I just had to post this because I received one of these phishing scams as well. Lately there's been a new kind of phishing scam going on that doesn't target your bank account but your World of Warcraft account. Although most people would scoff at it and say that it's just a game, they fail to realize the amount of time and money players invest in the game. That's right, players actually invest in their characters. Accounts can go for hundreds of Dollars while in game gold can be worth several Dollars in the real world. So even if it is just a game, scammers will be making money off it if they find someone to victimize.
At the end of the day, we ought to give credit to where credit is due, and I believe that a lot of credit should be given to Apple for conquering the decade in many ways. In the past ten years the company has done great contributions to the technological world, not only enriching the world of entertainment but revolutionizing it.
To think that over a decade ago Apple was at an all-time low that even Microsoft had to buy their stock. No one expected that in after a few short years, the under dog would release one of the most influential gadgets of the decade.
The from the original iPod to the iPod mini that gave us the click wheel, to the cheap Shuffle to the iPod Video; Apple presented a new benchmark for all portable media players to put themselves up against.
With the new year around the corner, there are a lot of gadgets to be anticipated. The amount of gadgets that leading companies have pushed out in the past decade, newer gadgets and breakthroughs in technology should increase exponentialy in the coming years. As for next year, there's a fair share of gadgets that should keep our hunger satiated for newer more exciting things.
In Microsoft's corner we have Project Natal for Xbox and their two faced tablet: Courier. Xbox Project Natal has been building up it's hype since mid-2009. Altought no news has been heard of it lately, it's bound to revolutunize not only the gaming industry, but interaction with technology as a whole.
If the internet has proven one thing; it's that its taken living vicariously to a whole new level. A long time ago, when a man and woman wanted to get it on but had a lot of distance between them, they'd try something called phone sex. It's worked for couples and it's worked for companies that thrive on that industry. Now, the digital age has taken it to a whole new level. Yes, it does include explicit messaging in chat rooms and conversations through webcams, but no those aren't the levels I'm talking about. You see, the digital age makes it convenient to do "it" anywhere and anytime you like, that's how "sexts" was born.
Sext, from the root of the word, is a combination of sex and texts.
If Santa Claus took it upon himself to put a Windows 7 PC under your Christmas tree then you must have been very good boy this year. You can hardly contain your excitement but you just don't know where to begin. So calm yourself.
Getting a new PC will seem like a good clean start, but that's not entirely true. If you got a pre-built PC from a shop, then it's likely that there are pre-installed programs that may be utterly useless. It's not that stores want to annoy buyers with the pre-installed programs but they don't know what you're doing with the computer, so they take it upon themselves to toss in stuff that might be useful.
Wi-Fi access can be found in a lot of places these days, now it can be found in Ford cars.
A select line of Ford cars can now turn into a Wi-Fi hotspot with nothing more than just a USB modem. You don't need to pay for extra costs; you don't need to subscribe to anything. All you need to pay for is the internet that you get from your USB modem. This sounds like a really good idea, so it makes sense that they're not the only ones doing this. General Motors announced last week that they were already bringing internet to some of their trucks and SUVs.
Social networking is one the best ways to connect and reconnect with people. People you haven't seen since high school are on Facebook, you connect with your friends through Twitter and so on. I've written about how the internet can be dangerous and how your social networking account can put either you or your identity in danger, but I also want to stress that being on your social network site all the time can put you in danger. Case in point: the Iranian hacker attack on Twitter.
Luckily for me, the hacker attack was the one day of the week that I wasn't online or using computers at all.
Windows 7 has been out for three months now and it's common knowledge that it's better than Windows Vista. There are reports coming in about bugs and the like finally being uncovered, but it's still the better OS. The past few days I've heard about some people who still haven't transferred over to Vista. This just begs the question: Why? Why are they still on Vista? There are good reasons for not upgrading, one of them might be financial, one of them might be time constraints, but please don't let it be laziness.
I enjoy specifics. I don't like it when things are generalized because you miss some of the important facts.
There are times that a lot of us are just driven by peer pressure and the instinct of trying not to look lame. When we see the latest gadget or the latest software, we often want to jump the gun and buy it immediately without thinking of the cost or the longevity of the object in question. As a tech enthusiast, I think it's great to get something new and technologically advanced, but the best gadget or hardware to get should be the one that's the most functional and suited for your own lifestyle and income. So here are a list of things that we shouldn't be ashamed of when it comes to a getting a gadget, a new piece of hardware or even software.
A lot of changes are going on and as I've said several times before, Facebook is changing a lot. Online privacy is something that should be taken seriously. It should be taken seriously now more than ever because of the influx of social networking websites and the huge amount of people participating in those websites, acquiring the most number of friends seems to have become a trend. It's like having the most friends is equivalent to being the most popular. It's nice if you only invite people you know or people you're at least familiar with, but if you start inviting or approving friend requests from people you don't know that's when the real trouble starts.
For all you know the one following you on Twitter might be a stalker or a sex offender.
I just had to post this because I received one of these phishing scams as well. Lately there's been a new kind of phishing scam going on that doesn't target your bank account but your World of Warcraft account. Although most people would scoff at it and say that it's just a game, they fail to realize the amount of time and money players invest in the game. That's right, players actually invest in their characters. Accounts can go for hundreds of Dollars while in game gold can be worth several Dollars in the real world. So even if it is just a game, scammers will be making money off it if they find someone to victimize.
At the end of the day, we ought to give credit to where credit is due, and I believe that a lot of credit should be given to Apple for conquering the decade in many ways. In the past ten years the company has done great contributions to the technological world, not only enriching the world of entertainment but revolutionizing it.
If Santa Claus took it upon himself to put a Windows 7 PC under your Christmas tree then you must have been very good boy this year. You can hardly contain your excitement but you just don't know where to begin. So calm yourself.
Windows 7 has been out for three months now and it's common knowledge that it's better than Windows Vista. There are reports coming in about bugs and the like finally being uncovered, but it's still the better OS. The past few days I've heard about some people who still haven't transferred over to Vista. This just begs the question: Why? Why are they still on Vista? There are good reasons for not upgrading, one of them might be financial, one of them might be time constraints, but please don't let it be laziness. 
There are times that a lot of us are just driven by peer pressure and the instinct of trying not to look lame. When we see the latest gadget or the latest software, we often want to jump the gun and buy it immediately without thinking of the cost or the longevity of the object in question. As a tech enthusiast, I think it's great to get something new and technologically advanced, but the best gadget or hardware to get should be the one that's the most functional and suited for your own lifestyle and income. So here are a list of things that we shouldn't be ashamed of when it comes to a getting a gadget, a new piece of hardware or even software.
A lot of changes are going on and as I've said several times before, Facebook is changing a lot. Online privacy is something that should be taken seriously. It should be taken seriously now more than ever because of the influx of social networking websites and the huge amount of people participating in those websites, acquiring the most number of friends seems to have become a trend. It's like having the most friends is equivalent to being the most popular. It's nice if you only invite people you know or people you're at least familiar with, but if you start inviting or approving friend requests from people you don't know that's when the real trouble starts.
