VPN (Virtual Private Network) technology lets a computer using a public Internet connection join a private network by way of a secure “tunnel” between that machine and the network. The most common case is a business allowing its employees to connect to its work network from home or from the road. There are two principal [...]
Archive for October, 2011
How to Create a VPN in Windows 7
Posted: October 27, 2011 in All Teched UP!, Geek Stuff, How to....Tags: How to...., VPN
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Anonymous, Now Fighting Child Pornography
Posted: October 25, 2011 in Anonymous, HackingTags: Anonymous, Hacking, pornography
Anonymous, the group of high-powered hackers famous for taking down websites belonging to Bank of America and Sony, has turned its vigilante brand of online activism to child pornography sites. The “hacktivists” are targeting web host Freedom Hosting and accusing it of knowingly hosting child pornography. This marks a shift for Anonymous, which is better [...]
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of All Time
Posted: October 23, 2011 in In The News, P2P, streamingTags: in the news, p2p, torrents
Every day millions of people use BitTorrent to download and share movies. But what are all these people downloading? For nearly half a decade we have compiled weekly and yearly lists of the most popular downloads, and following on from Netflix’s publication of the most rented movies of all time, we today present the equivalent [...]
What’s BES and BIS About?
Posted: October 18, 2011 in Blackberry, In The News, IndepthTags: BES, BIS, blackberry
After the recent antics at RIMs datacentre in Slough (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15243892). I have been asked about the difference acronyms used, BES and BIS so here is an explanation. They both serve the same ultimate purpose: to deliver email (and data) to your handheld in a secure and reliable manner. So what’s the difference? What is BIS? [...]
Bogus Netflix Android App Attempts to Steal User Information
Posted: October 12, 2011 in Android, Cyber Crime, Hacking, In The News, mobileTags: Android, virus
Security researchers at Symantec have uncovered a piece of non-functional malware that masquerades as an official Android Netflix app. According to a post by Symantec researcher Irfan Asrar, the original Netflix app for Android was released in early 2011 for only a select number of Android smartphones, owing to differences in handsets and Android OS [...]
30 Free Programming eBooks
Posted: October 11, 2011 in Class Room, Downloads, ebookTags: ebook, learning, programming
Learning a new programming language always is fun and there are many great books legally available for free online. Here’s a selection of 30 of them: Lisp/Scheme: How to Design Programs Interpreting Lisp (PDF, suggested by Gary Knott) Let Over Lambda On Lisp Practical Common Lisp Programming in Emacs Lisp Programming Languages. Application and Interpretation [...]
Apple Stock (AAPL) Dips After Steve Jobs Death
Posted: October 6, 2011 in All Teched UP!, Apple, In The NewsTags: AAPL, Death, Steve Jobs
Shares of Apple Inc. (AAPL) fell as trading began in New York on Thursday, the day after former CEO Steve Jobs passed away. But they quickly bounced back — many industry observers believe the maker of the iPod and the iPad is well-positioned to continue its successes without its iconic founder. Shares fell about 0.7 [...]
Hunt For the Best Malware Removal Site
Posted: October 3, 2011 in All Teched UP!, antivirus, Apps, free stuff, Geek Stuff, How to...., IndepthTags: anti-virus, Malware, Select Real Security
If I had a credit for every person that has come to me and told me that their machine is infected with something or their machine is doing strange things, I’d be a rich engineer by now. Now wouldn’t it be great to have a website that you can reference for self education and removal [...]
