computers

If you work on a computer this Monday, make sure you check for malware that may have infected your system and could bar you from the internet. "Malware," short for malicious software, infected tens of thousands of computers more than a year ago, and on Monday it's expected to block thousands more people from going online...

The 160 Waldorf private schools in the United States boast an impressive student body: the children of tech luminaries from firms like eBay, Google, Apple, Yahoo and Hewlett-Packard. But what makes Waldorf a seemingly odd choice for such parents is that until kids are in the eighth grade, the school is completely unwired with not a computer screen to be found.

Who knew — there’s a reason why most computer voices are female. In fact, there are several reasons. The main reason is probably biological. Research has shown that humans are simply programmed to favor female voices. Studies suggest that this preference starts in the womb, where fetuses have been shown to respond to the voices of their mothers, but not their fathers...

A spammer can potentially make $7,000 to $9,500 a day. A Berkeley study commandeered part of a botnet that was responsible for a large chunk of the internet's spam and turned it into a research tool. The researchers instructed the infected computers to send out spam that directed people to fake storefronts, which the study then monitored.

The best job in the U.S.A. is software engineer. The worst job is also one of the most dangerous: a roustabout on oil rigs and pipelines. That's the word from CareerCast.com