The Energizer battery company is warning customers to clean out their systems following the discovery of a malware infection in its USB battery chargers. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/169172,energizer-warns-of-malware-in-battery-chargers.aspx
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Energizer warns of malware in battery chargers
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Spain busts hackers for infecting 13 million PCs
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Over half the world’s largest companies infected. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/168630,spain-busts-hackers-for-infecting-13-million-pcs.aspx
Domain registration rules could be tightened
Saturday, February 20th, 2010Less than a quarter of people who have registered domain names have given fully accurate information, according to a report for domain name register operator Icann. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/167670,domain-registration-rules-could-be-tightened.aspx
Latest music file could succeed the MP3
Thursday, February 18th, 2010Norwegian technology company Bach is to launch a new digital music file which will have additional content including lyrics, news updates and images embedded. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/165394,latest-music-file-could-succeed-the-mp3.aspx
Corporate spy risks from free email
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail “completely vulnerable” by default. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/164576,corporate-spy-risks-from-free-email.aspx
Twitter Words of Wisdom
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010David’s got some very good observations in his article.\ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/weekinreview/03carr.html
Genius Invents Mind-blowing Technology Sure to Revolutionize the Way You Live
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009Wow, take a look at what a young Indian genius does when he starts looking at everyday objects – like a computer mouse. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/12/12/Genius-Level-Innovations-in-Computing.aspx
New Adobe zero-day threat discovered
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009Symantec warns of flaw in Acrobat that allows pdf attachments to harm your computer. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/162996,new-adobe-zero-day-threat-discovered.aspx
Opinion: My holiday tip – backup your data now
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009iTnews editor Brett Winterford laments lost data. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/162817,opinion-my-holiday-tip—backup-your-data-now.aspx
FBI warns of scareware threat
Monday, December 14th, 2009Fake Anti-Virus scams have already cost users $164m. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/162804,fbi-warns-of-scareware-threat.aspx
Google names and shames sites that prey on users
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009Scams use Google brand to lure victims. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/162414,google-names-and-shames-sites-that-prey-on-users.aspx
Kroll Ontrack dishes out top ten data disasters
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Pets, cars and buildings become data destroyers. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/161908,kroll-ontrack-dishes-out-top-ten-data-disasters.aspx
New attack fells Internet Explorer
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009The zero-day flaw is unreliable, but Symantec expects reliable exploits in the ‘near future’ The zero-day flaw is unreliable, but Symantec expects reliable exploits in the ‘near future’
Why use a standard user account instead of an administrator account?
Thursday, November 26th, 2009The standard account can help protect your computer by preventing users from making changes that affect everyone who uses the computer, such as deleting files that are required for the computer to work. We recommend creating a standard account for each user.
When you are logged on to Windows with a standard account you can do almost anything that you can do with an administrator account, but if you want to do something that affects other users of the computer, such as installing software or changing security settings, Windows might ask you to provide a password for an administrator account. http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12881948&s1=d617d442-ca04-f51f-7ac0-8f05d80dfcd8
A Simple Way to Speed Up Windows
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009Close applications you are not using. Having too many application open takes up unnecessary resources. Build yourself a habit of closing each application whenever possible. Minimised and idle applications still takes up CPU power therefore slow the application on which you are working.
Windows 7: Peeking On Your Desktop
Thursday, November 19th, 2009Windows 7 has a new feature, it lets you have a quick peek of your desktop. Hold down the Windows key then hit the spacebar whilst still holding the Windows key down. You should see all your applications minimised, revealing the desktop. Let go the Windows key and all previous on screen applications will appear again.
Apple unveils massive patch update
Wednesday, November 11th, 200932 patches for critical flaws released. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/160281,apple-unveils-massive-patch-update.aspx
Massive attack launched against Microsoft Outlook
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Websense warns of highly targeted attack. http://newsletter.itnews.com.au/cgi-bin16/DM/y/hByoW0En4rp0PTM0SIfv0Eo
Caution is Key at Hotspots
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009Internet hotspots are everywhere. Unfortunately, most of them aren’t very secure. Learn how to protect yourself when you connect in public. http://www.symantec.com/en/au/norton/products/library/article.jsp?aid=caution_hotspots&Om_em_cid=hho_email_clubsym_sep09_apac_au
8 Common Computer Technologies That Will Be Surprisingly Replaced in 10 Years
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009A lot has changed over the last 10 years. What computer technology of today will become redundant over the next decade? http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/20/8-Common-Computer-Technologies-That-Will-Be-Surprisingly-Replaced-in-10-Years.aspx