computers

Monday, April 27, 2026

The top scams that started on social media and rake in millions of dollars

Scams/Social Media— Scamming consumers on social media is popular and profitable for fraudsters. In new data from the Federal Trade Commission, nearly 30% of victims who reported losing money in 2025 say the scam started on social media. Those losses are staggering, $2.1 billion. That’s higher than any other form of contact and eight times higher than it was in […]
Sunday, December 14, 2025

Tech support scammers are getting more skillful at pretending to be legitimate

Tech Support Scams     (StatePoint) Ever received an unexpected alert by text or email claiming there is a problem with your computer that the sender needs your help to fix? That could very well have been a tech support scam. Tech Support Scam Tactics The scammer impersonates an expert who may have more technical knowledge than you and pretends […]
Saturday, July 27, 2024

Burbank Police seeking information on grand theft suspect

Burbank Police are on the hunt for a grand theft suspect who reportedly carried out a phone scam. The victim lost a lot of money because he mistakenly believed he was purchasing a well-known computer anti-virus software from a legitimate source. However, that was not the case. In a news release this week, the BPD revealed details of the scam, […]
Thursday, October 6, 2011

Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011

Tributes from all around the world, all across the Internet today for the late techno genius, Steve Jobs. The co-founder of Apple, died yesterday after a long battle with cancer. He was 56. The forward thinking Jobs was behind such successes as the Macintosh, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Overnight, the soon- to- be- published biography of Steve […]