Well, those of you who social network know that mysapce is subject to spammers, advertisers and hijackers on a regular basis.  You also know that facebook does a much better job of keeping things clean and running smooth.  Well, be very careful if you’re a facebooker because a new phishing scheme is circulating called ubzpath.com. If it gets into a friends account you will get a posting saying something to the effect  of “did you know that your profile picture is now on ubzpath.com?”  If you then follow the link to to ubzpath it will prompt you for your email address and some other info.

First, do not go to the link.  However, if you do you will run the risk of getting hijacked if you follow through with putting in info.  To close the window, you will need to go into your task manager and end the task by hitting ctrl+alt+delete.

As always, make sure you have a good antivirus like MaCafee or Vipre to help keep you protected.  Be causous of links that your friends post.  Afterall, it may have not been your friend actually posting that, it may have been a hijacked profile!

Microsoft office finally going online

In the continuing trend of better late then never, Microsoft is set to unveil more information about their entry into cloud computing office suite at a conference today.

So what does this mean for you?  Not much really.  It means that they will be offering some of their popular office programs online.  This means that instead of installing a program that can run on your (regardless of if you are connected to the Internet or not) you will have to be connected to the Internet in order to write your documents.  Which in reality isn’t that big of a deal because the vast majority of consumers are connected to the Internet most of the time.

However, what about when you’re on a plane (that doesn’t offer in flight internet access yet) and you need to finish your business proposal?  Good thing you still have old fashioned program installed on your computer.

So, what is the benefit?  Benefits include better ability to share your documents and collaboration with others on a project.  Will they charge for it or offer it for free?  This is to be determined, but if they are smart they’ll allow users a basic version for free.  And if they need to charge, they’ll have a paid professional version.

But really, whey would I care?  Well, for the most part you shouldn’t.  Google Docs has been giving this away for years.  And if you’re worried about offline access, Open Office by Sun Micro systems (Java people) have their open office suite that you can download for free.

So, why pay for it when you can get it legally for free?