Category Archives: Tech News

Google Earth 6 Now Available

Posted on March 15th, 2011 by diane

Google has just launched the sixth version of its popular Google Earth application. Google Earth 6 allows users to drop from “outer space” into virtually any location in the world and take a low-altitude or even ground-level tour of the … Continue reading →

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Know Your Enemy: Botnets

Posted on February 7th, 2011 by diane

A botnet is a group of computers running a computer program controlled only by the owner or the software source. a group of computers infected with the malicious kind of robot software, the bots, which present a security threat to … Continue reading →

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Twitter Tweak Helps Haiti Relief Effort

Posted on February 2nd, 2011 by diane

Some people might think that Twitter is just a time-waster, but the popular web site has played a significant part in the Haiti Relief Effort. Read more about it here.

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Bogus Anti-Malware Software

Posted on January 12th, 2011 by diane

Computer users should be aware of software pretending to be legitimate anti-malware programs that trick people into thinking their computer is infected. Spyware or “Advertising Supported software (Adware)” is a method for developers of free sofware to make money from … Continue reading →

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Cloud Computing Security Issues

Posted on January 10th, 2011 by diane

In the last few years, cloud computing has grown into one of the fastest growing segments of the IT industry. Companies are realizing that simply tapping into the cloud allows them fast access to important business applications or drastically boost … Continue reading →