More on Why Facebook Is Creepy

One of my favorite tech bloggers, Jeremy Wagstaff, has this interesting take on Facebook, specifically why anyone who values his or her privacy should stay away from the popular social-networking...

Die, Facebook, Die!

About two months ago, I tried Facebook, the extremely popular social-networking site. At first, I was thrilled: many of my friends were there, and you can dress up your page/account with lots of cool...

Save Windows XP

I’m a long-time Windows user and I usually upgrade to its newest version. But when Microsoft launched Vista last year, I resisted the urge to change the Windows XP operating that’s...

New Trojan Unleashed, Intercepts Online Banking Info

PC World reports that a new Trojan program called Trojan.Silentbanker has been unleashed. In its story yesterday, the magazine offers this terrifying bit on how the Trojan works: “During a...

6 Ways to Tell If Your Nokia Phone Is Fake

Nokia Philippines warned consumers last week that fake Nokia phones are proliferating in the market. These fake phones — Nokia N81, Nokia 5310, Nokia N95, Nokia N82, Nokia 6120, to name some...
Internet Banking: 10 Simple Ways to Protect Yourself from Online Scams, Fraud and Identity Theft

Internet Banking: 10 Simple Ways to Protect Yourself from Online Scams, Fraud and Identity Theft

Banking has become infinitely easier because of the Internet. Online, we can check our deposit or credit-card balance, transfer funds, pay bills, etc. Online banking has saved countless souls from...

How to Read Online Newspapers Without Being Bombarded by Advertisements

I easily get miffed by all the advertisements in websites, particularly in online newspapers, many of them flash-based that takes forever to load. Online newspapers will hate me for this but...

How to Deal with Multiple Email Accounts

If you have multiple email accounts, checking them individually can be a drag. Fortunately, since I started using mainly Gmail, Google’s free web-based email service, I could forward all my,...