Spyware is similar to worms and viruses which infect your computer, not to cause harm, but rather to spy on your behavior on the net, bring unwanted ads, dubious toolbars and sites to your PC without your approval. There probabably isn't a PC which has never been at one time infected with spyware. ...

The initial distributed file was AOL-data.tgz (439MB). Inside it contains a simple readme file and 10 .gz archives, each containing a CSV collection. With a packed size of about 45MB each, when extracted they reveal the true treasure: a nice collection of actual user searches (each file at about 200MB). ...

Do you want complete privacy? Don't let servers know even where you come from! Block referrers being sent to them simply and easily. ...

An IP address is an unique id for your PC when you are on the internet, and in most cases you are stuck with each other. The only exception is if your ISP is assigning the IP to you through DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), which means that you have a different one every time. Let's see two efficient methods of finding out your IP address. ...

Sometimes, Firefox crashes all the sudden even though you did not do anything out of the ordinary. In some cases this is caused by a bug in one of Yahoo! Messenger's files. ...