by ray | Aug 10, 2015 | Security
Late Thursday night, Mozilla released a security patch for the Firefox browser after finding a serious vulnerability being exploited in the wild. The vulnerability allows malicious attackers to use some JavaScript magic to “search for and upload potentially...
by ray | Aug 10, 2015 | Security
Windows 10 has some handy new features, but if you believe the rest of the internet, it also comes with features that eviscerate any semblance of privacy. But that view is a little overblown. Let’s take a closer look at what each of these settings actually do—and...
by ray | Aug 10, 2015 | General News
If you look up all the complaints about Windows 10 thus far, with only a few exceptions, the objections are minor if not completely unimportant. The only substantial grouse is about the continuous auto-updates, which can often overwrite a specialty driver necessary...
by ray | Aug 9, 2015 | General News
When it comes to fragmentation, Windows and Android are engaged in an epic battle to see which ecosystem is the most chaotic. While Android is making a run for the crown, for my money, Windows remains the undisputed champion of OS disorder. And things may soon get...
by ray | Aug 9, 2015 | Security
It took some time for Kevin Stecko to learn in 2013 that the e-commerce system for his website, 80stees.com, had been hacked. Whoever did it “sat on the [data] for about six months,” Stecko says. “We didn’t notice anything.’’ He doesn’t know how the breach happened,...
