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Is Google Plus the Rumble in the Jungle?
By Randy Abrams at 15 July, 2011, 5:14 pm
If you don’t remember the Rumble in the Jungle, it was a boxing match between George Foreman and Muhammed Ali. Back in 1974 names like Foreman and Ali were as famous as companies like Google and Facebook are now. Google, like the older Ali, has been taking punches in the early rounds of the … Read More.
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Loading ...Google – Child Porn Collector Extraordinaire!
By Randy Abrams at 15 July, 2011, 4:52 am
Update: My bad, I forgot that Larry Page recently took the helm at Google. Replaced Eric Schmidt with Larry Page throughout the blog, and Uncle Eric is now Uncle Larry. Please note that I do not believe either to be a child pornographer or pedophile, but Google needs to fix some practices.
Larry Page is the … Read More.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Google+Facebook Equals Time Bomb
By Randy Abrams at 13 July, 2011, 3:12 pm
An application written to allow integration between Facebook and Google Plus may be all you need to compromise your computer. According to a PCWorld report an application called Google+Facebook used a well known programming worst practice of downloading a JavaScript file upon launch.
If you aren’t real technical and don’t know what this means, I will … Read More.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Zuckerberg appears to Think Google Plus Will Slay Facebook!
By Randy Abrams at 11 July, 2011, 2:57 pm
I’ve been using Google Plus almost as long as it has been around, which is a sneaky way of saying I am a noob to it Frankly, at this point I do not see anything particularly novel or sensational. I just haven’t seen the killer feature that will vanquish the Facebook megalith, but … Read More.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Parents, Teachers, Schools and Churches Sieged by Zamzuu’s KidZafe Sales Force
By Randy Abrams at 8 July, 2011, 3:28 pm
This is an impressive looking certificate isn’t it? You might think it means something significant, but then you might be wrong. How hard is it to pass the Internet and Child Safety Advocate certification test? Ask Hanna, a 9 year old (10 this weekend) girl who I met with her father at a local coffee … Read More.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Google Prepares to Share Your Contacts with the World… Again
By Randy Abrams at 7 July, 2011, 2:31 pm
Cameron Camp just blogged about the announcement that Google is going to delete all private profiles at the end of July. This really wouldn’t be a big issue if it wasn’t for the fact that Google is as two faced as you get on privacy and has a history of neglecting user privacy, such as … Read More.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Well That Was Embarrassing
By Randy Abrams at 29 June, 2011, 12:17 pm
Yet another Facebook Clickjacking attack is making the rounds. This time the message shows as below.
A right-click (not left) will allow you to copy the source location and open the link in a protected environment. The link brings up the following image
The “Jaa” button is actually a “Share” button and will post the first … Read More.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Do you Use Tumblr? Beware!
By Randy Abrams at 28 June, 2011, 4:26 pm
Our friends at Threatpost have come across what they describe as a massive phishing attack against Tumblr users. It seems the lure of sexual content will work as many times as Lucy can pull the football out each time Charlie Brown tries to kick it.
According to the article, hijacked web pages of Tumbler users contain … Read More.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Windows Rootkit Requires Reinstall?
By Randy Abrams at 28 June, 2011, 1:07 pm
In a ComputerWorld article Gregg Kaiser cites a Microsoft engineer as saying that the trojan that Microsoft calls “Popureb” digs so deeply that the only way to eradicate it is to reinstall the operating system.
If you read the Microsoft blog Feng didn’t actually say that this is the only way to eradicate the trojan. In … Read More.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The Social Networking/Cybersafety Disconnect
By Randy Abrams at 22 June, 2011, 8:03 am
Survey Reveals Chasm between Users’ Concerns and Behavior
A recent Survey commissioned by ESET and conducted online by Harris Interactive from May 31-June 2, 2011 among 2,027 U.S. adults 18+ found a startling disconnect between user concerns about privacy and security and their actions on social networking sites.
To start, the study found that 69% of online … Read More.
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