Friday, January 15, 2010

Your Privacy May Be at Risk on Facebook

Facebook puts your privacy on parade

If you have a Facebook account, you better double check your privacy settings. All your information may be wide open for all the world to see. I know I did and was shocked how much info of mine was now available for public consumption

Behind the China attacks on Google (FAQ)

Google shocked the security community on Tuesday by disclosing that it and other companies had been hit by attacks that originated in China, with some targeting Gmail users who were human rights activists. As a result, the search giant said it would stop censoring its Web results in China and could end up exiting that market altogether.

Attention Windows XP users: Update Flash Player now

The Adobe Flash Player 6 that ships by default in Windows XP is vulnerable to multiple code execution vulnerabilities that could lead to PC takeover attacks, according to the advisory.

Netbook Discounts Thanks to Launch of Intel Atom N450 Processor

With the launch of a number of new netbooks this last week thanks to the new Intel Atom N450 processor being launched, this has meant there are a number of discounts on older netbooks that run the previous Atom processors.

94 more secret Windows shortcuts

There’s another, much larger class of well-hidden Windows shortcuts that are useful to everyone, not just techies. I dug through my notes for Windows 7 Inside Out and found a treasure trove of information about these shortcuts.

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