Tag Archive for: Careful

A careful look inside new spam quarantine

We recently switched to a new spam filter, so those of us who had blissfully trusted the previous one now must sift through the new quarantine every day to rescue an inevitable handful of false positives from the hundreds of pieces of actual spam.

I had no idea I was missing out on so much sex.

The exercise, while tedious, has also had its moments of amusement, curiosity, and – dare I say it – temptation. A few examples of the subject lines:

Why Amish Have Perfect Hearing

Now this was the first time I had ever heard that the Amish have perfect hearing and I would tend to believe that it’s a rural legend. Nevertheless, my first uneducated guess was that it would have to have something to do with the their buggies being quieter than our cars. I was tempted to click on the link, but only briefly.

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Network World Paul McNamara

TECH GIRL: Mac users need to be careful, too

Macs have been pretty much hacker and virus free since they were released in the early 1980s, leaving Mac users feeling like they had the best of both worlds – a cool, easy-to-use computer and a problem-free existence. I hate to burst anyone’s bubble …
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From Cyber Monday to Christmas shopping, ’tis the season to be careful

At this time of year, as we search for Cyber Monday bargains and prepare for Christmas, it is rather tempting to enjoy the comfort of shopping from our own homes and not have to battle the seasonal queues. But shopping on the web is not always a perfect experience as many consumers discover to their cost.
Naked Security – Sophos

Careful Windows Phone 8 users, connect to rogue Wi-Fi & hackers can steal passwords

There’s good news and bad news on the Microsoft front today. Microsoft released a Skype for Windows Phone 8 update, which includes a “people list filter” to allow users to separate Skype and Windows Phone contacts, as well as Bing “upgrades” for Windows Phone 8.
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