SquareTrade analyzed failure rates for over 30,000 new laptop computers covered by their Laptop Warranty plans and found that one-third of all laptops will fail within 3 years. Highlights of the study include: Looking at the first 3 years of ownership, 31% of laptop owners reported a...
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Our New Website is UP!
This new website is a much different look for us and we are excited at all the new features it now includes. We have hammered out most of the glitches in our new website and are still fixing the few remaining broken elements as we find them....
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40% of the world’s hard drive production under water in Thailand
Due to severe flooding in Thailand, many computer manufacturers are expecting to be out of hard drives within 2 weeks and have severe shortages for the next 6 months. As a result, hard drive prices have gone up 200% – 300% in the last 2 weeks and...
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Windows DLL load hijacking exploits go wild and plant malware on PCs!
Less than 24 hours after Microsoft said it couldn’t patch Windows to fix a systemic problem, attack code showed up to exploit the company’s software. A security firm that’s been researching the issue for the past nine months said 41 of Microsoft’s own programs can be remotely...
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Fake browser warnings dupe users into downloading ‘scareware’!
Scammers are spoofing the anti-malware warnings of popular browsers to dupe Windows users into downloading fake security software, Symantec said Monday. According to the FBI, rogue security makers have made at least $150 million by duping the public! Little wonder, then, that the fake security software industry...
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