Category Archives: News
Hacking Is Everywhere
:::sigh::: Hackers can now take over automobiles. Aamna Mohdin posted a rather frightening piece on IFLScience the other day. It starts: Andy Greenberg was driving his car in St. Louis when he lost control of his vehicle. The air conditioning, … Continue reading
Had You Heard?
View image | gettyimages.com Be very, very careful about what buttons you push, when and where, on your devices. As an Ohio business exec ruefully discovered, Butt dialers beware: If you don’t lock your phone, it’s OK to eavesdrop: … Continue reading
Should I Change My LastPass Master Password?
You may recall the LastPass breach news from last month. If you’re a LastPass user, you got the e-mail from LastPass advising users: …that the company had detected “suspicious activity” on LastPass servers, and that user email addresses and password … Continue reading
A Smart Nightlight
What’s so smart about it? It pings your smartphone if it hears your fire alarm goes off. Kyle Vanhemert provides details here: A Fire-Safety Nightlight That Offers a New Take on the Smart Home. Short, sweet, and to the point.
Worms! And not the Garden Variety…
#104700869 / gettyimages.com From AppleInsider this afternoon: Security researchers recently discovered that more than 17,000 Macs around the world have been infected by a new OS X malware threat called “iWorm,” which at one point used Reddit.com as a go-between … Continue reading
Not Having Fun with Software Update This Weekend?
Welcome to the club… As Nick Mediati noted on Macworld this morning: If you were tried to install OS X software updates this weekend, you might have noticed that you…can’t. As MacRumors points out, OS X users who attempt to … Continue reading
Singing the Praises of MacBook Air
MacBook Air is Apple’s best computer? Really?? Andy Ihnatko thinks so: It’s a quadruple-absurdity: absurdly light and thin, absurdly powerful, lasts an absurdly long time between charges, and absurdly well-made and stylish, given its moderate price. It’s deeply, uncannily relevant … Continue reading
Have a Hotmail Account?
You might want to reconsider… From an article on Opposing Views: …“Microsoft clearly believes that the users’ personal data belongs to Microsoft, not the users themselves,” said Ginger McCall of the Electronic Privacy Information Center.… Sounds like Google, no? The … Continue reading
Important Announcement!!!
This Sunday, 9 March, is the first day of Daylight Saving Time, if you can believe it! Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead Saturday night (at least the ones that don’t do it automatically). Interesting DST links: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/daylightsaving.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time … Continue reading
Important Meeting-Date Announcement
This month’s meeting will take place on the second Monday (the 10th), due to holidays and library scheduling conflicts. You’ve been warned.
