Have you ever wanted to remove the geotagging information from your iPhone pictures before uploading them online? After iOS 4 all iPhones and now the 4th generation iPod Touches have geotagging enabled by default. It is possible to disable your GPS reciever manually before you take a picture, but not only is this cumbersome but [...]
When signing up for any online service, do you spend any time reading the agreement on their privacy policies? Most people will simply click “Agree” without reading. While other sites leave the user to discover the privacy policy or TOS (Terms of Service) for by themselves often hidden towards the bottom of the page if [...]
Our computer screens are often to blame for our night time restlessness. The displays emit bright blues (the daytime color) which keeps our pineal gland simply from allowing melatonin, our sleep hormone, to work. The bright blues in our screen, though we might not notice it, trick our brains to think it is still daytime. [...]
Keeping your programs up to date not only lets you keep up with new features published but for most updates, the publisher fixes security vulnerabilities that allow easy access for worms, viri and hackers in to your computer. Often software publishers will offer some type of update service of their own often without the user [...]
Researchers at Stanford announced today announced that that the whole idea that two-way radios cannot use the same frequency is now false. Textbooks have always stated that a turn based system is needed with radio push as Push-to-talk or saying “go ahead” when finished talking. Cell phones use multiple frequencies to accomplish this. The researchers [...]
Microsoft finally killed AutoRun in Windows XP through a new “security patch.” AutoRun has always been a common method of spreading worm and other malware through the AutoRun features in USB flashdrives, CDs and less common picture frames; hypothetically any usb device such as a phone could deliver malware via the AutoRun feature. In Microsoft’s [...]
Basic Windows Hashing Utilities These two programs are simple to use Windows programs that can be used for everday use. Commonly used after downloading programs to verify that the download is not corrupt or tampered with by comparing the signaure of the file on you computer to that of the programmer’s website. Hasher Hasher is most one [...]
Have you ever wanted to remove the geotagging information from your iPhone pictures before uploading them online? After iOS 4 all iPhones and now the 4th generation iPod Touches have geotagging enabled by default. It is possible to disable your GPS reciever manually before you take a picture, but not only is this cumbersome but [...]
Keeping your programs up to date not only lets you keep up with new features published but for most updates, the publisher fixes security vulnerabilities that allow easy access for worms, viri and hackers in to your computer. Often software publishers will offer some type of update service of their own often without the user [...]
Basic Windows Hashing Utilities These two programs are simple to use Windows programs that can be used for everday use. Commonly used after downloading programs to verify that the download is not corrupt or tampered with by comparing the signaure of the file on you computer to that of the programmer’s website. Hasher Hasher is most one [...]
