Jun 11, 2010

By Bill Detwiler Photography by Brad Rowden Full Article When lightning strikes a computer, charred metal, melted plastic, and burned circuits are the results. This computer’s modem was hit with a power surge during an electrical storm. The computer was protected by a surge protector but not one with modem outlets. The owner brought the machine to IT...

Jun 10, 2010

The redesign is coming along, welcome back. CHMOD and a 777 will go a long way while reducing frustration at the same time. I forget how fast time goes by while designing! I am liking how WordPress works compared to the previous site which had a Joomla! back...

Jun 10, 2010

By Daniel Ionescu, PCWorld.com Full Article Just how strong is the new glass housing on the upcoming Apple iPhone 4? You might want to hold your iPhone 4 tight, as it turns out just a few drops on a flat surface can cause the special glass housing to shatter to pieces. When he introduced the new iPhone 4 at the WWDC conference earlier this week, Apple CEO Steve...

Jun 10, 2010

by Elinor Mills Full Article E-mail inboxes are getting hit this week with spam campaigns that appear to be legitimate Twitter messages but which lead to malware and phishing sites, security firms warned on Wednesday. Some e-mails masquerade as messages from Twitter’s customer support team warning the recipient that the site has detected an attempt to...

Jun 10, 2010

By Sebastian Porst Full Article I spent the last two days with a friend of mine, Frank Boldewin of reconstructer.org, analyzing the Adobe Reader/Flash 0-day that’s being exploited in the wild this week. We had received a sample of a malicious PDF file which exploits the still unpatched vulnerability (MD5: 721601bdbec57cb103a9717eeef0bfca) and it turned out...

Jun 9, 2010

By Tony Bradley, PC World Oops. AT&T has egg on its face after leaving sensitive information on 114,000 owners of the iPad 3G exposed on the Web. A group known as Goatse Security has published the personal e-mail addresses of the victims–many of whom are popular celebrities, prominent executives and high-ranking dignitaries–that it obtained by...

Jun 9, 2010

  Welcome back to TG. I hope you enjoy the fresh look and keep coming back for the finished site! Be sure to register and leave your comments on the new design. You can create an account at the bottom of the page.