Some may remember my post in February of 2010, “Better DNS Servers for faster browsing” in which I briefly described what DNS is and how it may impact your surfing speed.  While I still recommend OpenDNS (See my posts:  OpenDNS: Better, Faster, Safer? and OpenDNS Protects Surfers from DNS Flaw) for many of my customers who are looking [...]

Backupify is offering one year free for the Pro 100 plan for those who simply ask (using pro code savegmail)! The cloud based backup solution uses Amazon Web Services’ S3 service to backup you Google account Email, Docs, Calendar and other Googlified data. So, why the generosity? According to their blog post, it seems to [...]

Automattic has release what they call a “critical” update to their popular WordPress blogging platform

The Sans Institute is reporting yet another search engine poisoning surrounding a major event. This time, it is the recent earthquake in Chile. According to the Institute, unsuspecting searchers looking for information about the devastating 8.8 earthquake find malware laced sites rather than information. “Search Google for “Chile Earthquake” and you will find a number [...]

The SANS Technology Institute is reporting that many unsuspecting Olympic searchers are finding malware rather than Olympic news through Google search results poisoning. According to SANS: “…the killed Georgian luge athlete is used to redirect unsuspecting users to fake anti virus and other malicious content. The redirect is browser dependent. Firefox is usually redirected to [...]