Malware maladies

As an advocate of eLearning, I’ve been trying to maximize the use of technology for teaching. Since, I’m not that active in the academic circle recently, as a service, I decided to put up an online forum for us in the business of language studies and...

Search engines make me paranoid

Hard and fast rule, if you’re not doing anything wrong, there’s no need to fear. Somehow, it’s not as hard and as fast as before given that our justice system sucks. But sometimes, carelessness can get the better of us all. In today’s digital...

Bugged by “Taga Lipa Are!”? Read this

I’ve seen some computers affected by this “virus” and sadly, I think it’s not detected by Norton or AVG. Here’s a guide on how to remove it. Kudos to SHENGTON of the PCX Forums. 1. Run Task Manager Windows XP(Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc) or CTRL...

Yahoo!’s latest log-in protections

Internet identity theft, phishing, and scamming had all been headaches of the average computer users. I remember those days when Yahoo! still did not have a spam filter. It was also so easy to prank people by enrolling their e-mail addresses to lewd mailing lists....

Keeping it real: blogs and identity theft

One of the first things I do in the morning is get my dose of news, usually from INQ7.net. After skimming the seemingly consistent stream of negative news in the headlines section, I move on to Infotech. As a kid, I used to go straight to the comics page or the Sports...