An elaborate Twitter scam involving a sensational tweet about Barack Obama has been detected. This scam lures its victims with a promise of a video showing president Barack Obama punching a man for cursing him, leads them to a fake facebook page where it steals their Twitter credentials, and closes the deal by enticing them…

Oh yes, I do believe, unreservedly, that Jesus saves. But like a "doubting Thomas", I seriously doubt if he would do much to help you when it comes to protecting you from having your online identities hijacked - that is, if you use his name as your password. Splashdata, a leading provider of password management…

I have always been a Linux apologist - apologies to no one. My migration to the Linux platform a few years back was largely influenced by the bitter experiences i had with malwares and viruses on Windows. Rumours were rife then of the near impregnability of Linux, that Linux is virus (trojan horse) free. It…

So you tried to download an app from Google Play Market and you got the message "This Item Cannot Be Installed In Your Device's Country". Or you probably saw an advertised android app and you just can not seem to find it in the Google Play Market. This user experience  is quite frequent and it…

Android introduced a very different kind of entry protection in 2008. Named Pattern Lock, it allowed users to swipe in a specific way across 9 dots to unlock their smartphone. It is arguably easier to input and technically much more secure than a 4 digit PIN code. But, as time went by, people found ways…

The arguments for or against  hacking your mobile device to gain elevated access have been raging on for a decade or so now. Things probably became more heated up with the advent of the Apple IOS and, especially, the Android platforms where most consider rooting your android device as unsafe and unnecessary. I think it…

Imagine investing heavily in the creation of an online business. You’ve paid web designers, SEO service providers and content writers. You’ve set up a secure payment system and cultivated a loyal group of followers. Your profits are tied, quite obviously, to your website. If the site goes down for even a few hours, you lose…

I recently came into a Samsung Galaxy Y Duos phone and the first thing that struck me was the paltry and miserly160MB internal storage that was included in the phone. Well, yes, granted, it is supposed to be a budget phone but 160MB on a smartphone in this day and age is simply outrageous?! Its dual…

Out of curiosity than anything else, i decided to try out the procedure i found on the internet which promises to Increase the internal memory  of the Toshiba Thrive tablet. No, it does not require any screw drivers or the likes. It is purely a software affair. Basically, what i set out to do was…

ONLINE TRACKING IS a hot topic these days, with the U.S. asking for tougher online privacy protections. The FTC recently issued a report urging voluntary practices for online businesses regarding data collection. Another proposal suggests building a universal “do not track” function into future Web browsers. The proposed universal “do not track” tool wouldn’t be…

The Flame Virus shares code with another virus, Stuxnet, that damaged Iran's nuclear program in 2010. These are two of the most destructive computer viruses ever created, tailor-made for cyber-espionage and capable of wreaking havoc on government systems. Both Flame and Stuxnet are believed to have been used by the U.S. government to wage online…

The listed combination of plugins are recommended to make your Wordpress blog more secure. The individual plugins may not be the best available, but the combination works very well for your site. Word of caution here. My recommendations are based on the following assumptions: - That what you have is a fresh wordpress installation. This…