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The NSA may have bugged your giblets [CARTOON]

Everyone’s favorite spooks will be keeping an eye on us this Thanksgivingread more

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Not a creature was stirring - aside from the drones [CARTOON]

Thanks to Amazon Prime Air, it might be time to update a classic poemread more

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Microsoft's password strength tool attempts to read your mind

And of course it's called Telepathwordsread more

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Santa has bad news for his elves [CARTOON]

Just like Marissa Mayer at Yahoo, Santa pulls the plug on telecommutingread more

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Here's what you should do about the Target data breach (or any time your...

First, don't panic. Then, use these tools to make sure your data is safe.read more

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Bitcoins, you blockhead! [CARTOON]

If “A Charlie Brown Christmas” were made today, there’d probably be a few changesread more

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How to check if your Microsoft account has been hacked

Or even had any attempted hacksread more

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How to block traffic from other countries in linux

It’s a sad fact that the majority of malicious web traffic to US sites originates from the same handful of foreign countries. If your site doesn’t benefit from actual users living in those countries,...

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Chromebooks are the new Swiss Army Knives [CARTOON]

Is there anything a Chromebook can’t do?read more

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Kids hack the darndest things [CARTOON]

The Internet of Things is making parenting harderread more

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How to perform basic API authorization for mobile applications

You have a lot of options to choose from when laying out an authorization structure for mobile applications that communicate with a web API. For basic scenarios with low to medium security...

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Smart device or smartypants device? [CARTOON]

With Google’s purchase of smart device maker Nest, the days of trusting your thermostat and household devices are overread more

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The 25 worst passwords of 2013

For the first time, "password" doesn't top the list. The new worst password, however, isn't much better.read more

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No power? No problem. How to spend money the old fashioned way [CARTOON]

Kids today couldn’t spend their way out of a paper bag if there was no electricityread more

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Try the salmon, but make sure your camera flash is on [CARTOON]

Maybe restaurants should consider how photogenic their dishes areread more

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Good luck getting Her attention until after the Oscars [CARTOON]

Don’t be surprised if Siri is too busy to answer your questions anytime soonread more

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Even Kim Jong Un isn’t that crazy [CARTOON]

Finally, North Korea does something that makes senseread more

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Comcast users should change their passwords

34 email servers have been hacked, potentially leaving user info vulnerableread more

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Good luck getting Comcast to show up for the closing [CARTOON]

Time Warner may finally get a taste of what cable customers go throughread more

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How to conduct a security audit of your Google account

The privacy dangers of Google go beyond what Google knows about you -- you may have given dozens of sites access to your Google account information without realizing it. Here's how to conduct a...

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