http://tech.peekbase.com Peek technology in one base Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:20:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://tech.peekbase.com/acer-busts-out-travelmate-timeline-laptops-for-the-business-type http://tech.peekbase.com/acer-busts-out-travelmate-timeline-laptops-for-the-business-type#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:00:03 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/acer-busts-out-travelmate-timeline-laptops-for-the-business-type December 22nd, 2009 Acer’s just outed a new line of laptops, the TravelMate Timeline series. Aimed at business customers, the TravelMate Timeline 8571, 8471 and 8371 are 13.3, 14.1 to 15.6-inchers, respectively, with a range of Core 2 Duo CPU options, Intel GM45 Express chipsets, up to 4GB ... Read More]]> http://tech.peekbase.com/acer-busts-out-travelmate-timeline-laptops-for-the-business-type/feed 0 http://tech.peekbase.com/this-week-on-techcrunch-iran-takes-back-twitter-rockyou-makes-data-portability-too-easy-lacy-in-south-america-and-more%e2%80%a6 http://tech.peekbase.com/this-week-on-techcrunch-iran-takes-back-twitter-rockyou-makes-data-portability-too-easy-lacy-in-south-america-and-more%e2%80%a6#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:20:05 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/this-week-on-techcrunch-iran-takes-back-twitter-rockyou-makes-data-portability-too-easy-lacy-in-south-america-and-more%e2%80%a6 December 18th, 2009 This time next week, if Mel Torm ]]> http://tech.peekbase.com/this-week-on-techcrunch-iran-takes-back-twitter-rockyou-makes-data-portability-too-easy-lacy-in-south-america-and-more%e2%80%a6/feed 0 http://tech.peekbase.com/flash-beta-update-perian-gets-a-refresh http://tech.peekbase.com/flash-beta-update-perian-gets-a-refresh#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:20:02 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/flash-beta-update-perian-gets-a-refresh December 18th, 2009 There were two minor video plug-in related updates last night. First Adobe released a new beta of their Flash Player 10.1 beta 2 (this on the heels of a set of security patches for the stable release version last week). Flash 10.1 is introducing a host of new features, but is primarily ... Read More]]> http://tech.peekbase.com/flash-beta-update-perian-gets-a-refresh/feed 0 http://tech.peekbase.com/twitter-hacked-defaced-by-%e2%80%9ciranian-cyber-army%e2%80%9d-developing http://tech.peekbase.com/twitter-hacked-defaced-by-%e2%80%9ciranian-cyber-army%e2%80%9d-developing#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:40:10 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/twitter-hacked-defaced-by-%e2%80%9ciranian-cyber-army%e2%80%9d-developing December 18th, 2009 We’ve received multiple tips right around 10 pm that Twitter was hacked and defaced with the message below. The site is currently offline. We’re looking into this and waiting on a response from Twitter. The message reads: Iranian Cyber Army THIS SITE HAS BEEN HACKED BY IRANIAN CYBER ARMY iRANiAN.CYBER.ARMY@GMAIL.COM U.S.A. Think They Controlling And Managing Internet ... Read More]]> http://tech.peekbase.com/twitter-hacked-defaced-by-%e2%80%9ciranian-cyber-army%e2%80%9d-developing/feed 0 http://tech.peekbase.com/ask-tuaw-syncing-photos-compressing-and-transferring-large-files-virtual-printers-and-more http://tech.peekbase.com/ask-tuaw-syncing-photos-compressing-and-transferring-large-files-virtual-printers-and-more#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:20:03 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/ask-tuaw-syncing-photos-compressing-and-transferring-large-files-virtual-printers-and-more December 17th, 2009 Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we’ve got questions about syncing photo libraries, compressing and transferring large files, creating a virtual PDF printer, increasing screen readability, and more. As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Leave your questions for next week in the comments section at ... Read More]]> http://tech.peekbase.com/ask-tuaw-syncing-photos-compressing-and-transferring-large-files-virtual-printers-and-more/feed 0 http://tech.peekbase.com/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-feeds http://tech.peekbase.com/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-feeds#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:40:06 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-feeds December 17th, 2009 We can’t say we’ve ever heard of a $26 Russian program called SkyGrabber before, but it’s about to get famous real fast — according to the Wall Street Journal, Iraqi insurgents have been regularly using the satellite-snooping software to monitor live Predator video feeds. Apparently the Predator transmits video over an unencrypted ... Read More]]> http://tech.peekbase.com/iraqi-insurgents-using-26-software-to-monitor-predator-video-feeds/feed 0 http://tech.peekbase.com/aria-providing-cheaper-pci-compliance-for-payment-processors http://tech.peekbase.com/aria-providing-cheaper-pci-compliance-for-payment-processors#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:00:05 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/aria-providing-cheaper-pci-compliance-for-payment-processors December 17th, 2009 Achieving Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance for online transactions is an expensive and timely endeavor; routinely costing hundreds of thousands of dollars and spanning several quarters in tim. According to Gartner, PCI compliance will cost up to an average of $2.7 million among Level 1 merchants and $267,000 ... Read More]]> http://tech.peekbase.com/aria-providing-cheaper-pci-compliance-for-payment-processors/feed 0 http://tech.peekbase.com/border-security-guards-kill-literally-kill-a-macbook-update-video http://tech.peekbase.com/border-security-guards-kill-literally-kill-a-macbook-update-video#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:40:04 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/border-security-guards-kill-literally-kill-a-macbook-update-video December 16th, 2009 Young American woman travels over to Jerusalem to meet some friends, see the sights, live the life. Overzealous border security officers ask her a bunch of questions, take issue with her answers, and a few well-placed bullets later she is allowed entry into the country with a somewhat altered MacBook in tow. ... Read More]]> http://tech.peekbase.com/border-security-guards-kill-literally-kill-a-macbook-update-video/feed 0 http://tech.peekbase.com/facebook-suggests-you-lie-break-its-own-terms-of-service-to-keep-your-privacy http://tech.peekbase.com/facebook-suggests-you-lie-break-its-own-terms-of-service-to-keep-your-privacy#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:20:10 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/facebook-suggests-you-lie-break-its-own-terms-of-service-to-keep-your-privacy December 15th, 2009 Here’s a new one. As Facebook continues to grapple with the negative press over its privacy overhaul, it’s now suggesting a new way to protect your personal information: lie about it. At least, that’s what Barry Schnitt, Facebook’s Director of Corporate Communications and Public Policy, told the Wall Street Journal ... Read More]]> http://tech.peekbase.com/facebook-suggests-you-lie-break-its-own-terms-of-service-to-keep-your-privacy/feed 0 http://tech.peekbase.com/airlock-automatically-locks-and-unlocks-your-mac-using-your-iphone-or-ipod-touch http://tech.peekbase.com/airlock-automatically-locks-and-unlocks-your-mac-using-your-iphone-or-ipod-touch#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:20:02 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/airlock-automatically-locks-and-unlocks-your-mac-using-your-iphone-or-ipod-touch December 15th, 2009 I work in a busy office. Occasionally a coworker will call or knock on my door and ask for my help with something, and the two of us will go to wherever I am needed. Most of them time I get back to my office and realize that I have left my ... Read More]]> http://tech.peekbase.com/airlock-automatically-locks-and-unlocks-your-mac-using-your-iphone-or-ipod-touch/feed 0