Hacking Your Monitor

I recently stumbled upon an article that discusses how your computer monitor can be compromised and may trick you to providing your sensitive data. Ang Cui from Red Balloon Security has figured out a way to hack into a popular Dell monitor and manipulate what you see on your screen. Follow this link for more information.

It might be a good idea to resize your browser window whenever you are doing transactions on websites that require you to send sensitive information (providing credit card information, accessing bank accounts, etc.)

More than 5 years in Hibernation

Wow! It's been that long!

I neither have the time nor the inspiration to update this post in the near future. Just a quick update after a long, long time. I am now working here in Downtown DC for almost two years now. Still in the software development industry. Aside from the lots of different places and people of all shapes and size :-), not much has changed in my daily routine.

Just keeping in touch.

I'm Still Here

I'm still here. It's been too long since I posted something here. Been very busy with my work. Now working for an international BPO company in Makati City. Stay tuned...

Windows Vista versus XP

Here's a link to a great article by Randall C. Kennedy about the match up of two Microsoft's Operating Systems: Vista and XP. You'll see round by round the comparison of product features and why one is better than the other.

 

Click here for the link.

Top-10 Application-Design Mistakes

I found a great article by Jakob Nielzen at useit.com website, about the Top 10 application design mistakes. It discusses what are the common mistakes made by developers in designing applications and also some solutions on how to avoid these kind of mistakes.

Here's the link: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/application-mistakes.html

 

Bookmark it and visit it often. Happy designing!