Are you secure on the net? May you are! Maybe you aren’t! The Internet
is always being monitored by hackers, bots and other things looking for
computers that have open ports that can be attacked.
ShieldsUP is a site from the security and harddrive expert Steve Gibson at GRC.Com.
ShieldsUp scans your computer to see if there are any vulnerable ports
on you computer to exploit. See if you computer is vulnerable.
Steve along with Leo Laporte host a security podcast call Security Now which covers many advanced security topics.
February 18th, 2010 by Mark
The wireless on my Netgear Wireless G router went out this week and I had to replace it. I got a D-Link DIR-615 Wireless N 300 Router this week and I can’t be more pleased. With my Netgear router I never got all of my 10Mb speed from my ISP. I never worried about it because it was fast enough! Now I’m getting the full 10Mb and I’m sure if I had a computer with 802.11n I’m sure I would get much more. The best this is I always had problem using my wireless in one of my rooms. Now it just passes right through the walls as if they were not there because of something called Wireless G Maemo whatever that is. I don’t really care as long as it works!
The DIR-615 has better security with the addition of WPA2 which I was wanting to switch to for a while.
One of the best things about this gadget is the price $48 from NewEgg! Is was $39.99 until it was nominated product of the year by NewEgg customer. It still is a great deal.
January 9th, 2010 by Mark