 admin
Internet
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The 2012 election results are in and President Barack Obama will be our president till 2016. President Barack Obama won the popular vote by 2,548,473 and the electoral vote by 97 votes making this a very close election. After the election had concluded Mitt Romney made speech...
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November 7, 2012 admin
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Kim Dotcom (Kim Schmitz), the founder of the shuttered file-sharing site that housed everything from family photos to blockbuster films, on Thursday announced via Twitter a new online storage service called Mega that will give users direct control, and responsibility over their files. Mega will launch in...
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November 5, 2012 admin
Internet
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