This is really good news for everyone who has an inbox. In an operation that took just 10 days from its initial report through today to complete there was a huge success in the battle against spam. Grum, one of the world’s largest spamming bot nets, was severely crippled losing […]
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16 years of MSNBC comes to an end
I browsed over to MSNBC.com to get my daily morning dose of non-tech news and was instantly greeted with a surprising forward to NBCNews.com and a popup that told us big things had happened. After 16 years of Microsoft co-running the website NBC News has purchased back full a controlling […]
Google starts notifying Gmail users over state-sponsored attacks
Your are not safe with your Gmail account. The attacks are coming from sources other than hackers. Now, even countries are sponsoring attacks on email accounts. Not only will Gmail alert you when there is a possibility your account has been compromised, they will splash a giant red stripe across […]
Here’s why Hewlett-Packard will cut 27,000 jobs till 2014
By the close of 2014 the largest PC manufacturer in the world, Hewlett-Packard, will ax as many as 30,000 jobs. Their plan is to manage their own finances by destroying the finances of 8% of its work force. This will save the PC giant a whopping $3.5 billion per year. […]
Google sealed Motorola Mobility acquisition
Google’s break into the mobile phone market has hit like a meteor striking the Earth. With their purchase of Motorola Mobility at $12.5 billion, they are perched, ready to crush the competition, so they believe. The Chinese government approved the deal, but with the stipulation that Android as an OS […]
London Metropolitan police ready to snatch users phone data
The London Metropolitan Police now have a method for snatching data from the phone of a suspect they have taken into custody. It includes all kinds of fun stuff, like contacts, call history, and sms’. The catch is that even if no charges are brought against the individual, the data […]
CISPA could reinstate terror among U.S. citizens
SOPA has already been forgotten, though it was the last threat against your privacy, launched by the government against the American people. In November they launched another assault, called the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. At the last minute an amendment was added that expanded the powers far beyond […]





