Category: security
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Protect yourself from Firesheep with HTTS Everywhere
Image via Wikipedia As I am sure most everybody that reads sites such as Global Geek News and listens to podcasts like the Global Geek News Podcast, Firesheep is a Firefox extension that can be used to hijack peoples accounts on sites like Facebook and Twitter when browsing on an open wifi hotspot. It is…
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Integrated PDF viewer comes to Google’s Chrome
Image via Wikipedia Google has announced that their Chrome browser is getting its own PDF viewer. The awesome new feature doesn’t require anything other than the latest beta build of Chrome. You don’t need any additional software or plugs ins like Adobe Reader for the feature to work. That is also a nice thing when…
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7 Free Must Have Programs to Protect Your Laptop
This tip comes in from Eric Lo and and is a great list of free software for protecting your laptop or netbook. If you are getting a new laptop or netbook for Christmas, you definitely need to check out this list. If you are getting one for somebody, you should link them to this list…
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The PlayStation Network Terms of Service: Revisited!
Greetings Readers! After the huge response I have received from my post yesterday about Sony’s updated Terms of Service/User Agreement for the PlayStation Network, I have decided that I should write a follow-up post addressing some of the points that have been brought up. I was trying to get in contact with somebody at Sony…
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Sony Says All Your Actions Are Belong to Us!
Greetings Readers! Being a member of the Playstation Network and various Playstation related programs (Gamers Advisory Panel), I recieved an email on Friday informing me of changes to the Terms of Service and User Agreement for the Playstation Network. Since it was a slow day at work, I decided to read the changes to the…