Strange as it may sound, the computer virus is something of an Information Age marvel. On one hand, viruses show us how vulnerable we are -- a properly engineered virus can have a devastating effect, disrupting productivity and doing billions of dollars in damages. On the other hand, they show us how sophisticated and interconnected human beings have become.For example, experts estimate that the Mydoom worm infected approximately a quarter-million computers in a single day in January 2004. Back in March 1999, the Melissa virus was...
Saturday, 30 April 2011
Friday, 29 April 2011
When you decide upon buying a new laptop computer, there are several factors you have to take into account. For example, you have to decide upon the manufacturer. There are several good one son the market, including HP, which offers some reliable, performing and designed to meet several needs. You can choose from entertainment laptops, business, everyday and so on. HP laptops are everywhere you look, even in stores, retail stores,...
Want a cheap way to personalize your laptops’ design and make it out of the ordinary? Well,laptop computer skins are what you need in this case. These good-looking vinyl sheets will definitely change how your laptop will look and even add something new. What is more, you can even protect your laptop from some light damages such as scratches and smudges. In case your laptop is a bit scratched and you can’t get over the issue and keep starring...
It is suitable to have a big desk in case you have a desktop computer. You need extra roomto place the display, the keyboard, mouse and even the printer. This type of furniture costs a lot and it occupies a lot of space in your room or at the office, especially if you are a student in a dorm room and you have to share the space you have. The decision of getting a laptop instead of a desktop is up to you, but one thing is certain: you will have...
Remember when we wrote about the Laptop Pen from Navisis that allows you to enhance your portable computer and transform it into a digital notebook with handwriting recognition?That is a great tech gadget that made me think of getting one too in the near future. Now let’s see another cool gadget introduced by N-trig, the provider of the DuoSense technology, which we encountered before when we found out about the large multi-touchdisplay...
Thursday, 28 April 2011
At the behest of the state Attorney General, legislation to make MySpace and Facebook safer for children is gaining momentum in the New Jersey State Legislature.The proposed Social Networking Safety Act, heavily marked-up with floor amendments, is available here. An accompanying statement describes the Legislative purpose. Explanations of the floor amendments are available here.This bill would deputize MySpace and Facebook to serve as a branch of law enforcement. It does so in a very subtle way.On the surface, it appears to...
“We stand for a single internet where all of humanity has equal access to knowledge and ideas. And we recognize that the world’s information infrastructure will become what we and others make of it. "These two sentences, from Secretary of State Clinton's groundbreaking speech on Internet freedom, sum up beautifully the challenge facing our Internet policy. An open Internet can advance our values and support our interests; but we will only get there if we make some difficult choices now.One of these choices relates to anonymity. Will it...
In a recent interview prominent antivirus developer Eugene Kaspersky decried the role of anonymity in cybercrime. This is not a new claim – it is touched on in theCommission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency Report and Cybersecurity Act of 2009, among others – but it misses the mark. Any Internet design would allow anonymity. What renders our Internet vulnerable is primarily weakness of software security and authentication, not anonymity.Consider a hypothetical of three Internet users: Alice, Bob, and Charlie....
Here's a great gift idea just in time for the holidays: Make your friends and relatives their very own copy-protected CDs using the same industrial-grade passive protection technology built into XCP and Macrovision discs.Passive protection exploits subtle differences between the way computers read CDs and the way ordinary CD players do. By changing the layout of data on the CD, it's sometimes possible to confuse computers without affecting ordinary...
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