by Joseph Forbes | Feb 23, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, MONEY, SECURITY, Technicals
Dell can trump Cisco in the information-technology security market, say Dell’s executives in describing how the company with its multifaceted approach will hold an edge against some powerful rivals that also include HP and IBM. Cisco is a great competitor, but...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 22, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, SECURITY
The website of the US television network NBC, NBC.com, has been hacked and the computers of visitors to it have been infected with malware. An NBC spokeswoman confirmed the incident in a statement to Huffington Post. According to various security researchers, a hacker...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 22, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, INTERNET, Malware Reports, SECURITY
Jean-Ian Boutin, who works for AV firm Eset, has discovered trojans that carry a valid digital signature. This potentially allows online banking spyware to pass superficial tests as harmless. Apparently, the certificate in question was issued by the DigiCert...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 22, 2013 | DATA, INTERNET, SECURITY
Escalating current events that involved several series of emergency patches and intrusions into prominent companies have slightly distorted our view of the bigger picture: it appears that companies are being spied on with a high degree of technological effort –...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 15, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, Technical Support, Technicals
There’s nothing like a fresh install of Windows to clear your mind, but it comes at a cost: you have to set everything up again, just the way you like it. Here’s how to reinstall Windows, migrate your important settings, and leave the clutter behind. You...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 15, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, NERD NEWS, Technical Support, Technicals
from the lords-of-cobol-hear-our-prayers dept. Here’s an old computer science joke: What’s the difference between hardware and software? If you use hardware long enough, it breaks. If you use software long enough, it works. The truth behind that is the...