Shhh! Google Might Be Listening…
Anyone who harbors suspicions of what the search engine giant might be up was given good reason to be even more alarmed recently. Google has been accused of eavesdropping on users of its Chromium browsers. Some people noticed that the browser would download modules...
Supersize Your Passwords
A report by Anthony Mason on the CBS Evening News recently highlighted the latest consumer security concerns about hackers. A "white hat" expert from the security firm Trustwave managed to break Mason's 7-character password in just 37 seconds. And it wasn't an obvious...
Burn After Reading: Private Messages Made Simple
Email and texting are great modern conveniences, but they were never intended to be secret. Nowadays, with hackers dumping stolen messages on the Web and the government recording everything, these methods are decidedly risky for sending any information that must...
Stop Worrying About Your WordPress Site
Here at SWCP, we love WordPress, the planet's most popular and versatile open-source blogging and Content Management System. This very blog is a WordPress site, our Basic Web-Hosting package is tailored to support WordPress websites, and we even hold frequent...
Mobilegeddon is Upon Us
"Mobilegeddon" is a funny way of referring to Google's latest change of its search engine ranking algorithm. Of course, whenever the world's most-used means of finding things tinkers with the way it works, people are concerned and easily spooked. You can see how the...
Internet Is Still Not TV – But It’s Getting There
This Sunday's showing of the much-awaited 5th season premiere of HBO's Game of Thrones grimdark fantasy drama was anxiously watched, and not just by avid fans. The wildly-popular series also provided an excellent real-life test case of just how good Internet streaming...