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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 Windows 8, though in that OS, it was still present in the background under the name Windows Defender. Now the
Gamers who play any of the games by Blizzard Entertainment may want to check this out. Battle.net has introduced a new way to protect your account from hackers. The new service is called SMS Protect. If you currently have your account protected by an authenticator, it is possible that you received an email from Battle.net about this. It will send
A lot of people use Dropbox as a convenient way to transfer large files from one person's computer to another. I find it to be extremely helpful for podcasters who need to send an audio file of their voice track to an editor who puts everything together. Today, I learned something rather unexpected about who, exactly, can see the files
Amazon's Jeff Bezos just purchased the Washington Post -- and despite jokes, I am pretty sure he didn't do it by accidentally clicking the "Buy it Now" button. Plans at this point are unknown, but one thing is certain -- there are already problems to deal with. The newspaper has admitted that its web site was recently hacked. The announcement came in
It is never a good sign when you visit a website and see “We'll be back soon” at the top of the page. Sometimes, it can mean that the site is going through normally scheduled maintenance and truly will be back online in a little while. Not so with the Apple Developer website! To clarify, the website (at the time
Tumblr users might want to change their password. The official Tumblr feed announced an important security update for people who were using Tumblr on an iPhone or iPad. If that describes you, Tumblr suggests that you download an update. There is a link on the Tumblr announcement page that you can click to download the update. In addition to the
VPN (virtual private network) clients have been around for sometime, and are utilized by many corporations. It is a technology that individual users should also take advantage of. Avast hope to make that security option a trend with a new effort to help the average user be more secure when using a laptop or other mobile device at the local Starbucks. Citing