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Why not give the gift of safer computing habits this year? This articles outlines how you can give someone the gift of secure computing with very little effort:
“Internet use can be far safer for most home computer users through the use of free tools and services that help protect computers from malicious code that can […]
“Free firewalls are better than their paid-for cousins. That is the surprising conclusion of a test of desktop firewalls by security researchers.
Researchers at David Matousec’s matousec.com carried out tests on 21 leading products using 26 assessment programs known as “leak” testers. These simulated a total of 77 test attacks on firewalls, configured using both out-of-the-box […]
I’ve been getting a lot of questions about those new ads with the pictures that are at the bottom of the page on the Internet Patrol Web site.
These ads are suggestions made by me personally, using the new Chitika “eMiniMall” program.
Synergenix’s popular online multiplayer games, “Lock n Load Combat Arena” and “Rally Pro Contest” are being made available for play, in multiplayer mode, on cell phones, Synergenix has announced.
The games are free to download, and joining a game costs only 88 cents.
While the first release is in the UK, look for similar offerings in the […]
Iconix has announced a new system designed to protect users against phishing. By having approved senders identified with a graphic icon in your inbox, you can be assured that the email is really from, say, PayPal or eBay, and not a phishing attempt, says Iconix.
Snoozester is an online wake-up call and date reminder service which has been in beta for a while. Offering wake-up calls, reminder calls, and reminder email, Snoozester has just declared that their beta period has proven that their system works, and scales, and they are now moving on to Beta 2.
Well, thanks to Grant Robinson, I have a new time waster: Guess the Google. Guess the Google should be more properly named “Guess the keyword which resulted in these images being returned in a Google image search”, but I guess that was too long, and the acronym - GKWRTIBRGIS - too long to remember.
In case you haven’t heard, Sony Ericsson has recently announced their line of Walkman Phones (cellphones) including both the ‘candy bar’ (non-flip, buttons on the front) style w800, and the swivel version (the top swivels up to reveal the keypad) w600. They have also just announced a w550 for Europe and the Asias.
A new study released in the UK this week indicates that DVR (digital video recorders, such as the Tivo and the ReplayTV) owners fast forward through commercials.
Is the T-Mobile Sidekick About to Become the MCI Sidekick?
This news release just came across Aunty’s desk, and inquiring minds want to know!:
ASHBURN, Va., June 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — MCI, Inc. today announced a four-year agreement with Danger, Inc., provider of the hiptop(R) mobile Internet platform, the software and services that power […]
Well, Aunty thought that she had heard of everything, but once again she was wrong. Move over, Internet urinal, and make room for the MP3 Toilet.
Pity poor Brian Cartmell, CEO of SpamArrest. He has a tough job: going hat in hand from site to site saying “please take down the bad things you said about us.”
Download.com, a division of CNet Networks, has announced that it has purged its extensive library of downloadable software of all programs which contained adware, and that it will strictly enforce its new policy of zero tolerance for such adware-infested programs.
Ok, now that you know to avoid the virus which deletes MP3s, here is some happy news. Did you know that Amazon offers free downloads of songs in MP3 format? Yep, it’s true!
From the fine people who first brought you Geocities comes Goowy mail. Goowy mail is, so far as Aunty knows, the first commercial scale web-based email application built on Flash. This allows Goowy to offer a free webmail service, which you can access from any Internet connection with a web […]
A new kid on the Internet block is the Podcast. It has gotten a lot of attention lately, but the majority of people have no idea what a Podcast, or podcasting, is. Many assume that it must have something to do with iPods (only partly true), and so must have something to do […]
With all the Internet nasties now available for all Internet-connected devices, Aunty thought that she’d also tell you about an Internet goody. MSPot is offering MSpot Radio, which is a service which delivers radio broadcast to your Internet-connected cellular phone!
ThinkGeek is offering a free t-shirt with any $10.00 purchase, this weekend only. Now, Aunty knows that your favourite source of information about the Internet and all its nasties is Aunty herself, but there are other worthy reads out there. In fact, Aunty herself has reviewed the fantastic Spam Kings, and the absolutely wonderful […]
Forget RFIDs (although Amal Graafstra won’t be able to any time soon). Barcoding, Inc., has announced a system that uses regular old wifi to track physical assets.
In a novel use of email campaigns, TiVo has emailed a group of journalists, offering them a special $200 off their new TiVo Humax DVR. Yet TiVo denies that it is trying to drum up journalistic support or - gasp - coverage for its newest TiVo DVR.