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Chicago, IL, Mar. 16 (UPI) -- The second you send an e-mail from your PC, your personal privacy probably has been compromised. E-mail messages hop from your computer over a number of networks to their final destination, but like a postcard from a vacationer in Mexico, the content can be perused by anyone, at anytime, before it is delivered, experts told UPI's The Web. "E-mail is completely open," said Jeff Multz, vice president of sales at SecureWorks Inc., a computer security services firm in Atlanta. "People think it is secure when it is sent over a network, but that is...

The 'qwerty' keyboard has been the subject of derision and verbal abuse ever since it made its first awkward appearance in 1872. The device has been largely neglected through the march of decades, even as computer components have advanced dramatically. Clearly keyboards need some imagination. A new software program that introduces a level of memory and intelligence to the lowly PC keyboard may just do that. The solution is called the Predictive Keyboard, and it's been developed by the WordLogic Corp. It's scheduled for commercial unveiling later this spring. The Predictive Keyboard can carry out a great many simple and...

I have a DVD I need to salvage if possible. My kids have managed to scratch it (but it doesn't look horribly scratched, just superficial scuffs). I have heard there is programs that allow one to extract the infomation so I can record it (or just view it on my computer). I can watch about 2/3rds of the disk without problems then it starts lagging and eventually stops (and locks up). I have tried numerous players from my home tv dvd player to my two dvd players (one is a recorder) on my computer. All sources lock up about the...

The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously approved its fast-track anti-spyware legislation today, pushing the bill out for a full House vote. But not before amending its language. Again. At a January hearing on the legislation, several lawmakers, who otherwise strongly supported H.R. 29, the Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act (SPY ACT), raised concerns that the bill would unintentionally target third-party cookies. During a subcommittee vote last month, the House amended the SPY ACT in an attempt to exempt all types of cookies. And before voting on the legislation on Wednesday, the committee further amended it to...

I use Microsoft as my Internet browser. recently, I went into Internet Options. I delete cookies and files. I go in and wipe out clear out History... ...but I still keep seeing internet sites that I THOUGHT I'd previously deleted up in the browser line. For example, Free Republic shows up in my browser as I start to type in its address. It automatically fills in. What the hell am I not doing correctly?!

The head of the Christian Civic League said hackers destroyed thousands of dollars' worth of the league's intellectual property. They replaced a web page posting the organization's daily newsletter with obscenities and comments advocating atheism. Heath said he's very upset with what happened here, but he's not surprised. He said the Civic League's strong stand against homosexuality has made it a target for threats and vandals.

I use Outlook Express to get incoming email from my own domain server (i.e. www.myname.com). For the past few days (and also in the past) I have been unable to get incoming mail. After a few moments of connection, I get the following message: Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity. Account: 'mail.[myname].com', Server: 'mail.[myname].com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10053, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F However, if I disconnect from my high speed internet connection and use a dialup account, I CAN get...

Click Picture for Video image: Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems, Inc. Brain PowerFor the first time, a paralyzed man with an experimental brain implant bypassed his damaged spine to manipulate an artificial limb and a computer program using only his imagination. This ScienCentral News video has more.Movin' on His MindAmericans celebrate their freedom every year on the same day that Matthew Nagle lost almost all of his. As Fourth of July fireworks flashed over Wessagussett Beach in Weymouth, Massachusetts nearly four years ago, Nagle found himself in a sea of flying fists and within minutes, Nicholas Cirignano, a man with a...

If you receive an e-mail message entitled "Updating my address book," even from someone you know, Beware! Don't click on the link. It may be a virus. I recently received such a message from a former business contact, and thinking it was okay, clicked on the link. Bad news. It appears to have infected my home page to the point that the page doesn't even load on my screen anymore--not even from other computers. I checked a few computer message boards, and sure enough, it's some kind of new virus. Does anyone out there know anything about this virus? What...

Mozilla's Firefox keeps chipping away at Microsoft's massive lead in browser usage, two Web metrics firms reported Monday. San Diego, Calif.-based WebSideStory, which last released usage numbers in January, said that in the last five weeks, Firefox has gained an additional 0.74 percent to account for 5.7 percent of all browsers used in the U.S. Microsoft's Internet Explorer, meanwhile, now stands at 89.9 percent, a drop from January's 90.3 percent, and the first time WebSideStory pegged IE as falling under the 90-percent mark. "That 7/10s of a point compares well with previous increases," said Geoff Johnston, an analyst for WebSideStory....

