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A type of browser-based attack, in which the user is fooled into clicking on a link other than the one he thinks he is clicking on, is being highly scrutinized by the web’s top architects. It’s a good thing, too, because as of now, there is no ideal solution to this nefarious exploit.

Keep Your Laptop Safe When Traveling. Tech blogger Chris Pirillo offers 10 practical tips for keeping your notebook safe on the road. His tips run the gamut from the very simple (pad your case) to the more technical (set a BIOS password), so it’s a great checklist to rundown to make sure you’re doing everything [...]

SoftPerfect Scans Networks from a USB Drive. A good network scanner digs deep into any network it’s pointed at and opens it up for you to get into. SoftPerfect Network Scanner does those things, can do them from a thumb drive, and is a good deal less intimidating than some other scanner apps out there. [...]

@andrewskretvedt I just subscribed to it on hulu… http://www.hulu.com/my-own-worst-enemy

@kavmac same here, cant sleep. just catching up on some reading now.

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Connecting your laptop to the local coffee shop’s Wi-Fi without a good firewall and thinking you’re secure is like using a condom with thousands of holes in it and calling it safe sex. Your antivirus application is a good start, but if you want to make sure you’re computer is safe while you’re connected to [...]

@harry Try and use Chrome just for your web apps like Gmail and Google reader and make sure you create application short cuts from them.

@terryh Seems to have gotten a little bloated in the last release.