This Tip comes from Scott Ellis at GeekBeat.tv.

Clearer Pics With The iPhone Camera | Geek Beat Technology News.

Make sure to update your Computer(s).

Wether PC or even a Mac a Computer that hasn’t been updated can be exploited.

See the article below from CRN.

Mac without the latest Java update can be compromised while visiting a malicious Web site or one that contains a poison link secretly installed by a criminal. Clicking on a malicious link can run code through Apple Safari and Mozilla Firefox browsers without the user knowing. Flashback is designed to steal passwords to online banking and other Web sites, experts say.

via Second Security Firm Finds Massive Mac Infection.

Keep your windows up to date or risk infection.  This critical bug could allow a hacker to gain control of your system.  The bug effects all version of Windows from XP on including the beta for Windows 8 as yet unreleased.

See the article here:

Critical Windows bug could make worm meat of millions of high-value machines.

Here is the Bug report and Microsoft’s Solution:

CVE-2012-0002: A Closer Look at MS12-020′s Critical Issue.

Apple trying to Reinvent the Textbook and doing a damn good job at it!

Read more about it here on ZDNet’s Between the lines.

Apple: We want to reinvent the textbook | ZDNet.

Wikipedia the “Largest Encyclopedia in human history”  goes Black in Protest of SOPA / PIPA.

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

STOP SOPA & PIPA before they take a toll on Internet Free Speech!

TheOatmeal.com blacked out in protest of SOPA / PIPA – The Oatmeal.

There is an interesting bug in iMessage.  Aparently some information survives a wipe and new users can still send and receive iMessages as the original owner.

These articles talk about stolen phones, but what about a used phone you sold or gifted?  Good Question.  What’s the answer?

Here are a few Articles on the matter that will get you closer to understanding.

Stolen iPhone? Your iMessages May Still Be Going To The Wrong Place | Gadget Lab | Wired.com.

Stolen, remote-wiped iPhones still get owners iMessages • The Register.

Be aware that there are many Phishing schemes out there.  It seems even more prevalent during the holidays.  Our wonderful SPAM Filtering (Securence) service pulls them out so we don’t ever really have to look at them.  Except if I choose to review the Quarantine.  Here’s what I found.  Several attempts to get information using the BBB’s name.

The Better Business Bureau is aware of the Scam and has a notice here:  ALERT: Email scam targeting Businesses using BBB name – BBB News Center.

As a rule NEVER click a link in an e-mail without hovering over it first.  In this case the e-mail said ‘click here’ the link went someplace other than the BBB.

Another good rule is to pay attention to who or what e-mail address it’s sent too.  If you’re getting an e-mail instead of Sally in accounting or John in tech support, chances are someone is hoping your curiosity will get the better of you.  Don’t let it!

If you’re ever unsure, just call us.  If you don’t have a SPAM solution think about signing up for Securence.  When you do through Intelligent Designs you automatically get a 30 day trial.

A good rule for posting Private information to Social Sites is…  Don’t.

The online world is constantly changing agreements change technology changes and often the user doesn’t even know until they arrive at the site to see everything in a different spot or your personal info now open to public view because of a change in the sites privacy policy.

Here is a flaw that made FaceBook private Photos viewable.  Checkout the story below on the HuffingtonPost.com

Facebook Flaw Revealed Users Private Photos, Including Mark Zuckerbergs Collection.

Apple does have the infamous Carrier IQ rootkit along with Android and various other phones at least for a little while yet in some models.

Buried in the Settings menu is an via How to disable the Carrier IQ rootkit on your iPhone | ZDNet.