Well Known Domain Name Stolen
MakeUseOf.com, a well-known tech blog, had their domain name not only stolen, but held for ransom today.
While the domain name is now back under the rightful owners control, they had a lengthy and draining battle to get it back after GoDaddy, a major web registar, transferred the title far faster than they should have. All [...]
Twitter Privacy Breach Found
It seems a hole has been found in Twitter, the popular micro blogging service, that allows people to see private messages you send to other users.
Valleywag is sharing information that came from a Hungarian website that it is fairly easy to see all the messages on a person’s Twitter account, including those that are private [...]
Rovio Robot Helps You With Security
WowWee, the company behind the popular Robosapien, looks to have another hot holiday gift coming out for this year’s winter holidays.
Rovio is a new item from the company, but they make it very clearly that this is not to be considered a toy. The three-wheeled robot is a Wi-Fi enabled security sentry that can be [...]
Using Your IP Address To See Who Has Been On Your Gmail
Bet you all didn’t think that talk about What Is An IP Address wasn’t leading to a post about how to make sure no one else has been on your Gmail account, did ya?
This is a rare occassion where we’re going to send you to another site for a story on how to do somethine, [...]
Real World Lessons About The Importance Of Passwords
Very early on here on StarterTech, we told you How To Pick A Password, and with recent events in the upcoming elections, we have a real world lesson about why choosing a strong password is so important.
With the story of vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s email account being reportedly hacked, some information about how it was [...]
This Just Proves That No One Is Safe From Computer Viruses
The news that the International Space Station (ISS) has been infected witha c omputer virus pretty much tells you that no one is safe from these annoyances.
Luckily the virus that made it to the space station this past July, Gammima.AG, is directed at only stealing login information for popular online games, and poses no threat [...]
GMail Adds New Security Measure
A new security flaw has popped up in the popular GMail system, but there is an easy fix that will only take a few seconds of your time to fix if you know where to go.
Thanks to Stan Schroeder over at Mashable for pointing this out, it appears that hackers can grab information about your [...]
How To Avoid Scam Emails
Better known as “Phishing”, scam emails are ones that are made to fool you into think they are official correspondence, but in reality they are an effort to steal your personal information.
Macworld is reporting on a new MobileMe phishing scam that is startiling in just how good it is. Pictured to the right here, this [...]
How To Avoid Advertising Traps
Nothing makes all of us at StarterTech than ads on the Internet that are out to trick you, and boy did I run in to a doozy today.
Pictured to the right is what ended up showing up in my Firefox window when I ran into the ad. You can click the image to see a [...]
