Category: Tech News
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Is your data in the Cloud secure?
When you upload data to your Cloud service, where exactly does it go? It is Secure? There are a few things to consider while looking for the best cloud solution for your company. If you’re already using one, you be interested to know that there are options available that can let you keep your data […]
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Spamhaus vs. “The Largest DDos Attack in History”
Anti-spam organization Spamhaus has recovered from what may possibly be the largest DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack in history. A massive 300Gbps (Gigabits-per-second) attack was thrown against Spamhaus’ website in an attempt to bring their systems to their knees, but the anti-spam organization was able to recover from the attack and get its core […]
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How Facebook Got Hacked
Zero-Day Exploit Bypassed Java Protections to Install Malware By Eric Chabrow, February 16, 2013. Follow Eric @GovInfoSecurity Even the most savvy information technologists aren’t immune from cyber-attacks. Just ask Facebook. The social-media tita…
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Microsoft Office 2013 – Free Release Preview Download and some changes to expect.
Microsoft recently announced the completion of development work of Office 2013 and compilation of RTM build of Office 2013. As of mid-October, this new version of their productivity suite has now been released to manufacturers. General public’s availability is set for the first quarter of 2013, but customers who buy a retail copy of Office […]
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Replace your Windows PC with Zorin OS
Over the recent years, switching to a Linux Based OS has become more and more of a viable option for most PC users. Thanks to supremely user-friendly systems like Ubuntu Linux and Linux Mint, Linux has made an art form out of becoming the leader of the “user-friendly experience”. Out of all the varieties, there’s […]
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GoDaddy Goes Down.
Popular domain name registrar and Web and email hosting provider GoDaddy is experiencing a severe outage, one that appears to have taken out not only its hosted services, but even those websites that have registered their domain names through GoDaddy. In a YouTube video, secretive hacking group Anonymous has taken credit for the outage, claiming […]