THIRTY-SIX MILLION FACES

A Japanese firm claims its new facial recognition technology can scan 36 million faces a second. (At that rate it could scan every adult in Japan in… Read more

AVAST, ME HARDIES

There are lots of good anti-virus programs out there, but if you’re not satisfied with yours, the new Avast! 7 Pro just hit the tarmac and looks… Read more

SAFER COMPUTING

We’re pretty sure we were the target of an attempted identity theft recently. Joy was asked to “verify” information on the phone regarding a… Read more

MONITORING TEEN DRIVERS

Our brother-in-law used to race toward the next traffic light, brake hard, and scare the living daylights out of Joy when he was a teenager. Too bad… Read more

TEXTING THE BULLIES AWAY

“Talk About It” is an app that lets kids send an anonymous text or email message to a teacher or counselor when they’ve been bullied. The… Read more

AVOIDING RADIATION

Cell phone radiation may cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization, but there’s still time to panic.  One way out is a protective… Read more

WHAT’S THIS?

Of the 50 USB drives recently sold in a “Lost and Found Auction” in Sydney, Australia, a check showed two-thirds were infected with viruses,… Read more

PROTECTING YOURSELF ON FACEBOOK

Many Facebook apps post items on your page as if they were you. That gets annoying. To stop it, go to Facebook and click the arrow next to the… Read more

BUYING STUFF ONLINE SAFELY

Joy’s sister never uses a credit card online for fear of identity theft. The “SmartSwipe” from Brookstone.com, should quiet her… Read more

THE RETURN TO ZOMBIE-LAND

Recently, we wrote about how to find out if your computer had been hacked and turned into a zombie that sends out spam and viruses. Then a wary… Read more