Cyberspace and National Security
Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security, opened his lecture with a mention of how Estonia’s Internet was
12.29.08 | Computer Safety Tip | admin
Archive for December, 2008
Critical bug in Microsoft Internet Explorer reported
There are reporting’s that all current versions of Internet Explorer (6, 7 and Beta 8 ) have a precarious bug.
Microsoft portrays the vulnerability as “an invalid pointer reference in the data binding function of Internet Explorer”. The theory of “bind” is similar to that on the mainframe familiar to DB2 users.
A few security experts suggest [...]
12.29.08 | Computer News, Software Review | admin
Safety tips for handling e-mail attachments and content downloaded from the Internet
Safety tips for opening applications
Always be careful when opening files that come from unknown persons i.e. e-mail attachments, instant messaging file transfers and other files you may have downloaded from the Internet. This is because a downloaded file might have a name or icon that makes it appear to be a document or media file, [...]
12.29.08 | Computer Safety Tip | admin
Home computer and Internet users need protection of legal reforms
There does seem a need to pursue some legal reforms to protect home and perhaps small business computer and especially Internet users (perhaps even cell phone users, too) from “frightening” legal exposures. Consumers, as we know, face sudden civil liability exposure if they illegally download copyrighted materials, especially songs and movies. Most of the exposure [...]
12.23.08 | Computer Safety Tip | admin
Internet and Computer Safety
You don‘t need to be a computer programmer or have special skills to monitor someone‘s computer and Internet activities. There are many ways to monitor with programs like Spyware, keystroke loggers and hacking tools. Deleting or clearing all the“footprints“ of your computer or online activities is not possible. E-mailing and Instant/Text Messaging (IM) are not [...]
12.21.08 | Computer Safety Tip | admin
How To Use Search Engines
This article will explain how to find what you are looking for on-line with assistance of a Search Engine web site such as Google or Yahoo.
Introduction
If you don‘t have the exact address of a particular website or have a topic but don‘t know what web sites exist about that topic, then use a Search Engine. [...]
12.21.08 | Computer Safety Tip | admin
Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor
The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor will help you to establish if your Windows XP-based PC can run Windows Vista.
12.21.08 | Computer Tips And Tricks | admin
Free Software Foundation Sues Cisco Over GPL
Linksys has been the target of criticism from open source advocates that it was using GPL code in its routers but not making the source code for the proprietary system that resulted available to its customers, as required by the GPL. The FSF objection listed the GLIB c library, Coreutils C languge utilities, the Readline [...]
12.19.08 | Computer News | admin
Computer Safety Begins At Home – Subject On New Course At SRU
Using the basis“computer safety begins at home“, Slippery Rock University‘s computer science department will offer students a new course designed to teach home
12.19.08 | Computer Safety Tip | admin
Microsoft talks up countermeasures to fend off new IE attacks
MicroSoft Corp has warned users of Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) that attackers are actively using a critical bug in the browser, and to take countermeasures in lieu of a patch. Users running IE7 in Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 are at risk.
Three things IE7 users can do to protect [...]
12.19.08 | Computer Safety Tip | admin
