Gmail offline bug in Chrome

If you’ve been having problems with Gmail crashing Google Chrome in offline mode, don’t feel alone. As of Thursday an update to all development versions of the browser cause Chrome to crash as soon as you log in to Gmail, if configured for offline use.
Until an update is released to fix this bug you [...]

FBI Warning – Must Read

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a warning to
alert users about an ongoing threat involving pop-up security messages
that appear on the Internet. These pop-up messages may contain
seemingly legitimate antivirus software.

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Adobe has stated that they are investigating public reports of a
vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat. Public reports
indicate that exploitation of this vulnerability may occur when a user
opens a specially crafted PDF file.

Malicious Code Circulating via Social Security Administration Phishing Messages

US-CERT is aware of public reports of malicious code circulating via
phishing email messages that appear to come from the Social Security
Administration. The messages indicate that the users’ annual Social
Security statements may contain errors and instruct users to follow a
link to review their Social Security statement. If users click this
link, they will be redirected to a [...]

How to upload videos to YouTube and make them look good

Since it was founded in 2005 by former employees of the popular online money-management site, Paypal, YouTube has become the leader in the online video community.
It’s not a surprise however that most users of YouTube do not know how easy it is to upload their own videos, much less how to make them look [...]

Google Unveils Chrome OS

It’s hard to believe it has been almost a year since Google launched it’s much-anticipated web browser, Google Chrome. With an estimated 35 million users already making it their browser of choice, it’s not hard to understand why Google wants to capitalize on that and has now announced their own Operating System, Chrome OS.
Chrome [...]

Recognizing and Avoiding Spyware

Because of its popularity, the internet has become an ideal target for advertising. As a result, spyware, or adware, has become increasingly prevalent. When troubleshooting problems with your computer, you may discover that the source of the problem is spyware software that has been installed on your machine without your knowledge.

Apple Releases Safari 4.0.4

Apple has released Safari 4.0.4 to address multiple vulnerabilities in a number of components. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, conduct cross-site request forgery, or obtain sensitiveinformation. These vulnerabilities affect Safari running on both the Mac OS X and Windows platforms.AlexPC encourages users and administrators [...]

Motorola Droid vs. Apple iPhone 3GS

There is no denying the fact that Apple’s iPhone has changed the game when it comes to touch-screen phones. It’s become the standard for competing companies to compare themselves to.
Lately though you may have noticed competitors finally speaking out and putting up a fight against the iPhone. Commercials such as “iDont” and “There’s a map [...]

Apple Releases Mac OS X v10.6.2 and Security Update 2009-006

Apple has released Mac OS X v10.6.2 and Security Update 2009-006 to address multiple vulnerabilities in a number of applications. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, conduct a man-in-the-middle attack, operate with escalated privileges, or obtain sensitive information.AlexPC encourages users and administrators to review Apple article HT3937 [...]

Blackberry Desktop Manager Vulenerability

Research in Motion has released Security Advisory KB19701 to address a vulnerability in BlackBerry Desktop Manager. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

AlexPC encourages users to review BlackBerry Security Advisory KB19701 and apply any necessary updates.