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In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives

Wright PC Consulting, LLC — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:13:57 +0000

Few outsiders get an opportunity to pierce the guarded armor of Google known as simply “The Plex” to most. However, Steven Levy is one of the few non-Googlers who has been granted what seems to be unprecedented access to The Plex and many of those who call it home, including the two that started it all: Co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. From dorm room [...]

Google Releases Latest Transparency Report

Wright PC Consulting, LLC — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:21:35 +0000

Google has released its latest Transparency Report

Android Trojan: GGTracker

Wright PC Consulting, LLC — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:20:45 +0000

New Android based Trojan, GGTracker, pretends to be Android Market...

Automattic Releases “Critical” WordPress Update

Wright PC Consulting, LLC — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:16:04 +0000

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

Verizon’s OS 5.0.0.591 update for Tour a BUST!

Wright PC Consulting, LLC — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:11:09 +0000

Tour owners on the Verizon network have waited on the sidelines while their fellow Tour owners on Sprint and other networks enjoyed the new features of the latest Blackberry Operating System, 5.0. This last week those owners finally got the joy. However, that joy very quickly turned to sadness and anger as their beloved Tour [...]

Chile Earthquake Search Engine Poisoning

Wright PC Consulting, LLC — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:47:45 +0000

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 [...]

Search Poising latest Olympic Tragedy

Wright PC Consulting, LLC — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:01:53 +0000

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 [...]

Michael Jackson’s Death Inspires Spammers

Wright PC Consulting, LLC — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:45:32 +0000

With the reported deaths of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson this week, it was only a matter of time before malware latent spam started making the rounds.

Google Secrets Exposed: A Data Center Tour

Wright PC Consulting, LLC — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:35:58 +0000

Take a peek inside a Google data center to see how the big boys do it (personal transport device included).

Google Apps and cPanel 11/WHM 11

Wright PC Consulting, LLC — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:17:44 +0000

After several weeks of trial and error, Wright PC Consulting has finally made a transition to Google Apps for mail and other services. This transition has no direct affect on current or future clients. As a Google Market Place vendor, we have helped others smoothly migrate to the Google Apps platform before. However, while the [...]