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E-COMMERCE | 1 comment

The Ad Agency on Your Hard Drive

BY Alan Deutschman
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:47 AM

How Web software called "adware" is taking advertising to a new, effective, and extremely annoying level.READ»

ANTIVIRUS | Comment

Removing Windows Police Pro from your computer

BY andreas nicholas
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 10:24 AM

remove windows police pro virusREAD»

TECHNOLOGY | 1 comment

Remove Personal Antivirus

BY Marcus Raufmann
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Sep 9, 2009 at 9:31 AM

Another member of the so called "scareware" viruses is the "Personal Antivirus" malware which infected millions of computers worldwide. The Personal Antivirus is a fake antivirus application which gets installed on user's computers ...READ»

IDENTITY THEFT | 5 comments

Google Bombing and the IRS

BY Adam Penenberg
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Mar 30, 2009 at 10:14 PM

It's tax time, and many of us will heed the IRS' suggestion to download forms and file electronically. But as I learned, malicious black hat hackers have hijacked Google's IRS search results to deliver nasty malware. Here’s how. READ»

ENTREPRENEURS | Comment

Is Your Startup a Nice to Have or Must Have?

BY Bernard Moon
Relevancy Score: 92
Tue Oct 13, 2009 at 11:56 AM

With the downturn in the economy, numerous people are talking about starting a new business or company. Whether it’s a technology startup or new restaurant idea, I’ve heard of more and more people meeting to brainstorm and ...READ»

ANTIVIRUS FIREWALL SOFTWARE | Comment

Spyware Blockers and Spyware Removers Best Practices and Uses.

BY George Klassen
Relevancy Score: 80
Fri Nov 6, 2009 at 7:10 PM

Discover leading spyware blockers and spyware removers.READ»

KANYE | Comment

Kanye West is Alive, But Memes May Be In Danger

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 73
Wed Oct 21, 2009 at 1:54 PM

Even if you hate the jackass who stole Taylor Swift's spotlight, it pays to know that Kanye lives. Why? Because the rabble have turned it into a Google-beating malware scheme that could punk you into downloading some bad ...READ»

FACEBOOK | 4 comments

10 Questions About the Facebook Hack Attacks

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 63
Fri May 15, 2009 at 12:30 PM

On Thursday night, Facebook was attacked by hackers for the fourth time this month. Who is behind the attacks isn't known, but the malefactors appear to be using several old tricks--phishing, malware downloads, and other ...READ»

FACEBOOK | Comment

Update: The Facebook Phishing Scam Continues

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 59
Mon May 18, 2009 at 5:25 PM

Last week I wrote about a phishing and malware scam that has plagued Facebook for weeks. It wasn't quite a virus, because it affected Mac users--but it wasn't entirely Web-based either, because some of the links it hawked were ...READ»

FACEBOOK | Comment

The Facebook Email Scam: Have You Been Hit?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 55
Thu May 21, 2009 at 4:43 PM

For the last two weeks, a phishing and malware scam propagated virally through Facebook, taking control of member accounts and blasting their friends with bogus messages. Today, a new wave of attacks hit, getting broader traction ...READ»

ONLINE BUSINESS | 9 comments

Sweating In the Hot Zone

BY Scott Kirsner
Relevancy Score: 54
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:59 AM

Imagine what life would be like if your product were never finished, if your work were never done, if your market shifted 30 times a day. The computer-virus hunters at Symantec don't have to imagine.READ»

PC VIRUSES | 4 comments

Is PC Virus Fear Breeding More Attacks?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 49
Wed Apr 8, 2009 at 6:56 AM

Hands up if you've ever had a PC virus? Yup, thought so. It's a ubiquitous and persistent problem that's dogged Microsoft and its users for decades. Now Microsoft's published a security report that sheds an interesting light on the ...READ»

CULTURE | 3 comments

Mourning the Commute

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 49
Mon Jan 31, 2005 at 4:25 PM

WeatherBug, an online service that provides live streaming local weather, recently added real-time traffic updates, as well. Currently available only to users of Windows, the service is available in 20 markets -- and soon to be found ...READ»

