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Steve Jobs dies at 56
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Apple Inc. said late Wednesday that the company's founder and former chief executive Steve Jobs has died. Jobs was 56. "We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today. Steve's brilliance...
Make iPhone 4 Ringtone
I created this wiki article on Axcess' site for those people who would like to make custom ringtones for their iPhones. http://www.axcess.us/wikis/techsupport/make-iphone-4-ringtone.aspx
Smishing and Vishing: Scammers are targeting your cell phone
Are you familiar with the terms smishing and vishing? They’ve been around for a few years now, but they’re not as common as email phishing and haven’t been given as much attention. Both smishing and vishing are variations on the phish theme: smishing...
Poo-Poo on Poo – Cyberattack arrest highlights risk
WASHINGTON — How did a hacker in Malaysia manage to penetrate a computer network operated by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland? And what was the same accused cybercriminal doing this summer when he allegedly tapped into the secure computers of a large...
Obama Wants Internet Security Czar
President Barack Obama wants to ramp-up Internet security with the establishment of a czar to oversee privacy. The administration plans a stronger legal effort to protect Internet privacy -- including new laws and creation of a new position to oversee...
There is a new browser in town!
So my wife DeLeesa asked me recently about this new browser, RockMelt and honestly had no idea what it was, so after a little Googling I found this video: Looks interesting, definitely not ready to replace my Firefox; however, I am going to load it on...
CAPTCHA Implemented
Just a quick note to let you know that I have finally been able to implement a CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart) solution for our blogs. This should effectively stop all the spam comments.  If the...
Email from Director Mueller
*** DO NOT FOLLOW ANY OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS – LINK FUNCTIONALITY IN THIS POST HAS BEEN DISABLED *** I received an email from the FBI Director today, I thought it might be fun to publish it to my blog. I am publishing the Plain Text version of the email...
Posted: 04-18-2010 5:26 by jim® | with 2 comment(s)
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We are living in exponential times
‘LO’ Message Sent 40 Years Ago Today
Internet messages started with a crash 40 years ago today , and life hasn't been the same since. “We transmitted the ‘L’ … and the ‘O’ — and then the other computer crashed,” says UCLA's Leonard Kleinrock, who helped send that first message on...
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