Laptop Border Crossing Rules: What You Need to Know – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security made it clear that border crossing officials could continue to search any device that can store electronic media without any suspicion of wrongdoing. Anyone crossing the U.S. border with a laptop or other digital gear might want to consider a few things.
Mini Me sex tape leads to rogueware – Security experts have warned of a fake profile on the LinkedIn website which claims to give you access to a sex tape featuring Mini Me – better known as actor Vernon Troyer. However, the links actually lead you straight to rogueware programs – fake anti-virus and security products that demand a fee to remove non-existent infections from computers.
Lonely? Why Not Buy Some Facebook Friends – For a piddling 7.6 cents per friend, Usocial will deliver 5000 new buddies to your Facebook account. That’s $654.30 worth of lovin’ from people you’ll never meet and who aren’t concerned whether you live or die.
The Great Debate: netbooks vs. notebooks – Netbooks are one of my favorite gadgets and as their popularity continues to grow a lot of people are wondering which is better: netbooks or notebooks?
Microsoft rejoices: Windows XP use drops – The biggest danger to Windows 7 and Windows Vista isn’t Mac OS X or Linux — it’s Windows XP, whose hard-core fans refuse to give up the aging operating system. But it looks as if XP may finally be on the way out, which is good news for Microsoft.
18 Cool Things Windows 7 Does That Vista Doesn’t – In fact, there aren’t many changes to the overall look of Windows 7 when compared to Windows Vista. Instead, Microsoft seems to have paid attention to the feedback it received and created an OS that is not only stable, but also very capable.So what is new in Windows 7? Here are 18 cool things Windows 7 does that Vista doesn’t.
Facebook Fan Check Virus scare leads to malware – Beware of searching on the internet for information about something called “Facebook Fan Check Virus”, as you’re likely to end up on a website hosting malicious code. Watch our video to see how fears of a Facebook application is leading some net users into a hackers’ trap.
A Look Back at 40 Years of Unix – Forty years ago, a new operating system called Unix was created, and a new revolution in computing began. Today, Unix-based operating systems still run many of the biggest and most important computing systems in the world. In honor of the 40th anniversary of Unix, we’re taking a look at some of the many different iterations of Unix operating systems.
Facebook ‘enhances intelligence’ but Twitter ‘diminishes it’ – Spending time on the Facebook networking site could enhance a key element of intelligence that is vital to success in life, a psychologist has claimed, but using Twitter may have the opposite effect.
Study: Wolves beat dogs when it comes to logic – Wolves do better on some tests of logic than dogs, a new study found, revealing differences between the animals that scientists suspect result from dogs’ domestication.
Recession Lowers Divorce Rate by 40% – American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers reports that divorce filings are down by 40%, a phenomenon the NY Daily News calls “sleeping with the enemy.”
Cracked: Fox News – Boob Filled Report on the Stimulus Package.
Lifehacker: Top 10 DIY Projects for an Extra Day Off – It’s the last day of an unusually long weekend, and there’s absolutely nothing on the schedule. Break out the tools and pull up one of these nifty DIY projects to improve your living space and boost your can-do cred.
Fax Templates – Whether you need to send faxes from work or home, you’ll find dozens of fax templates to suit your needs at my new site, FaxTemplates.net. There are both formal and informal designs as well as templates with “just the basics” and versions with many fields to note sender and recipient details as well as confidentiality requirements.
Opera Browser – Opera has always been a try-harder browser packed with features. Despite this, it has not yet managed to get the same kind of publicity that Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome garner. And that’s a shame, because this new version of the venerable browser adds a slew of clever features that will be welcome to anyone who surfs the Web. Anyone who wishes his or her current browser were faster and had more features will want to give Opera a try.
Maxthon – Alternative Web browser Maxthon is best described as an Microsoft Internet Explorer skin; in fact, it requires IE to be installed in order to work correctly. However, Maxthon is so different from IE as far as features and add-ons, that it’s odd that Maxthon International Limited tied it in with IE in the first place–a quirk that no other major browser shares.
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