I am hearing a lot of interest these days in Netbooks. Understandable, as they are small, light, and usually pretty cheap. This ultra-portability does come at a price, however, even if it’s not always calculable in real dollars and cents. Before you plop down your hard-earned cash for one there are a few things to [...]
I’m a reasonable man. I’d like to say I’m even, at times, magnanimous. My patience, however, has worn a little thin with a select few friends and family members who stubbornly persist in littering my in box with inane email forwards. In the days when the internet was new and novel it was understandable. We [...]
Over the past several months we’ve seen a dramatic increase in malware infections. These viruses are often cleverly (and convincingly) disguised as Windows security alerts. Examples of this type of infection are Antivirus Live, Internet Security 2010, Antivirus 200x, etc. They masquerade as an antivirus program and tell you your computer is infected. The idea [...]