Lock Your Computer with a USB Drive

Buzz's Latest Tweaks Make for Some Awkward Social Interactions

Google has attempted to soothe user outrage over the privacy holes in its Buzz social service. However, the new adjustments it's made apparently open new doors for creepy behavior, like secretly following someone who's tried to block you. The changes could also allow others to secretly follow you.

Twitter, Facebook use up 82 percent

The average social-networking user around the world spent more than five and a half hours on sites like Facebook and Twitter in December, according to data released Monday by Nielsen. That marked an 82 percent jump from December 2008 when Tweeters and Facebookers surfed their favorite sites for around three hours the entire month.

Mozilla patches critical Firefox bugs

Mozilla has released fixes for five security holes in older versions of Firefox, while a security company has warned of a zero-day flaw in the latest version of the popular browser.

Nuance Launches Free PDF Reader to Compete with Adobe

Nuance Communications, Inc. has just announced the launch of new free Windows-based PDF Reader software that, Nuance says, "includes features typically found in premium products" and "takes up less disk space, is more secure than Adobe® Reader®, and works with virtually any PDF file."

Predator Freeware lock your computer with a USB flash drive

Predator enables you to lock and unlock your PC by simply removing or inserting a USB flash drive. You can use any USB stick, the program will generate a security code and place it on the device to identify it as the key. It will then check every X seconds if the drive is still inserted and if it is not, the program will lock your computer.  Cool idea.