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Friday, January 25th, 2008One of my favorite tech bloggers, Jeremy Wagstaff, has this interesting take on Facebook, specifically why anyone who values his or her privacy should stay away from the popular social-networking site.
Die, Facebook, Die!
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008About two months ago, I tried Facebook, the extremely popular social-networking site. At first, I was thrilled: many of my friends were there, and you can dress up your page/account with lots of cool stuff and engage your friends in virtual mischief.
But less than a week after I signed on, I canceled my Facebook account.
Save Windows XP
Saturday, January 19th, 2008I’m a long-time Windows user and I usually upgrade to its newest version. But when Microsoft launched Vista last year, I resisted the urge to change the Windows XP operating that’s running my laptop. Two reasons.
New Trojan Unleashed, Intercepts Online Banking Info
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008PC World reports that a new Trojan program called Trojan.Silentbanker has been unleashed. In its story yesterday, the magazine offers this terrifying bit on how the Trojan works: “During a banking transaction, Silentbanker will change the user’s bank account details over to the attacker’s account, all the while mimicking what the user would expect to […]
6 Ways to Tell If Your Nokia Phone Is Fake
Monday, January 14th, 2008Nokia Philippines warned consumers last week that fake Nokia phones are proliferating in the market. These fake phones — Nokia N81, Nokia 5310, Nokia N95, Nokia N82, Nokia 6120, to name some — are usually sold in sidewalks or stalls, those that sell “GSM” (Galing sa Magnanakaw) phones.
Nokia Philippines enumerates ways to tell if […]