The Mozilla Foundation on Thursday released an update to the Firefox Web browser to fix several vulnerabilities, including one that would allow domain spoofing. The open-source project released Firefox 1.0.1 to fix a vulnerability in the Internationalized Domain Names (IDN), a standard for handling special character sets in domain names that could let an attacker spoof Web sites on non-Microsoft browsers. The standard allows companies to register domain names that appear to be the same in different languages.

Mozilla Firefox project (formerly Firebird, which was formerly Phoenix) is a redesign of Mozilla's browser component, written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform. It includes a popup blocker, tabbed browsing, a smarter search, hassle free downloading, and improved privacy and security.

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Dell Inc. is being sued for allegedly pushing consumers into high-interest financing schemes, as well as other aggressive sales practices, the plaintiff's law firm said Tuesday. The suit accuses the world's largest personal computer maker of false advertising and bait-and-switch practices, fraud and deceit in its sales and advertising representations, and breach of contract by unilaterally modifying terms and conditions of sales and financing. [snip] First is the bait-and-switch accusation. A statement from the law firm given to Reuters said the suit was filed on behalf of a San Francisco nurse who claims that in...

The Department of Homeland Security has named Claria, an adware maker that online publishers once dubbed a "parasite," to a federal privacy advisory board. An executive from Claria, formerly called Gator, will be one of 20 members of the committee, the department said Wednesday. "This committee will provide the department with important recommendations on how to further the department's mission while protecting the privacy of personally identifiable information of citizens and visitors of the United States," Nuala O'Connor Kelly, the department's chief privacy officer, said in a statement. Claria bundles its pop-up advertising software with ad-supported networks such as Kazaa....

A Georgia woman has sued Hewlett-Packard, claiming the ink cartridges for their printers are secretly programmed to expire on a certain date, in some cases rendering them useless before they're even installed in a printer. The suit, filed in Santa Clara Superior Court in Northern California last Thursday, seeks to represent anyone in the United States who purchased an HP inkjet printer since February 2001. HP, which recently endured the high-profile ouster of former CEO Carly Fiorina, is the world's No. 1 computer printer maker. An HP spokesman said the company does not comment on pending litigation. HP ink cartridges...

Take a tour of Tiger, the upcoming edition of the world’s most advanced operating system. Arriving the first half of 2005, Tiger boasts features that change how you work, play, search and share on a Mac.

A Cheektowaga teenager, a whiz kid on the computer, has been arrested in Los Angeles and accused of bombarding Internet users with more than a million spam e-mails. Not only is the 18-year-old accused of computer hacking and violating federal spam laws, but he allegedly threatened to wreak more havoc on a California Internet company if it didn't give him exclusive marketing rights to its customers, federal authorities said. Anthony Greco, a former Erie Community College student, is accused of creating thousands of accounts on MySpace.com, an online meeting place, and using them to send about 1.5 million unsolicited commercial...

I have the latest definitions. The scan found these files: - C:\WINDOWS\remover.dll - C:\WINDOWS\nxstinst.exe - C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files\MediaTicketsInstaller.ocx However, Norton doesn't give me the option to delete or quarantine these files. I see the first two files in Windows Explorer, but not the last one. Can/should I just delete the first two? What about the third? Thanks. I have run Spybot Search and Destroy, but these same files still appear. Any help is appreciated.

CHICAGO -- Leading technology executives are pressing the White House to create a commission on cyber-crime, hoping the panel can develop solutions to vexing computer problems, such as spam and identity theft, but skeptics told UPI's The Web if developers would build better and more secure products, the problems of cyber-security would become less severe. Executives from Adobe Systems, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Microsoft, among others, last week met with White House science adviser John Marburger, as well as with officials from the Office of Management and Budget and the U.S. Department of Commerce to discuss the subject. "We believe...

I'm sorry to distrub your bandwidth, but I'm looking for a helpful Freeper. This weekend I tried to install a wireless network at my parents house. I purchased a Linksys wireless router, and a Linksys PCI Wireless Network card. Setting up the wireless router on my parent's PC was a breeze... I followed the step by step directions and it went on like a champ. The PCI card also wasn't much trouble. I found a slot in my Dell, and it configured itself. (Oh, both systems are running XP Home.) Okay so the PCI card found the router, and it...