Google Improves Privacy Practices
An announcement today by Google is a great first step in assuring individuals privacy. But their is a bit of a twist. Apparently they are going to have to hold the data for 18–24 months before they do what the…
HD DVD and Blu-ray Hacked in a Big Way!
Well the cat is out of the bag so to speak, we heard earlier last month when a few titles had been hacked. But it appears that Hackers have found the holy grail in the form of a processing key. What…
Did your computer attack the Internet?
This is the question that you should be asking yourself if you have not been diligent in the monitoring your computers. It has been estimated by others in the past that as many as 30% of PC’s that are connected…
Commercial Satellite Pictures
I have been watching the evolution of commercial satellite pictures for a while and the quality keeps improving At the same time I wonder how much of that data is being used by those that wish to inflict bodily harm upon others.The…
Apple patches 22 security issues for OSX
Well if Apple keeps this up they are going to start going head to head with Microsoft in the number of bug fixes. Nice to see Apple staying on top of the bugs, and also fixing a couple of potentially serious issues that…
Is your PC being used to Send Spam?
Sadly it may be and you don’t even know it. A in-depth report on the lengths spammers are going to is amazing. A unknown Russian group has control of about 70,000 computers worldwide and this is only one of many…
GNC-2006-11-14 #216
Well we have another winner and he who won will be very surprised. I go after Microsoft and the Zune player in a big way tonight and I think you will agree with me they just don’t get it. Some…