Nancy writes: I appreciate your info on the cloud. Doesn’t storing so much of your data in the cloud mean hacking it is easier? Greetings Nancy! Yes, you’re right: theoretically, any time you put data on a Net-connected server like Apple’s upcoming...
Beyond the obvious question of, you know, why he was sending pictures of himself in skivvies to women who weren’t his wife, the sad, sordid saga of (still) New York Congressman Anthony Weiner raises another nagging issue: how did the wayward lawmaker manage to...
We’ve been hearing chatter for weeks about Apple’s plans for the “cloud,” and now we finally have the official details. So, what is “iCloud,” exactly—what will it do, when will it arrive, and more importantly, how much will it cost?...
Marjorie writes: Somebody at work was going on about how information is now going to be stored in clouds. I’m not a total idiot so I realize he did not mean the fluffy white cumulus kind. But I’m enough of an idiot to not really know what this is all...
What do Sony, Yahoo!, PBS.org, and the White House all have in common? They’ve all been victims of coordinated, sophisticated, and somewhat successful attacks by hackers and phishers intent on stealing your private information: think your home address, your...
Attention, Mac users: Have you recently installed an anti-virus app called Mac Defender—or alternately, Mac Protector, or Mac Security? If so, you’ll want to scrub it off your system, pronto. Apple warned Tuesday that the program is a so-called “Trojan...
Leery about plugging your credit card number into Sony’s PlayStation Network after hackers managed to make off with the personal data of 70 million-odd subscribers last month? I don’t blame you—and indeed, I wasted no time in deleting my credit card info...
Thinking about getting a tablet like the iPad, but not sure when—or where—you’d ever use it? Personally, I love to fiddle with my iPad while I’m lounging in front of the tube or right before I turn off my bedside lamp, but that’s just me. For some...
Got tunes on your phone? Sure you do. But what if you could stream your entire music library—and I’m talking all your music, not just the cross section of tracks that fit in your phone’s meager memory—on your handset, anytime and anywhere? (Well, anywhere...
