Wikipedia Blackout: 11 Huge Sites Protest SOPA, PIPA On January 18

January 26, 2012 On January 18, over 7,000 websites -- including Wikipedia and Google -- will protest anti-piracy legislation currently making its way through Congress. Sites in opposition to the measures will either "going dark" or post information to educate visitors about bills H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and S. 968, the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), two pieces of legislation meant to curb copyright infringement. While many may...

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How Teleportation Will Work

January 21, 2012 Ever since the wheel was invented more than 5,000 years ago, people have been inventing new ways to travel faster from one point to another. The chariot, bicycle, automobile, airplane and rocket have all been invented to decrease the amount of time we spend getting to our desired destinations. Yet each of these forms of transportation share the same flaw: They require us to cross a physical distance, which can take anywhere from minutes to many hours depending on the starting and ending points. But what if there were a way to...

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New Microsoft Security Essentials Public Beta Begins

January 19, 2012 Microsoft have begun issuing invitations to testers who expressed an interest in the next generation version of their Security Essentials, free anti-virus product. In the invitation email the company say… The Beta program is a fully functional antimalware app with ongoing updates to help protect your PC from viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. In addition to ongoing virus and spyware definition updates, we’ll provide software updates to the Beta for download through Microsoft Update on a periodic basis. To have...

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January Issue Now Available

January 10, 2012 Welcome to 2012! As you can tell from our fabulous cover, this month's postmortem is Eidos Montreal's well-received action-RPG, Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The team speaks about their experiences reviving the much-loved Deus Ex franchise, and how important forward-thinking and planning were to making the title a success. Also, the 14th annual Front Line Award winners are announced! Our readers have voted these tools as the best in the business for 2011, and we've also ushered one special tool into our Hall of Fame. Other features...

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Run Away From The CEH Certification

January 09, 2012 Sharp-eyed reader DigitalDolphin forwarded me snippets of an email thread on the CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) certification from EC-Council or International Council of E-Commerce Consultants. Chief, You were dead on about the CEH cert. I think you mentioned it in SecurityMonkey Podcast #1 a while back. Somebody on a security list recently did some research on these guys. 1) EC-Council or International Council of E-Commerce Consultants is a Nevada incorporated company and has NO office in New York as they claim. Pay them...

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Play Settlers of Catan Online [Game Saturday]

January 06, 2012 Nothing beats playing board games with a couple of friends as it is usually lots of fun. Sometimes though you fancy a game but do not have enough friends or space available to play the game locally. That’s where online games come into play. Settlers of Catan – original Die Siedler von Catan – is one of the most successful board games of all time. Players who are interested in playing Catan online can do so at Play Catan,...

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How to Pick a Lock

January 05, 2012 Locked out of your house in the middle of the night? Have you lost the key to the padlock on the shed? Before you pay a locksmith to let you in or to open something up, consider picking the lock yourself. Most locks around the home or office are simple pin-and-tumbler locks and can be relatively easy to open using a pick and tension wrench, both of which can be improvised from common household items. While the process is simple...

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