A 12-year-old Canadian boy has pleaded guilty to hacking government and police websites during the student uprising in spring 2012, creating computer havoc and causing $60,000 damage. According to a story published by the Toronto Sun, the boy traded pirated information to Anonymous in exchange […]
12 Year Old Boy Guilty of Hacking Government Sites – youngest hacker ever? Read More »
There are quite a few perennial Microsoft bashers out there, I do not number among them. While I might not always be happy with the way Microsoft goes about things, or some of its policies, I do recognize the massive and important contribution MS has
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This bombshell was dropped by Republican Congressman and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers at a recent NSA hearing while interrogating American University College of Law professor Stephen Vladeck over his concerns about NSA surveillance programs. The already infamous quote was uttered by Congressman Rogers
Forums can be a great source of information. If you want to know how well a product is doing, if there are any issues and how frequent or severe, just search around associated help forms. A current topic right now is how Windows 8.1 is
The following article was prompted by a comment from one of our readers who had problems trying to find how to manage cookies in PrivaZer: Deleting cookies as part of an overall cleaning operation can be quite problematic; we want to delete as many cookies
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Back in April this year we published a review of a new music download software called MP3Jam. At that time, the software and the service it provided were free and, although it came bundled with the OpenCandy advertising module, was otherwise clean and my review
SmallPDF.com is a site which offers a range of free and useful online PDF tools. There are currently 4 tools available; Compress PDF, Image to PDF, PDF to Image, and Merge PDF. And, because they are browser-based tools, they will work across all platforms… Mac,
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What is CryptoLocker? CryptoLocker is a relatively new type of ransomware, and one which is particularly pernicious. For those of you who may not be aware; “ransomware” is the term used to describe malicious software which locks down the system or personal data, often via
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There is some truly awesome freeware out there, some of which is unfortunately marred by the bundling of toolbars, advertizing modules and other sundry parasitic extras. Bundling aside, what is your take on freeware which is clean but is being regularly and constantly updated with
Freeware which constantly updates with newer versions – Good or Bad? Read More »
Last week we told you about a Wonderfox Halloween promotion which included a giveaway for Wonderfox Video Converter Factory Pro. In that same article, we also mentioned an upcoming giveaway for Wonderfox DVD Ripper… well, that giveaway is now live. Wonderfox DVD Ripper would normally
Here’s the scenario; you just setup a brand new PC, the only thing installed is the bare bones operating system. Here’s the question; what are the first ten freeware products you would choose to install? To start the ball rolling, here are my 10 essential
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Here’s another Halloween promotion folks… this one is from BlazeVideo and includes a giveaway for BlazeVideo iPad Video Converter. BlazeVideo iPad Video Converter would normally sell for $29.95us but is available right now free for everyone… offer expires November 7th. BlazeVideo iPad Video Converter –
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Here’s another Halloween giveaway from Digiarty… WinX DVD Ripper Platinum Halloween Edition. I have it on good authority, direct from Digiarty, that even though this is called “Halloween Edition”, it is the exact same full featured software as the normal Platinum edition, with all the
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It’s that time of year once again, Halloween is nigh and the giveaways are rolling out. This special Halloween promotion from Digiarty includes a giveaway of the very good MacX DVD Ripper Pro software (Mac only). MacX DVD Ripper Pro would normally sell for $59.95us