ANTISPAM | Comment

Guard Yourself for the Holidays with VIPRE Antivirus & Antispyware

BY Alex Eckelberry
Relevancy Score: 47
Tue Nov 25, 2008 at 4:56 PM

Holiday season is the prime time for cyber attacks. Because of the spike in online shopping during the months of November and December, you are more prone to cyber attacks than at any other time during the year. This Black Friday ...READ»

INTERNET TV | Comment

How to find a legal internet tv program

BY Harshit Agrawal
Relevancy Score: 41
Mon Oct 6, 2008 at 6:33 AM

URL- http://internet-tv-site.blogspot.com/ The internet is growing at a faster pace. It has totally changed our way of watching tv. Now we can enjoy uninterrupted tv on our pc with internet tv. There are many sites available on the ...READ»

CELL PHONE REPAIR | Comment

Spam Wars This Summer

BY Jeff Gasner
Relevancy Score: 41
Fri Jul 24, 2009 at 1:27 PM

Coming soon to a computer near you is all the spam, viruses, and Trojan-spawned malware that you’d ever want to meet.READ»

CELL PHONE REPAIR | Comment

CPR Attacks Computer Viruses

BY Jeff Gasner
Relevancy Score: 40
Fri Jul 24, 2009 at 1:28 PM

CPR does more than repair cell phones and electronic devices these days. READ»

PIRACY | Comment

Did Sinking Pirate Bay Cause More Piracy? And Does It Matter Anyway?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 40
Mon Nov 2, 2009 at 9:19 AM

Pro-copyright activists celebrated while file-sharers cried at rulings on the Pirate Bay's illegality, and the subsequent attempts to sink the site. But some new data suggests piracy sites tripled in the aftermath, which really ...READ»

FRIENDLY SPYWARE | Comment

New Spyware Villains: Your Friendly Neighborhood Sears and Kmart

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 34
Mon Sep 14, 2009 at 10:55 AM

The FTC is forcing the Sears Holding Management Company to destroy data it collected on users who installed spyware for "research" purposes and a $10 bonus.READ»

APPLE | Comment

Bi-curious? Going Mac for the Holidays

BY Gregory Ferenstein
Relevancy Score: 33
Mon Dec 14, 2009 at 8:48 PM

My elusive quest for an operating system ended with AppleREAD»

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Richard Morochove -- Small Business Technology Is <br></br> Changing the Way We Do Business

BY Anita Osterhaug, Technology Reporter
Relevancy Score: 32
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 9:19 AM

In part two of our interview with Morochove, we discover emerging trends and new technologies that will undoubtedly influence how we do business.READ»

COMPUTER CONSULTANTS | Comment

Repair Computers Profitably by Bundling-In Training

BY Joshua Feinberg
Relevancy Score: 32
Sun May 24, 2009 at 4:45 PM

As someone learning how to repair computers profitably in the small business space, you need to know how to take relationships with your customers beyond one-time repairs.READ»

AMY BARZDUKAS | 2 comments

Internet Explorer 8 Out: Clever and More Secure

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 32
Thu Mar 19, 2009 at 6:39 AM

Internet Explorer: Whether you like it, loathe it or take legal action against it, it's still a force to be reckoned with in the browser wars. And today, Microsoft let loose the full edition of the software's latest ...READ»

OPEN THE FUTURE | 7 comments

When 'Mad Men' Meets Augmented Reality

BY Jamais Cascio
Relevancy Score: 32
Mon Mar 23, 2009 at 10:01 PM

I have my doubts about Google's new plan to better target advertising to meet our transient interests. As yet another manifestation of the idea of only showing us the ads we want to see, when we want to see them, it will inevitably ...READ»

TECHNOLOGY + COMPUTERS | 3 comments

Hacking Windows Mobile

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 30
Mon Feb 4, 2008 at 12:14 PM

iPhones aren't the only Internet-surfing phones that have gaping security weaknesses waiting to be exploited. In fact, all smartphones -- that includes Windows Mobile, Symbian, and Blackberry devices -- can be easily commandeered by ...READ»

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