Archive for March, 2009
Friday, March 27th, 2009
Though I haven’t had any problems of my own, I know a couple of people who installed IE8 and then complained about it running very slowly, sometimes completely bogging down their systems. This type of behavior usually signals a problem with system resources, but thanks to Ed Bott over at ZDNet, there may be a [...]
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Two router options, both of which I’ve said are security risks (see This Router Configuration Option Can Be Dangerous), can now be exploited to turn routers into zombie botnet members. My latest post at Security Corner, Worm Targets Home Networking Equipment, gives details and references to more news items. You can read those if you [...]
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Saturday, March 21st, 2009
The original title of this article was “Nine Steps to System Security – 2008,†but the date is misleading—these tips are just as applicable now as they ever were and will probably hold true for a long time. The new title is “Safe Computing in a Web 2.0 World.†I guess I’ll have to change [...]
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
Jenny Mackintosh over at the ITKE Community blog (the folks who host my Security Corner blog) announced a cool contest for anyone who wants to show their tech savvy. The only catch is that you have to register as a community member, but ITKE is reputable, so this isn’t a problem: Now through the end [...]
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Friday, March 13th, 2009
I’m now an expert author for EzineArticles.com. You can check out my public profile by clicking that Ezine@rticles icon over there, or you can click here. What is EzineArticles? you ask. Here’s what they do: EzineArticles.com is a matching service — bringing real-world experts and ezine publishers together. Expert Authors & Writers are able to [...]
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