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Two New Products from iSmartAlarm at CES

Two New Products from iSmartAlarm at CES

Home security is very important. We all want to ensure that our families, homes, and “stuff” are safe. Those of you who are considering getting some home security devices this year may want to take a look at iSmartAlarm. They…

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JenThorpe
January 7, 2014July 30, 2021
2 Comments on Two New Products from iSmartAlarm at CES
Security
Target Data Breach Affects 40 Million Cards

Target Data Breach Affects 40 Million Cards

Those of you who did some of your holiday shopping at Target may want to check on your credit or debit card. Hackers have stolen data from around 40 million credit and debit cards that were used at Target stores.…

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JenThorpe
December 19, 2013February 15, 2021
5 Comments on Target Data Breach Affects 40 Million Cards
Facebook, google, Hacker, LinkedIn, Security, Twitter, Yahoo
Two Million Passwords Stolen by Hackers

Two Million Passwords Stolen by Hackers

On November 24, 2013, researchers at Trustwave discovered that hackers have obtained up to 2 million passwords for websites like Facebook, Google, Yahoo!, Twitter (and others). Researchers learned this after digging into source code from Pony bonnet. It appears that…

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JenThorpe
December 4, 2013
2 Comments on Two Million Passwords Stolen by Hackers
Android, application, Facebook, File Sharing, google, Security, smartphone, Social Media, tablet
AVG Android Social Apps

AVG Android Social Apps

Today’s Android apps from AVG are aimed at social media users rather than performance junkies whose needs were covered yesterday. AVG has two apps in this space, Image Shrink & Share, and Privacy Fix. Very different apps themselves but both are…

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Andrew
November 12, 2013
17 Comments on AVG Android Social Apps
application, Information, Microsoft, Security, Software
Unprotecting Excel Spreadsheets Without The Password

Unprotecting Excel Spreadsheets Without The Password

Spreadsheets and Microsoft Excel in particular are great tools for any kind of numerical analysis, but they’re good for handling and storing other data as well. I seem to recall a survey a few years ago that Excel was the…

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Andrew
November 10, 2013February 12, 2021
3 Comments on Unprotecting Excel Spreadsheets Without The Password
Adobe, Security
If you thought the Adobe hack was bad, you should see the user data

If you thought the Adobe hack was bad, you should see the user data

By now you have likely heard of the attack on Adobe — the one that seemed to grow worse with each new bit of information. What started out sounding like a problem quickly deteriorated into disaster. Originally said to affect…

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Alan
November 9, 2013
3 Comments on If you thought the Adobe hack was bad, you should see the user data
Microsoft, Security
Microsoft retreats: tells customers to get third-party AV software

Microsoft retreats: tells customers to get third-party AV software

When Microsoft released its Security Essentials software the company claimed it was all the end-user really needed and, for a time, that was mostly right. But the software suite has not entirely been kept up, and is not compatible with…

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Alan
October 7, 2013
2 Comments on Microsoft retreats: tells customers to get third-party AV software

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