When you hear the word "war" your thoughts immediately goes to what is going on in Iraq and Afghanistan, am I right? Perhaps you might go as far back in your memory to what you might know about previous wars that has occurred in our nation? There seems to be a new one, a new type of war brewing these days, via Internet Security! McAfee Inc., a security software firm, said the Chinese government was the biggest offender of trying to find ways around the United States and other countries...

As you’re all aware, there are so many things or dangers that we have to protect ourselves and our families from. Almost every home has a computer as well as access to the Internet and with the great world of online activities the danger is ever present. An article written by Scott Spanbauer of PC World , on msn.com’s Tech & Gadgets section, said that the three ‘biggest’ threats via the Internet today are IE (yes, Internet Explorer itself!), Phishing and Malware . We ...

Have you ever wondered if our society will ever be paperless? After all, we are so much more advanced technologically, why can’t this happen, or why shouldn’t it? Did you know that there was a “ 1998 Government Paper Elimination Act ”? [1] I didn’t! But yes there was such an act. Federal agencies were required by law to stop using paper when creating new or storing current documents. And they had to make sure that all of their forms and other pertinent documents were available on l...

I'm not sure if any of you heard about a new virus being released tomorrow which will crash all systems if given the chance. If you're not aware of this, here's a heads up and some information I received via Email today. EMERGENCY!!! If pavlo_88@hotmail.com adds you to your MSN Contacts, DO NOT (I repeat: DO NOT) add it because it's a virus that takes all ur computer details. PLEASE tell everybody on your contacts because if somebody on your list accepts it then you get the...

There seems to be a great divide in our technology friendly world. What, you might ask am I talking about now? I’m talking about that chasm that is opening up between my generation (the 30 and over crowd) and Generation “X” and Generation “Now”. That penchant for our younger folks to just Google anything they want to learn about (and us too). Not too many folks read to obtain information anymore. Mention a word, a phrase or a name it’s off to Googleland to find out any and all in...

I really had no idea…Vlogging? There’s a word I’ve not heard until I read about it on…you guessed it…MSNBC on MSN.com! This is what happens when you subscribe to newsletters and join websites, you learn new things and obtain lots of information! So, Vlogging is the new (and God knows it’s probably not that new, but as I’m just hearing about it – it’s new(s) to me!) way to blog. Apparently there’s a website, Ourmedia.org, where you can go online and create your video blog. Accordi...

Each day when I open my email I notice my bulk folder is usually filled to the brim with junk mail. Sometimes I think to myself, how in heavens name did I get all this junk email. Some are ads, some are requests, and some actually are begging me to sign up for one thing or the other. When I scroll down and look at each message (that is, if I do open them) it says that this is not spam, I am receiving this message because I am affiliated with some other affiliate? I mean, who are they kidd...