Wednesday, February 13, 2008

IRS Has Pervasive Information Security Weaknesses

We hear all the time about retailers, or financial institutions that compromise or reveal sensitive customer information that could lead to identity theft. From an attacker's perspective though, why not... Read More

U.S. tops new tech usage ranking

The United States, Sweden and Japan topped a new ranking that measures how well countries use telecommunications technologies — networks, cell phones and computers — to boost their social and economic prosperity. Read More

Woman Sues Best Buy For $54 Million After They Lost Her Laptop

Woman Sues Best Buy For $54 Million After They Lost Her Laptop

if I were the judge/juror I'd give her twice that! Best Buy is the worst. Relying on customers lack of knowledge and experience

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Month of Give-Aways: February 12

Month of Give-Aways: February 12
Copyright © 2008 Judie Lipsett. Visit the original article at http://www.geardiary.com/2008/02/12/month-of-give-aways-february-12/.Today’s give-away consists of the Brando MP3 SD Card player and the XPAL Pony Portable Speaker. Play your music from an SD card, either over the mini-speaker or through the headphones. digital-fingerprint@geardiary.com Share This Copyright � 2008 Judie Lipsett. Visit the original article at http://www.geardiary.com/2008/02/12/month-of-give-aways-february-12/.

Today’s give-away consists of the Brando MP3 SD Card player and the XPAL Pony Portable Speaker. Play your music from an SD card, either over the mini-speaker or through the headphones. :-) digital-fingerprint@geardiary.com

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Avoid Valentines Heartache - Open eCards with Caution

Copyright © 2008 Wayne Schulz. Visit the original article at http://www.geardiary.com/2008/02/13/avoid-valentines-heartache-open-ecards-with-caution/.The FBI is warning about the Storm Worm. This is one of those pesky email virus / worms that arrives disguised as a card “cleverly” forged as if sent by “a secret admirer” or “a family member“. digital-fingerprint@geardiary.com Don’t fall for it. [...] Copyright � 2008 Wayne Schulz. Visit the original article at http://www.geardiary.com/2008/02/13/avoid-valentines-heartache-open-ecards-with-caution/.

The FBI is warning about the Storm Worm. This is one of those pesky email virus / worms that arrives disguised as a card “cleverly” forged as if sent by “a secret admirer” or “a family member“. digital-fingerprint@geardiary.com

Don’t fall for it. I’m not saying you don’t have secret admirers that love you - but they’re probably not sending you generic “click me” cards that will only lead to eventual heartbreak, heartburn and possible heart attack as your browser is re-directed to the worm. You’ve been warned! PS - If you need an Anti-Virus program that won’t takeover your system resources (cough)Symantec (cough) - check out NOD32 from ESET. I’ve been using it on my work computer with nary a slowdown or crash. You are running anti-virus, right? Happy Valentines Day!

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Heading to Barcelona - Mobile World Congress

Heading to Barcelona - Mobile World Congress
I’m heading to Barcelona, Spain in support of Intel’s presence at Mobile World Congress 2008. This is going to be a huge show for WiMAX and we’ve got some several cool activities planned. Intel is working with Motorola and Clearwire...

Mobile World Congress - Complete Hardware Coverage

News Round-up Mobile World Congress - the show formerly known as 3GSM - brought a bumper crop of handsets and hype to Barcelona. Here are all of Register Hardware's MWC 08 stories, brought together for your reading pleasure...…

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Newcomer’s Guide To Upgrading MacBook Pro Memory And Saving $ 620

Copyright © 2008 Wayne Schulz. Visit the original article at http://www.geardiary.com/2008/02/13/newcomers-guide-to-upgrading-macbook-pro-memory-and-saving-620/.While ordering a MacBook Pro last month I shook my head at the obscene $ 700 price that Apple tries to charge for upgrading memory from the basic 2GB to 4GB. The additional 2GB of memory was quoted as a $ 700 upgrade option! [...] Copyright � 2008 Wayne Schulz. Visit the original article at http://www.geardiary.com/2008/02/13/newcomers-guide-to-upgrading-macbook-pro-memory-and-saving-620/.

While ordering a MacBook Pro last month I shook my head at the obscene $ 700 price that Apple tries to charge for upgrading memory from the basic 2GB to 4GB. The additional 2GB of memory was quoted as a $ 700 upgrade option! Instead of paying Apple to add the memory during the order - I did it myself saving over $ 600. Here’s how.. digital-fingerprint@geardiary.com

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Cell phones won't give you cancer, study says

Cell phones won't give you cancer, study says
Using a mobile phone does not increase your risk of brain cancer, according to a new Japanese study that is the first to consider the effects of radiation on different parts of the brain.

Apple Updates Trademark to Cover Game Devices

A USPTO filing shows Apple may consider its own game console Gaming is a big business with some g... Read More