Have You Been Thinking About a VPN Service? Don’t forget! Please take our VPN Poll after you read this article. The poll is at the bottom of this page. It’s not a secret that the government is letting ISPs and big telecom wrest control of the Internet from government agencies and take control of it themselves. There are… Read More »
This week has seen a flurry of anti-Google blogs and news reports. Google revised its privacy policy. So now instead of having separate privacy policies for each service or product – it now has one privacy policy that covers everything. We didn’t see anything wrong with it -it’s short and to the point. And, it’s written in plain… Read More »
We’re not going to dive in harp on you about the importance of strong passwords. But there is not a week goes by we don’t receive an email from one of our readers who is panicked because his/her Webmail account was hacked. Truth be known, no hacker is going to bother with an unknown person’s email account. Hackers… Read More »
The venerable, old FBI issued its annual holiday safety tips. And they’re pretty good. We’ll give you their tips and then give you a few of ours. It’s very important that you be extra careful during the holiday season. Sometimes, for example, EB gets to draining a few too many holiday bowls and becomes — to put it… Read More »
Both EB and I were online back in the early 90’s. In those now seemingly halcyon days, the Web was awash in really good free programs and email was still really cool. Sure, there were viruses and worms running amok on the Web but they weren’t nearly as advanced as today’s malware. As time went by, more and… Read More »
Recently, Microsoft launched a new Web site ostensibly to allow users to check their browser to see how well it’s protecting them from real threats they may encounter on the Web. Unfortunately, what it really is a HUGE advertisement for Internet Explorer (SURPRISE!). Just this week, Internet Explorer usage slipped below 50%. This means that less than half… Read More »