Sep

27

Anti-virus contract renewal time? Hold of you might get it for free.

September 27, 2010 | 3 Comments

Pac IT Pros members: Anti-virus contract renewal time? Before renewing you might want to wait a few weeks. Starting next month, (October), Microsoft’s Security Essentials which has been free for home users will be free for small businesses. What’s considered a small business? Microsoft has given us three definitions: 10 users or less, 25 users [...]

Sep

24

IE9 Beta is out, Gmail is read by Google employees and Microsoft’s anti-piracy backfires in Russia

September 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Pac IT Pros members: Here are some news items you should be interested in knowing about. IE9 beta is out – Give it a try. It has a clean look like Google Chrome, is faster and can make use of multicore microprocessors to render website code faster. (Look for web sites that could be IE9 [...]

Sep

8

Privacy advocates this will drive you crazy, it’s almost impossible to anonymously browse the web

September 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Pac IT Pros members: Trying to browse the web and keep your identity a secret? Security researchers and advertisers have found it is next to impossible to do so. It turns out your browser leaks tiny bits of non-unique information about your computer as you browse the Internet. By collecting enough non-unique markers about your [...]

Sep

1

Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) lacks security, can be hacked

September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Pac IT Pro Members: I’m sure you will find this interesting. Security researchers found they could remotely gain access a vehicle’s computer using Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS).  (This is the system that monitors tire pressure in all the tires in your car.  TPMS was optional on vehicles prior to 2008 and mandatory on vehicles [...]