tinsleyNET IT Services Consultant

New rollouts to Google internet search add quick links to your Android phone Over the past few weeks Google have been adding some functionality to the Chrome desktop browser, allowing you to interact with your phone even if it's not near you. At the moment the browser commands only work for American users, but it's easy enough to get them to work for you, just add the "&gl=us" tag to the end of the URL.

Several new exploits have been identified recently that are designed to attach your home or business router from inside, and install code to allow hackers a backdoor to your network and your data. The exploits are designed to get into a network either by infecting devices that go outside of your firewall, such as mobiles, tablets and laptops, or by tricking the user into downloading a malicious file. Once inside the network, the malware gets to work on your firewall, attempting to inject code into the firewall that will allow external code to be added to innocent web pages. So you might be viewing the BBC site for example, and the code adds advertising and other unwanted scripts to the page as it passes through your firewall, meaning the page you see if very different from the one served up by the BBC servers.

Twitter users are going to start seeing a new 'check-in' feature in their geo-tagged tweets soon, provided by Foursquare, one of the first geo-check-in providers. The new partnership will mean twitter users can see reviews and tips for places they check in to, and gives businesses a chance to advertise specials and offers to passing potential clients who use the foursquare what's nearby feature.