Practical Technology

May 31st was supposed to be Quit Facebook Day. With only 0.005 percent of Facebook’s 500 million users electing to quit, I think we can safely call it a flop. It’s not that people aren’t ticked off at Facebook; it’s just that they’re not mad enough to actually walk away from it. In part, that [...]

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There are hundreds of botnets, ad hoc networks of Windows PCs that are infected with one or more programs to let them do the bidding of their controllers, some are far more trouble than others. While you can’t afford to ignore any botnet threat, here are some of the worst of the worst. “When it [...]

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Look around you. If you’re in an office or coffee shop where people are using Windows, chances are someone’s PC is now, or recently has been, part of a botnet. How does it feel to be part of organized crime? What? You think organized crime is something that happens on the U.S./Mexican border or in [...]

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Sure, Google may know about you, but its Facebook opening up your private information to the world’s gaze, and their advertiser’s profits, that has people ticked off. So, it should come as no surprise that someone has finally done it: They’ve sued Facebook for violating their privacy. As reported by MediaPost, Rhode Island Derrick Rose [...]

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While you’re waiting for WiMAX or other 4G data technologies to roll out, you might be interested in knowing that a new, faster still, WiMAX2, is on its way. WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is slowly making its way into businesses and homes. With its promise of average speeds of 4 to 6Mbps (Megabits [...]

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