Wired online site has two very interesting stories yesterday. One involves Microsoft's recent legal action against the website Cryptome.org The website has been around for awhile and was gone in a heartbeat after they posted a document that Microsoft intended for law enforcement and government agencies. This document briefed them on what data is stored on their servers, for how long etc. But the kicker here is that there didn't seem to be too much there that would not be obvious. Where the mystery comes in is why they took such strong action against the website who revealed it. Now, the document is all over the place and the story has generated quite a stir. Questions being asked are, and rumors are flying regarding how easy it might be for these agencies to acquire data on individuals and organizations "without" really having the proper authorization to receive ...

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One of the best ways you can pickup your speed on the internet is to find DNS servers that will get you to where you want to go faster. If you would like to know how your DNS servers are helping you or hindering you, then download and run Steve Gibson's excellent DNS Benchmark tool. I use OpenDns nameservers and his utility told me that it would benefit me to just switch the order of the servers and its should make a significant difference.

Steve Gibson's FREE DNS Benchmark Tool

Have you gotten to the point where you don't know why your PC is slow and not responsive? I recently could not understand why my own PC was dreadfully slow when accessing the internet. I had tried everything I could think of short of blowing everything away and starting over. This is a good solution for many problems that are under the hood, things we can't see that throttle performance. Honestly, it's a major pain in the neck to undertake. I decided to try a valuable alternative, and it was a great choice. Its called Reimage and it saved me TONS of time and energy. I highly recommend this service another 5 *'s for this application.

You can get a free analysyse of your computers performance at their website which is linked here: Reimage PC Repair Online and on the side of this page  whee you see ...

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Very interesting post I thought. Worth reading for some people who own Apple's and are always crowing about how they don't worry about vulnerabilities. Well, you would be surprised maybe to know that the Safari browser figures to be the most easily hacked browser available. Again, it's not always the operating system that gets slammed people. There are many software apps that need to be kept up to date. So, if you own an Apple and think you can't get punked, better think again.

Apple Safari To Give Up First In Hacking Contest

Ok, we have been over this before, yet I will state it again. Adobe PDF reader is unsafe. Perhaps after you read the report that I am posting a link to you will agree. It is reporting that Adobe PDF Reader  accounted for 80% of the exploits the company encountered in 2009! That's a staggering statistic if you ask me. It's a very simple thing to fix to. How do you do that? Get rid of it! I know that sounds absurd, but with other PDF readers available to essentially do the same thing with less hassle, why wouldn't you? My suggestion in the past is use a program such as Foxit Reader. It's free and is not prone to the problems associated with an unsafe program. You can also get a version that will allow you to edit PDF's very simply. Do yourself a ...

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Interesting developments in Redmond. They have decided to go ahead with plans to include an update next week that will check your system to make sure you have a valid copy of Windows. Yes, they have done this before however, this time its different. They have decided to "nag" customers into purchasing a valid license for the software. I can understand their desire for people to legitimize their operating system. However I can see this as causing a good deal of grief and anxiety for users who perhaps purchased a used computer, or bought from a vendor who did not offer them a legitimized copy.

So, stay tuned on this one, there could be a good deal of backlash from this. Also, you can prevent the download by switching to manual download, and preventing update #KB970133 from downloading. If you do download it, there is no way to uninstall it ...

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Datasavers Inc. is very proud to announce our affiliation with Authentium Inc. Authentium is the creator of the new SafeCentral browser. With SafeCentral you can switch from your regular browser to the SafeCentral browser to transact your online banking, shopping or other activities where you need the added security from malicious malware, spyware and viruses that could be resident on your computer without your knowledge. It adds an extra layer of security that is needed to give you confidence to do the things you need to do while on the internet. Browse over to our SafeCentral Information page for details. I personally recommend this browser as an excellent deterent to the potential for identity theft.

SafeCentral Information

If you have a facebook page, whether for personal use or business use, there is a new content filtering application available that I would highly recommend called Defensio 2.0. It effectively blocks spam, malicious content and viruses that may reach your wall via your contacts or rogue apps. I'm sure this is something that nobody wants to be responsible for should a threat reach you and you in turn spread it to your family, friends and associates. This one gets ***** from me.

Watch the video for an explanaition on their website then sign up:

Defensio

Network World has posted an article yesterday on how one of the easiest ways that hackers can steal your data on an unsecure public wireless hotspot.

If you are accessing a hotspot and you do not have a proxy of some sort setup, you are putting yourself at an enormous risk through a procedure known as poisoning your web browser. Its a very common way for hackers to intercept traffic. If you aren't sure that you are accessing the right network, you won't know if your computer has been compromised.

Be very careful and make absolutely sure that you are accessing the wireless access point that you should be. Hackers can easily spoof a public hotspot and then you are open to their tools of destruction.

There are VPN servers that you can install that will give you security by routing your traffic through a safe DNS server ...

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