Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
A change to Facebook's terms of service, which extends control over user content to profiles that have been shut down, has prompted nearly 20,000 users to join protest groups.
Users signing a contract with Facebook give full control of their social networking content to the company, including the right to copy, ...
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Sun today released VirtualBox 2.1.4, the second maintenance release of VitualBox 2.1 which improves stability and performance. See the ChangeLog for a list of changes since VirtualBox 2.1.2.
VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely ...
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Saturday, February 14th, 2009
To steal your identity, a cybercriminal doesn't have to have direct access to your bank account or other personal information. Often, he collects information about you from a variety of seemingly innocuous sources, then uses that data to map out a strategy to crack your online defenses and drain your ...
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Friday, February 13th, 2009
A number of industry heavywights have unveiled the Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP), a new specification jointly developed by Brocade, EMC, HP, IBM, LSI, Seagate and Thales.
"Our customers' IT environments are growing in complexity and, at the same time, these companies are under extreme pressures to meet compliance regulations and ...
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
This is an excellent article that lists 10 ways to protect your privacy on Facebook. Read the article for the full details, but here's a quick summary:
Use Your Friend Lists
Remove Yourself From Facebook Search Results
Remove Yourself From Google
Avoid the Infamous Photo/Video Tag Mistake
Protect Your Albums
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