Archive for March 20th, 2009

If you watch television, chances are you’ve seen the jingles where the young guy sings a campy song about his troubles with identity theft, in a bid to pitch a site called freecreditreport.com. Well, now the Federal Trade Commission is getting in on the act, running a series of hilarious public service announcements to... »

Internet Explorer 8 takes some long-needed strides to bring it up to speed with its competitors. It’s more secure, with tab sandboxing and more aggressive malicious site warnings, and introduces some slick new features like Accelerators and Web slices. Even with better support for Web standards, it’s far from perfect. CNET also has a... »

Security experts are warning that some new “scareware” programs, software that tries to frighten consumers into purchasing bogus security products, also encrypt the victim’s digital documents until he or she agrees to pay a $50 ransom demand. Newer versions of scareware family Antivirus2009 warn users in a fake Windows alert that files in the... »