In his latest newsletter, the venerable Steven Levy unpacked the background for the kerfuffle surrounding Sarah Wynn-Williams’ book. While there…
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Under the rug The darkside of technology, particularly regarding social media and the AI stampede, continues to unfold, with whistle-blower testimonies and books. Even a movie now & then, like The Social Dilemma. We’re in a political climate where hypocrisy is no longer a disqualification. Yet again money muddies moral missteps. Ancient wisdom butts heads…
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Similar to 2013’s security software review (see Best PC Internet Security Product?), PC World’s “Security Showdown 2014” article reviewed the current 2014 versions of 10 popular security suite applications / programs: Kaspersky Internet Security 2014 Symantec Norton Internet Security 2014 McAfee Internet Security 2014 F-Secure Internet Security 2014 Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security 2014 Eset Smart Security 7 AVG Internet Security 2014 Webroot SecureAnywhere Internet Security Complete Avast Internet Security…
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A recent PC World article “Threat forecast for 2014: Ransomware, scams, snoops” summarized security firm AVG’s outlook for 2014: AVG Technologies Australia security advisor, Michael McKinnon, said the emergence of ransomware such as Cryptlocker shows the increasing sophistication of modern malware, and should be a concern for individual users and business. Here’s an excerpt from AVG’s blog post, “2014 – a year of escalating Ransomware, Bitcoin, Privacy and Digital Vagrants:”…
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A recent PC World article noted that once again a new version of Firefox was released last week. Mozilla last week released Firefox 26, which kicked off a limited form of click-to-play function and patched 15 security vulnerabilities, six of which were marked “critical.” I recommend Firefox to my clients. Firefox has some features which I prefer over Microsoft Internet Explorer. But at the very least, I recommend having at…
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A recent PC Word article reminded those with old PCs still running Windows XP that “Windows XP retirement nears.” All this year, I’ve been noting this event to any clients still using that old Microsoft system. … in April of next year, 2014, Microsoft will execute on its long published maintenance plan and stop commercial support for Windows XP. Starting in May, Windows XP will stop receiving security updates, even…
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A recent PC World article reminded us that “Tech threats abound beyond spam, malware during holidays.” Cyber criminals are all over social media sites, trying to get you to click on links from your “friends,” or to open up fake e-cards. Or, they’re trying to scam you into purchasing fraudulent gift cards for unbelievably low prices. But there’re also things to watch out for at point-of-purchase devices.