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Do we take Internet crime seriously?

Remember the great Target Stores credit card hack of 2013? 110 million Target customers, including myself, had their credit card information put at risk and/or stolen last November and December because of Target’s crummy Internet security practices. In typical...

No fix for new XP bug; AOL gets hacked

It had to happen, and now, it has: the first unfixable security flaw that attacks users of Microsoft’s outdated Windows XP operating system has hit the Internet with a vengeance. The official word from Microsoft? “Too bad for you; you were warned.”...

Spring cleaning: time to change your passwords, again

Are you in the habit of regularly changing the passwords for your online accounts? You should be; changing passwords regularly is a required part of every wise Internet user’s safety routine. The reason for changing online account passwords is simple: the...

Be your own online detective

Have you ever wanted to track down someone’s whereabouts, but didn’t know where to start and you didn’t want to pay a high-priced private investigator? To the rescue comes the Internet, which is brimming with ways to find long-lost relatives or investigate shady...

World Backup Day: don’t be an April Fool

“Friends don’t let friends go without a backup.” “Don’t be an April Fool.” These are only two of the slogans adopted by World Backup Day 2014, an effort by Ohio-based 614a Ltd. to encourage people to backup their precious computer...