Monthly Archives March 2012

Find Out Whether Your Computer is Pwned

As part of the DNSChanger malware campaign hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide were affected.  Is you computer one of them? Here is a link to an article by Dennis O’Reilly with links to a test that will tell you whether your computer is clean or not and what to do about it.


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Operation Ghost Click Delays Shutting Down Hacked Servers

Hundreds of thousands of computers that were poisoned by DNSChanger malware were scheduled to be silenced under FBI orders with in a short while but have received a stay of execution until July 2012.


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Twitter Turns 6

What looked like a rather silly, self-serving exercise in 2006 has helped to topple regimes during the Arab Spring and regularly provides the earliest reports of breaking news. But where is it headed and will it last? Full Story


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Podcast: March 24, 2012

Show Notes:

  • UpTo: A social platform that empowers your calendar: Founder and CEO Greg Schwartz explains a new way of planning ahead with your friends and family with a Detroit created app (iPhone only, Android and desktop coming in summer 2012).

  • Twitter Turns Six: 140 million users, 340 million tweets daily: Our Social Media Maven, Emily Hay talks about this milestone for the microblogging service and what the future holds for it.

  • Detecting and Defending Against a New Generation of Malware: Dennis O’Reilly (of the Dearborn O’Reilly mayoral family!) Workers’ Edge blog, CNET Blog Network


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    How to Protect Yourself from WiFi Honeypots

    They are called “honeypots” because they ensnare the unsuspecting WiFi user and steal their information.  So how can you protect yourself and surf your local coffee shop’s free WiFi without getting stung? Here are five tips about safe surfing!


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    How to Safely Test Drive Windows 8 Consumer Preview

    Fred Langa wants to offer a way for you to try out Microsoft’s newest Operating System, Win 8. So here is his column from the latest Windows Secret Newletter with the step-by-step instructions.


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    Apple Store Fraud Steals Spotlight

    Just when Apple was about to gloat over all those shiny new iPads, a very disturbing story of online fraud has arisen. There is a growing outcry about the sloppy security on Apple’s iTunes and particularly its App Store that have allowed hundreds of accounts to be hacked and fraudulently charged for goods and services.


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    Does Microsoft Have a Leak?

    That’s the question that has been hounded the Redmond, California software giant following recent revelations of code theft.  Chinese hackers have released proof-of-concept code that provides a roadmap to exploit a dangerous RDP (remote desktop protocol) vulnerability that was patched by Microsoft earlier this week.


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    Podcast: March 17, 2012

    Show Notes:

    • Stop all Websites From Tracking Your Movements…For Free: Sarah Downey from Abine tells how their DoNotTrackPlus browser plug in stops ALL tracking immediately for FREE.
    • Livio Radio Great Leap Forward: Jake Sigal, CEO and Founder of Livio Radio talks about the exciting new direction Livio has taken with apps for Cars and more!
    • Hands on with Windows 8 Consumer Preview: Rich Jaroslovsky, Bloomberg News Tech Analyst gives his view of the future Microsoft OS that Foster and Ed are testing right now along with millions of other curious techies.
    • The Mac Minute: Erik Anderson gives the latest on the newest iPad that went on sale 3/16/120

    Since this is an extended program we will have TWO full hours to call us with your computer, Internet, and tech related questions.  Don’t miss your chance to be some help from our highly experienced team.  And remember: The only dumb question is the one you don’t ask!

    1-800-859-0957


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    Who Will Buy a Shiny New Apple…?

    Is the “new iPad” just another expensive toy?  To many yes, but to nearly half the owners of present iPads, it’s a must have.

    To put things in perspective, Tim Cook, the new CEO of the “post-Jobs” Apple, reported astounding sales figures of all Apple “devices” for 2011.

    “Last year, Apple sold 172 million of what Cook calls “post-PC” devices, making up 76 percent of the company’s revenues. On a related note, he said Apple sold 62 million iOS devices in the last quarter and 315 million overall.”


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