Most self improvement gurus say education drives personal achievement. This is no less true for personal finance. It is extremely difficult to be successful financially if you don’t have a solid basis in accounting and financial management experience. If you are wondering where to start without straining your budget, here are places you can get […]
In recent days the internet has been awash with news that nearly 5 million gmail account addresses and passwords were posted for public access in an online forum. In security circles it’s called credential dumping — sharing people’s user details so worldwide hacker communities can break into accounts to commit fraud and theft. This week […]
Microsoft, the maker of popular operating system Windows, has this week asked users to uninstall their latest update after complaints that it was causing computers to crash and give users what has become known as the Microsoft “blue screen of death.” The update bug is apparently a serious one, with users reporting it was causing […]
Amazon looks like it has a method it’s satisfied with and sticking to when it has a disagreement about pricing with a company. The latest to feel the pain is Disney, where pre-orders to a number of their movies have been halted on Amazon in what looks to be another dispute about pricing. This comes […]
The news Siri may be coming to desktops will have multi-taskers around the globe letting out a tiny cheer of joy for productivity this morning (Before they got back to checking their emails, planning their day, mapping their run and having breakfast). The calm and capable Siri has been standard on iOS since 2011, but […]
This week Hold Security shared disturbing news that a small circuit of Russian hackers has collected over a billion usernames, passwords and other information which can be used to steal identities, and commit theft. The company, based in Milwaukee, is made up of security contractors and researchers, and it has been responsible for uncovering some […]
It hasn’t been a good year for General Motors and recalls. Those recall troubles aren’t limited to just vehicles, but also to its website. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) regulators have called out GM saying people who search its website to see if their car is one which has a defective ignition switch are […]
OkCupid joins Facebook in admitting that it has manipulated its users. The popular American dating site owned by IAC works by providing users with ratings, or compatibility scores, based on questions they answer about their own personalities and interests. It then matches them with compatible mates. This may sound relatively simple, but statistics show that […]
