Hard to believe that a college student and his buddies invented it and now it has spread so quickly that more than 40% of the U.S. population has a Facebook account. Talk about going viral. While this social network phenomenon started out as a tool for college kids, it has rapidly grown to include a [...]
Archive for April, 2011
10 Ways to Keep Your Kids Safe on Facebook
Posted: April 29, 2011 in Facebook, How to...., In The NewsTags: Facebook, How to...., keep safe
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Ubuntu 11.04 Now Available To Download
Posted: April 29, 2011 in Downloads, free stuff, In The News, linux, UbuntuTags: download, Free, in the news, linux
Ubuntu version 11.04 is out now and it has new features which makes it easier to use. The new version was released on Thursday and its unofficial name is ‘Natty Narwhal’. There is a new unity interface added and the most noticeable change here is located on the screen’s left side. It is quite similar [...]
Facebook Has Changed Their Security Again…Are You Safe?
Posted: April 22, 2011 in Cyber Crime, Facebook, General, Hacking, How to....Tags: Facebook, How to...., security
Facebook has changed their security again and failed to let us know about it. Take a look at your URL address (the top box on your screen.) If you see “http” instead of “https” you DO NOT have a secure session & can be HACKED. Go to Account – Account Settings – Account Security – [...]
Cisco Accused of Orchestrating Engineer’s Arrest “Cisco Systems orchestrated the arrest of Multiven founder Peter Alfred-Adekeye last year in order to force a settlement of Multiven’s antitrust lawsuit against Cisco, a Multiven executive said on Wednesday. Multiven, an independent provider of service and support for networking gear, sued Cisco in 2008, alleging that the company [...]
Security Advisory for Adobe Flash Player Users, Adobe Reader Under Attack!
Posted: April 17, 2011 in Cyber Crime, Hacking, In The NewsTags: adobe, virus, zero day
Adobe today warned of a critical hole in Flash Player that is being exploited in the wild to take control of computers or cause them to crash. “There are reports that this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild in targeted attacks via a Flash (.swf) file embedded in a Microsoft Word (.doc) file delivered [...]
How To Reformat Your Drive
Posted: April 16, 2011 in All Teched UP!, How to...., Mac, Tutorial, WindowsTags: format, hard drive, How to....
Here is a little tutorial about formatting your hard drive, this is dedicated to my friend Micheal who has asked be about this twice now and to save time I thought I would type it up and share it with the web at large. Enjoy! A hard drive can be used on any type of [...]
Having Trouble With IE?
Posted: April 14, 2011 in Geek Stuff, How to...., IE, MicrosoftTags: How to...., IE9
Sometimes an Internet Explorer add-on will cause the entire thing to mess up and refuse to open. You can see if this is the problem with your IE by going to the START menu and clicking RUN. Type “iexplore -extoff” and then click OK. If IE opens up, then it’s probably an add-on problem preventing [...]
Windows 7 Market Share
Posted: April 9, 2011 in In The News, Microsoft, Windows, Windows 7, XPTags: market, Microsoft, win7, Windows, Windows 7
According to the latest results of the market share of desktop operating system in the U.S. in April 2011 compiled by StatCounter, you see people as they are finally leaving Windows XP back and get an upgrade to Windows 7. For the first time since he became the most popular operating system around, the share [...]
Mercedes-Benz Release New Concept Car: BIOME
Posted: April 3, 2011 in All Teched UP!, Geek StuffTags: car, concept, Merc, Mercedes-Benz
The BIOME Concept, design by designers of the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studios in Carlsbad, California. Designers taking their inspiration from nature, they designed a vehicle which is fully integrated into the ecosystem. According to Hubert Lee, Head of the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studios in Carlsbad “The Mercedes-Benz BIOME Concept is a natural technology hybrid, and [...]
