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Google has just announced that, effective immediately, every email message sent via their popular Gmail service will be encrypted end-to-end.
Encryption has been an option for Gmail users for some time now, but this change turns it on by default. That’s good news for users who are concerned about the privacy and confidentiality of their personal and business communications. [Read more…]
It seems that hackers and scammers are willing to do virtually anything to steal control of your computer, your online accounts and your sensitive personal information these days.
The latest scam making the rounds takes advantage of our natural curiosity about what might have happened to the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. [Read more…]
If you own an Apple mobile device, there’s a good chance that you can now update it to iOS 7.1. And even though the version number of the operating system only went from 7 to 7.1, this is no minor upgrade!
In addition to squashing a host of irritating and dangerous bugs, iOS 7.1 also enhanced several existing features while adding one big new one that’s sure to draw a lot of attention: native support for CarPlay. [Read more…]
If you’re a Facebook user you’re probably aware that scams hit your newsfeed literally on a daily basis. There really is a new one just about every day, and they seem to get more insidious all the time.
The latest scam to hit the Facebook world is the “Naked Friend” scam, and it works something like this: [Read more…]
Ever since I was a teenager I have loved shopping at Radio Shack. Yes, I’ll gladly admit it – I was a “geek” even back then.
They were indeed a little pricey, but if I needed a resistor, capacitor, potentiometer, vauum tube or some other electronic component, chances are the local “Shack” would have it.
But not anymore. The shelves and wall racks containing “parts” used to take up half the store, but now their stock of those items barely fills a small corner of the room. I do realize that times have changed. Nowadays all of those items can easily be purchased online for less money. But as is usually the case in situations like this, there’s more to the story than just that. [Read more…]