 |
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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
advertisement
|
|
|
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Keep Your Facebook Private
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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pc Maintenance: How To Partition Your Hard Drive
We all like a little order in our things. We don't leave our homes in a mess and we don't leave our closets disorderly. Naturally we don't want to leave our files and other data on our PC in a messy state. With this in mind, we should also learn how to keep our hard drive in order to keep it efficient. That's why it's useful to learn how to partition your hard drive. Making a partition on your hard drive isn't necessarily a pc tweak to make your computer faster, but this way you can keep your files organized and you'll be able to install a secondary operating system to the one that you already have.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Perfect Techy Christmas Present
Christmas is coming soon and it's high time that you bought your Christmas presents. If you've had the good foresight to plan ahead and buy all your stuff on Black Friday then you did something smart With the number of parties coming up ahead and gift exchanges to be had it would be good to plan ahead and buy the right kind of gifts. It's the time of the year when it won't be weird or suspicious to impress someone by getting them something nice. Here's what you've got to ask yourself, is getting your boss or significant other an expensive present as good as getting them a well thought out present? It's time to go shopping for the tech Christmas gift that won't backfire on you.
|
|
|
|
|
|
How To Use Bittorrents
Using a BitTorrent is the best way to transfer huge files from computer to computer short of transferring them through devices. If you want to transfer files that are not larger than 200mb then you can try websites like rapidshare or mediafire. With BitTorrents you can use torrent files for free downloads or free file sharing with other users over the internet. If you've ever used programs like Limewire or other forms of downloading programs, then you might be familiar with this set up.
The first step to torrents would be to download a BitTorrent client. I preffer µTorrent since it's a free client and you can play Tetris with it (by going to the 'Help' tab, and then clicking on About µTorrent and then pressing 'T') but you can also choose Azureus or any other free clients.
|
|
|
|
|
|
previous page | next page
|
|
