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When it comes to IT consulting, there are five important pillars to remember. Keeping in mind the following principles of IT consulting will help to ensure a satisfactory interaction for both consultant and client. They allow the consultant the ability to provide more objective advice, and also help to give the client the confidence to trust in the IT consulting offered. 1. Relationship first. As the IT consulting process gets underway, the expectations of the client need to be clearly... Read Full Story

I have noticed in my daily infection removal work here at the PC Fixer Los Angeles computer repair headquarters that the infections are getting smarter.  Case in point:  I have noticed that the computers can seem normal, that is until you discover that only their browsers have been hijacked and the rest of the computer seems fine albeit slower.  Then a web search shows how the hijacked computer has been compromised because every search you perform takes you to a fake results page.  I... Read Full Story

Cornell researchers have begun developing a technique that builds security into a computer system from the start. By incorporating security in the language used to write the programs, Myers and Schneider are changing the norm  of defenses only improving after they’ve been successfully penetrated. The research partners are working on a new computer platform they’ve named ‘Fabric,’ which replaces multiple existing layers of security with a single  programming interface, making  security... Read Full Story

Cornell researchers have begun developing a technique that builds security into a computer system from the start. By incorporating security in the language used to write the programs, Myers and Schneider are changing the norm  of defenses only improving after they’ve been successfully penetrated. The research partners are working on a new computer platform they’ve named ‘Fabric,’ which replaces multiple existing layers of security with a single  programming interface, making  security... Read Full Story

Approximately 24 million young people in China are addicted to the internet, half of which are specifically “obsessed” with online games. Treatment centers have appeared around the country, ready to treat the problem and ‘cure’ these young people from a terrible, deathly serious affliction. An official from these camps has gone on record to explain what goes on: “We have to use military-style methods such as total immersion and physical training on these young people. We need to teach... Read Full Story

Approximately 24 million young people in China are addicted to the internet, half of which are specifically “obsessed” with online games. Treatment centers have appeared around the country, ready to treat the problem and ‘cure’ these young people from a terrible, deathly serious affliction. An official from these camps has gone on record to explain what goes on: “We have to use military-style methods such as total immersion and physical training on these young people. We need to teach... Read Full Story

Today, an internet milestone is reached with the 25th anniversary of the day the first dotcom website was registered. Back in March 1985, Symbolics computers in Cambridge, Massachusetts made history with an internet address ending in dotcom. Later that year, another five companies followed suit, effectively setting the very slow trend moving. It wasn’t until 1997 that the one millionth dotcom was registered. Mark Mclaughlin, chief executive officer of Verisign- the company that is... Read Full Story

Today, an internet milestone is reached with the 25th anniversary of the day the first dotcom website was registered. Back in March 1985, Symbolics computers in Cambridge, Massachusetts made history with an internet address ending in dotcom. Later that year, another five companies followed suit, effectively setting the very slow trend moving. It wasn’t until 1997 that the one millionth dotcom was registered. Mark Mclaughlin, chief executive officer of Verisign- the company that is... Read Full Story

Three University of Michigan computer scientists say they have found a way to exploit a weakness in RSA security technology used to protect everything from media players to smartphones and e-commerce servers. RSA authentication is susceptible, they say, to changes in the voltage supply to a private key holder. While guessing the 1,000-plus digits of binary code in a private key would take unfathomable hours, the researchers say that by varying electric current to a secured computer using an... Read Full Story

Three University of Michigan computer scientists say they have found a way to exploit a weakness in RSA security technology used to protect everything from media players to smartphones and e-commerce servers. RSA authentication is susceptible, they say, to changes in the voltage supply to a private key holder. While guessing the 1,000-plus digits of binary code in a private key would take unfathomable hours, the researchers say that by varying electric current to a secured computer using an... Read Full Story