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Stories by: Erik Larkin

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Get the skinny on IP addresses with IPNetInfo 06/01/2009 06:42:00

IPNetInfo is a small and focused network tool that can be a big help if you want to get information about an IP address, the string of numbers that computers use to locate each other on the Internet. Give this free tool an address you see in a URL, e-mail header or other location, and it will quickly return available registration information for it.
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Zoho adds Google Docs-like file management 05/09/2008 08:39:00

Zoho has finally added a central document management page called Zoho Docs to tie together its many useful online apps. The clean-looking, functional page looks much like the Google Docs start page, with a folder view on the left and all files - spreadsheets, documents, presentations, etc. - listed on the right.
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Build your own free security suite 01/09/2008 16:20:00

Do-it-all suites are the name of the security game these days. Sure, you can gather free programs that cover the bases much as a suite would, but who wants to bother with finding out which apps work together and which ones might leave you pulling your hair out?
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Quick fix for Firefox 3 bug with Yahoo Mail 30/08/2008 06:10:00

If you use Firefox 3 and Yahoo Mail (the nice new interface, not Classic), you might be dealing with a bug I've noticed where the message pane scrollbar doesn't display. It's not a game-breaker, as you can still use the page-down and page-up keys to navigate, but it's an annoyance.
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Olympic Gold Medalist Gives Props to Google Earth 28/08/2008 14:14:00

Google got some serious gold, promotion-wise: US Olympic cyclist and Gold Medalist Kristin Armstrong wrote that Google Earth was "invaluable" in helping her find a training route in Boise, Idaho similar to the Olympic course in Beijing.
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10 quick fixes for the worst security nightmares 06/08/2008 10:57:52

In the world of comic books, every bad guy is an evil genius. On the Web, hackers, spammers, and phishers may be evil, but they're not required to be geniuses. They can make a healthy living just by exploiting known security holes that many users haven't bothered to patch. Or by relying on the propensity of millions of people to do things they've been told over and over not to do.
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Make money with Google's Wikipedia-killer 29/07/2008 14:44:11

If you're looking for a way to start writing for money, Google's so-called Wikipedia-killer offers a new option.
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Have You Fixed Your Company's DNS Servers? 18/07/2008 17:00:16

Security researcher Dan Kaminsky announced last week that a major bug affected DNS software, which translates human-usable domain names like "pcworld.com" into the IP addresses that computers use to find each other. DNS servers guide most all Internet traffic, and the odds are your company uses a number of such servers.
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Coming: A change in tactics in malware battle 27/06/2008 17:10:00

As a vast flood of new malware threatens to overwhelm antivirus software, security companies have begun changing how their programs protect PCs. To avoid being left in the dust by the crooks, companies plan to turn the tables on them by allowing only known good programs to run.
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Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2008 Free 25/06/2008 15:00:00

The new version of Lavasoft's flagship antispyware application, Ad-Aware 2008 Free, aims to supplement your existing antivirus protection by detecting spyware and privacy risks.
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Stay connected with remote-access software 10/06/2008 12:40:00

The workday doesn't end at 5 p.m. anymore. Chances are, you take files home with you to work on using your home PC, and then you tote them back to your office the next morning. In the course of shuttling files back and forth, you've likely run into a particularly frustrating snag at least once - the file you need the most is the one you forgot to bring along.