Interesting post on ransomware and how criminals are turning to this form of extortion to make cash on 2–Spyware.com .
Best protection against ransomware is to make sure that you keep your antivirus application updated.
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Data theft using USB drives  has been big news for a few days now.  It's so easy for someone to walk up to your PC, plug in a USB drive and copy to it important or sensitive information.  There's a lot of software apps available that will allow you to have control over USB drives [...]

Interesting post on the Google Operating System  blog on running Internet Explorer 7 without installing it. 
To do this you need:

The IE7 download
Extract it using WinRar 
Create a batch file to handle all the changes (based on work by Jon Galloway)
Running the batch file will carry out the changes and start IE7.  When IE7 is closed [...]

Dead hard drives are scary.  Really scary.
The net is loaded with tips on reviving a dying hard drive.  TechRepublic has posted a whopping 200 ways to revive a hard drive !  I'm going to come right out and say that while some of these might work, some of these are voodoo while some run the risk [...]

I've no idea why anyone would want to create a Google logo for themselves, it must be an activity that has some hidden appeal.  I'm liking to it because I think that it's a good Photoshop tutorial.
So, whether you want to create a Google logo or want to follow a Photoshop tutorial that looks at [...]

When it comes to user manuals I have to admit to being, well, a little untidy.  They seem to disappear into other random piles of paper and only surface after the device that they refer to has been lost, broken or become obsolete.
Here's a site for everyone out there who suffers from my affliction (yes, [...]