Spam stinks. But books are good. That’s the idea behind reCAPTCHA, an anti-spam tool that, in addition to preventing the Internet from being overloaded with inappropriate content, is helping accurately digitize vast quantities of printed media. In fact, the technology is so integral to Google’s Books project, Google announced that it is acquiring the small [...]
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Google buys reCAPTCHA
September 17th, 2009
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Google, Internet, Technology, eBooks 
Tags: CAPTCHA, eBook, Internet, reCAPTCHA, security, spam 
No Comments »More WPA Wireless Networking Vulnerabilities
August 28th, 2009
Well, it looks like some geniuses in Japan have figured out a way to decrease the amount of time needed to hack into a WPA protected wireless network from around fifteen minutes to less than one, thus reminding us yet again that modern data security measures are only as good as your local hacker’s level [...]
Posted in Networking, PCs and Laptops, Wireless Tags: hacking, MOCA, networking, powerline, research, security, wireless, WPA 4 Comments »Free People Search from IntegraScan
August 12th, 2009
OK, in case services like Facebook and Twitter didn’t put enough of our personal lives out on the Internet for everyone to see, IntegraScan has added an extremely easy to use and thorough online people search to the cadre of already existing online phone number directories. Now, simply knowing a person’s name and one other [...]
Viruses Don’t Last Long
August 12th, 2009
Well this is encouraging news…52% of computer viruses last less than 24 hours. From Panda Security, it is reported that of the 37,000 computer viruses and other related malware they examine daily, only about 17,000 of them will continue infecting our computers more than 24 hours after they become active. I can finally sleep soundly [...]
