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- How The World Would Look If Countries Were Scaled To Population
- Hell Has Frozen Over: The Best Let It Go Covers of All Time [Weird & Wonderful Web]
- Is Your ISP Making Your Home Network Insecure?
- Control Your Web Content: Essential Extensions to Block Tracking and Scripts
- How To Remove The Bedep Malware From XHamster
- 5 Signs You Shouldn’t Date That Guy You Met On The Internet
| How The World Would Look If Countries Were Scaled To Population Posted: 31 Jan 2015 06:30 PM PST  The land of the world is not divided according to population. Countries like Russia are huge in terms of land mass, but not so big in population. India and China sit on the other side, with a relatively small land mass for the amount of people. So what if you took the world and scaled each country’s size according to its population with each block of land was equal to 500,000 people? Well that’s just what this fascinating cartogram does. Check out it, and you might just find that you have a completely different perspective of the Earth. Want more cool... Read the full article: How The World Would Look If Countries Were Scaled To Population |
| Hell Has Frozen Over: The Best Let It Go Covers of All Time [Weird & Wonderful Web] Posted: 31 Jan 2015 05:30 PM PST  Some songs are so big, so huge, so monumentally epic, they seem to break free from the confines of their origins and escape out into the wider world. Once out there, they take on a life of their own, being played over and over again with a zeal that borders on the obsessive. Let It Go from Disney’s Frozen is one such song. Beloved by children and infantile adults, but hated by parents who have had to listen to it so many times they themselves could sing it backwards, Let It Go is a phenomenon. One which shows no signs... Read the full article: Hell Has Frozen Over: The Best Let It Go Covers of All Time [Weird & Wonderful Web] |
| Is Your ISP Making Your Home Network Insecure? Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:00 PM PST  Is your router letting intruders onto your home network? Have you got everything secured or is there a backdoor (or even a front door) into your network and any devices connected to it? We’ve recently learned that routers supplied to customers by a Spanish ISP (Internet service provider) have been incorrectly configured, potentially enabling intruders unfettered access to home networks across Spain. But is this weakness limited to Spain, and are there any other ISP-related problems that might result in your home network security being compromised? You may be interested to know that Pirelli was purchased by ADB in 2010.... Read the full article: Is Your ISP Making Your Home Network Insecure? |
| Control Your Web Content: Essential Extensions to Block Tracking and Scripts Posted: 31 Jan 2015 10:00 AM PST  The web can be fraught with danger, with countless entities desperate to steal your information, coerce you into clicking on their link, or manipulating you into sharing your data with them. Whether its ad agencies wanting to know about your likes and dislikes, social networks tracking your online movements, or criminals attempting to steal your data, the truth is there is always someone or something monitoring your Internet activity and content. Ultimately, the less information we let these groups have the safer we’ll be. In light of that, we take a look at four browser tools which will help you control your web... Read the full article: Control Your Web Content: Essential Extensions to Block Tracking and Scripts |
| How To Remove The Bedep Malware From XHamster Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:30 AM PST  Visitors to the adult site xHamster have seen a huge increase in malware, according to a report on the Malwarebytes blog. Over the 25th and 26th of January, they saw a 1500% increase in malware infections from xHamster. What’s the deal? What can you do if you’re infected? And how can you stay safe? The Malware: Bedep Malwarebytes reports that the homepage of xHamster links to traffichaus.com and that an iframe hosted there serves as the gateway to a malicious ad that uses a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player to download a piece of malware called Bedep. Unfortunately, a lot of anti-virus... Read the full article: How To Remove The Bedep Malware From XHamster |
| 5 Signs You Shouldn’t Date That Guy You Met On The Internet Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:00 AM PST  “Good night, sweet Angel,” he texts you, just before you turn off your phone for the night. You’ve found Mr. Perfect. Sure, he’s an online boyfriend who lives halfway across the world – but he’s the best guy who’s ever come into your life. But is he? According to a 2013 study by the market research firm IBISWorld, nearly 35% of married couples met online. This may be due to the fact that so many more people today are using dating sites, social networks and various online forums to meet and interact with new people. However, with that increased trust... Read the full article: 5 Signs You Shouldn’t Date That Guy You Met On The Internet |
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