Reports are emerging of an extension by the name of “Settings Protector” is installing itself in Google Chrome for some users. It isn’t entirely clear where this extension comes from, how it is being installed, w...
Like any other computing platform, Android is susceptible to malware. The issue with Android, however, is while malware on other platforms (namely iOS) comes from third-party sources, there have been instances of malware making it...
Apple has taken a lot of heat over the years for refusing to build a smartphone with a screen larger than 3.5 inches and, when they finally caved and put out an iPhone with a 4 inch screen, people weren’t happy how the scree...
When I say “Google dominates search” no one is likely to disagree with me because it is true — Google is the most popular search engine around the world (on an aggregate basis — some countries, like China, ...
2012 has seen Box.net offer various different promotions to entice users to pick its cloud storage/backup service over the competition, namely Dropbox and Google Drive. If you have not yet jumped on any of the previous promotions,...
If you have been following the news lately, you have probably heard how a US Congress panel decided to bar Chinese companies like Huawei and ZTE from participating in the implementation of communication infrastructure in the Unite...
If you live, or have lived, in a cold climate with nearby bodies of water, you have probably seen frozen lakes before. It is nothing new for you. If you do not, or have not, lived in a cold climate with nearby bodies of water, you...
What would you do if you received a bill from your cell phone service provider for $15,000,000,000,000,000? Yeah… it happened. A French woman by the name of San Jose living in Bordeaux, France received a bill from Bouygues T...
Hey dotTechies, Last week Janet, a loyal reader, made a striking comment. She more or less questioned why dotTech would review anything but the best software in each category. I fired back that we like to provide our users with ch...
Remember that Firefox 16 vulnerability I posted about yesterday? Yeah, well, it has been fixed with the release of Firefox 16.0.1 — it is safe to upgrade now. If you are curious as to what changes Firefox 16 brings over Fire...
“The great battlefield for the defense and expansion of freedom today is the whole southern half of the globe — Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East.” Apparently John F. Kennedy said that to the US Co...
I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the skyyyyyyyyyyy. I think about it every night and day… I still remember that song from the movie Space Jam. Why exactly am I butchering the song now? Because I just came across a ...
Skype users be warned: if you get a message on Skype that says “lol is this your new profile pic” with an accompanying http://goo.gl/XXX?img=XXX URL, do not click on the link! It is being reported by various security f...
Update: Firefox 16.0.1 is out now. See this article for more information. As I was trolling the web to find interesting tidbits to share with dotTechies, I learned that Firefox 16 has been released. I set the story aside for publi...
Wondering which version of Windows you should stick to be the safest? According to data released by Microsoft in its most recent Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, Windows XP remains at the top of the list when it comes to mo...