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Computerworld have posted a guide on how to secure Vista. While Windows Vista may be Microsoft Corp.'s most secure operating system ever, it's far from completely secure. In its fresh-from-the-box configuration, Vista still leaves a chance for your personal data to leak out to the Web through Windows Firewall or for some nefarious bot to tweak your browser settings without your knowledge. But by making a few judicious changes using the security tools within Windows Vista -- and in some cases by adding a few pieces of free software -- you can lock down your operating system like a pro.
Apparently the Chinese spend most of their leisure time online. A survey of more than 27,000 web users in 16 countries has shown that the Chinese spend the largest fraction of their leisure time online. However, UK housewives spend even more than China's average - 47%. Germans are the most likely to meet someone in real life that they first met online; more than three quarters have done so. The study also found that the UK is the least trusting of information in its newspapers among the 16 countries.
Google has photographed a secret Porsche test in streetview. Google's all-seeing roaming cameras have captured images of a clandestine high-altitude road test featuring a fleet of new Porsches.The images were unearthed by the Garage 419 blog on the Google Maps Street View feature, near the end of Mount Evans Road, Idaho Spring, Colorado. The Porsche have been identified as Caymans, Boxsters, a 911 Turbo and Targa. The image set shows men throwing tarps over the cars in an attempt to conceal them from the oncoming Google Street View car.
Engadget have posted a list of their top 2008 articles. Well, the year has come and gone, and with it, our 365 -- or in this case, 366 -- days of posting. We've seen some pretty amazing stuff, gotten to play with a stack of awesome gear, and watched the site grow by leaps and bounds (we just had our biggest day ever in October). We thought we'd cap the year off with a look back at the posts that got the most heat.
Meanwhile Tweaktown have done their Blu-ray awards for 2008. I trust that everyone is enjoying the revamped Digital Lounge, where I have been reviewing Blu-ray movies and hosting the Blu-ray release schedule since the start of the year. I thought it would be an apt time to take a look at the best of the best, the Blu-ray releases for 2008 which have stood above the rest. So join me in rounding up the winners (and runners up) in the first annual TweakTown Blu-ray awards!
Cnet is looking to the future. I thought it was time to unveil this year's 2009 predictions. There's no telling if what I think will happen will come true or not, but I thought I'd fill you in on five of my predictions for the New Year. Will they come true? Who knows? But one thing is certain: 2009 will be an exciting year for tech.
Finally, pirates are actually paying for software. Opentracker, the BitTorrent tracker software utilized by The Pirate Bay, is released under a beerware license, meaning that anyone who uses it and meets the developer should buy him or her a beer. To fulfill the license, the German Pirate Party donated 50 liters of beer to the main developer at the Chaos Communcation Congress.
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