Posts Tagged ‘PC World’
Parenting for the Digital Native: Part Three — Securing Android Tech
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● December 26, 2011
In this final installment of Parenting for the Digital Native, we conclude this series by looking at the other popular platform on the market for mobile devices — Android. While Apple has caught a fair amount of criticism over the controls and demands put upon developers, the Android operating system offers an alternative for app [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: DroidDream Turns into Malware Nightmare
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● March 17, 2011
If you’re one of the millions of Android smart phone users, prepare to have your phone fumigated for malware. Remotely; whether you like it or not. In an unprecedented move, Google is rushing to automatically remove at least 50 apps from Android smart phones after they were discovered to be hiding a dangerous Trojan called [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Tax Scams Get Smarter
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● March 1, 2011
It’s March, and you know what that means! MARCH MADNESS! No, not that college basketball spectacle, but the preparation and completion of your 2010 income tax report. It all starts now, if it hasn’t already. So you’re probably aware that scams are more prevalent coming up to tax time, and as scammers get more sophisticated, [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: The “Scariest” Places on the Web
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● October 5, 2010
Catchy headlines tend to catch my attention, which is probably why they’re called catchy. So when PC World ran a recent headline claiming to have identified “the 17 most dangerous places on the web,” I was curious. But I was also disappointed. I expected to learn about the most dangerous sites to visit on the [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Security Secrets the Bad Guys Don’t Want You to Know
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● August 6, 2010
At least that was the headline from a recent PC World article on, of all things, security secrets the bad guys don’t want you to know. I’m not sure if anyone really knows what the bad guys want, other than your money, or someone’s money, but the article does provide a good refresher on some [...]
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