When you thought that certificate authorities have kissed the pits, how would a bankruptcy sound? The cyberspace bids farewell to DigiNotar. The fall of DigiNotar is already a catastrophe that everyone expected soon after the hacking incident that triggered bogus certificates to surface, potentially compromising numerous accounts. At first, the Dutch security certificate company looked ...

Diets always start tomorrow, right? Guilty? I am. With a busy schedule, going to the gym is a luxury.  Greens alone will not supply enough energy I need for my on-the-go lifestyle. Cleansing diets endorsed by celebrities are just too expensive. I am not flexible enough for yoga or Pilates. And excuses such as the ...

The mobile sphere has a life of its own and is growing at an incredible pace. Its explosion has given birth to other billion-dollar markets, including mobile advertising. Today, industries are leveraging a widespread platform through mobile advertising—a segment that is expected to reach $1.1 billion in revenue this year. Millennial Media, together with comScore ...

Hotels without WiFi are no-nos for planning business travels. Having a wireless internet connection symbolizes a modernized academe. The idea of having a WiFi property now makes it more appealing to the rest of the world; whether you’re a cafe or a bed & breakfast, WiFi is the new “free HBO.”  This is what Extreme ...

When my Microsoft Office applications are acting up, Google Docs is always there to save the day. Earlier today, I tried sorting files in my Google Docs and was quite surprised to see that I have actually stored several files that are non-native in this platform—literally becoming an extension of my hard drive rather than ...

Vulnerability is perhaps at the least of the guest list when we talk about security within the tech space. Rampant hacking activities that place customers’ data and information at risk are starting to pin down good companies. Their latest unfortunate victim is DigiNotar. A then-trusted tool to validate and register SSL (secure sockets layer) certificates ...

It’s a Google-stuffed week, indeed.  From gleeful launches and milestones to gloomy legal battles, and flickering social networking hopes, the Google ensemble is still at the center of interest of the tech community.  See how its products and services fare in their respective industries at present: Google and Its Mobile Bet: Android An ounce of ...

Social media is already an extension of our real world.  Sometimes, what we boast and discuss over social networking sites are simple truths that we cannot say out loud in our non-virtual lives. But with its popularity engulfing planet earth, social media’s influence is, by now, immeasurable.  And any attention borne out of a public ...

It’s already written in the stars that VMware’s in the driver’s seat of the virtualization wagon.  The success of the recently concluded VMworld Conference proved that numerous other enterprises look to them as an industry leader.  And being on the frontier, VMware will need to make its products robust, and build up on its security offerings.  Hackers ...

Who would have thought that spending real money for online merchandise would become one of the most lucrative businesses of today?  Blame it on those who love online role-playing games and those who love to collect powerful weapons, and those that want to fast-track their game enjoyment. These are the people that are willing to ...