Category: Internet

Mar 16, 2017

Chrome Users Get Performance Improvement

Chrome is a wonderful browser. However, the one thing that is most annoying is the amount of CPU and memory

Feb 22, 2017

Stop Autoplaying Facebook Videos

One of the most annoying things that can happen while surfing the Internet are video files that automatically play when

Jan 25, 2017

Chrome Users – Beware of Cisco’s WebEx Extension

Google researcher Tavis Ormandy has discovered a problem with Cisco's WebEx Chrome extension. He tweeted that "there was a secret

Jan 17, 2017

The Bad Passwords of 2016

We are still in a password driven world. Despite being warned time and time again about creating strong passwords, people

Dec 20, 2016

There’s Nothing Worse than a Leaky VPN

With the significant increase in data breaches, today's users are more focused on security and privacy than they ever have

Dec 01, 2016

Fix for Active Zero Day Attack Available for Firefox and Tor Browsers

A post on ars technica announces an update available for Firefox and Tor browsers. The zero-day vulnerability is being used

Nov 29, 2016

Microsoft Drops SHA-1 Support in Browsers

It is now official. Microsoft will stop supporting SHA-1 in Internet Explorer 11 and the Edge browser on February 14,

Nov 10, 2016

Tired of Chrome Closing Without a Warning Box?

I'll have to admit that I have inadvertently clicked on the red X in Chrome and mistakenly shut it down

Nov 07, 2016

Mobile Devices Swarming the Internet

BRG reported that according to data released by StatCounter, 51.3% of all web visits last month came from mobile devices

Oct 27, 2016

Google Fiber Installs Not Going Well

Too bad Google fiber isn't coming to our neighborhood. Google Fiber is being delayed to previously announced cities as well.

Oct 24, 2016

Google Quietly Drops Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tracking

So much for anonymous online ad tracking and personal information. When Google bought the DoubleClick advertising network in 2007, it

Aug 16, 2016

Safer Gmail Coming Soon

According to Naked Security, you will soon be seeing more warnings about potentially dangerous phishing, spoofed and faked Gmail messages.