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Inside PCMag.com: Weekend Update

September 20, 2008
 

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Welcome to PCMag.com's Weekend Update!

Here are the hottest stories that hit PCMag.com this week. Let us know what you think —and enjoy the newsletter.

Big News This Week: How Sarah Palin's Email Was Hacked
The Ten Greatest Hacks of All Time
Microsoft: No Seinfeld Ads for You!
Security Suites Speed Up


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Big News This Week: How Sarah Palin's Email Was Hacked
Breaking into Gov. Sarah Palin's webmail account was a simple hack—one that required little to no technical expertise. There is, of course, an important lesson to be learned here for the vice presidential candidate, and hopefully the rest of us can take something away from this as well.

Here’s how it happened

Get more info from our Security Expert, Larry Seltzer on the hijacking of Palin’s account!


The Ten Greatest Hacks of All Time
We reached back into the early days of computing and dredged up the most inspiring examples of hacker brilliance we could find.

These hacks too computing where it was never intended to go.

Want to read more about some of the most dastardly cyber criminals of all time. Check out our “Cyber Crime Hall of Fame” story!


Microsoft: No Seinfeld Ads for You!
The much-quoted lyric goes, "You don't know what you've got till it’s gone." Yeah, well, that's how we’re beginning to feel about Microsoft's recent decision to put its baffling Seinfeld ad campaign to an end.

Get the details on Seinfeld’s last hurrah.


Security Suites Speed Up
This year's security buzzwords are performance, performance, and performance. Security is still important, but this year, it's all about the speed. Pretty faces are nice, but the real question is, can your security suite keep your system safe without bogging it down?

Get the lowdown on the new crop of security suites.


Other top stories:
Our Favorite Screens at Every Size
7 Tools for Ripping Your DVDs
New Canon EOS 5D Tries to One-Up Nikon in Video
There's a Bot in Your PC
Review: Apple iPod nano (4th generation)
Review: Apple iPod touch (2nd generation)


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