Google is Now Blocking Crapware in Search Results, Ads, and Chrome

Did You Know? Jeanne Calment was a French woman with the longest confirmed human lifespan (she was born in 1875 and lived to be 122 years old); she attributed her longevity to a diet rich in olive oil, port wine, and 2.2 pounds of chocolate a week. She also credited her ability to remain calm. Geek Trivia PETA Launched A Campaign Against Which Video Game Franchise? Animal Crossing → Crash Bandicoot → Pokémon → Sonic the Hedgehog → Advertisement Download Work-Life Balance For Dummies eBook (a $21.99 value) FREE until 3/7! Work-Life Balance for Dummies will offer readers advice and simple strategies to achieve more balance whatever their situation. Click here to download Geek Comic Today's Tech Term Runt A Runt is an undersized packet (less than the minimum 64 bytes in length required by Ethernet protocol) that is a result of one of two possibilities: 1. Packet collisions due to two parties attempting to gain use of the line at the same time. 2. Electrical interference or faulty wiring. What We're Reading from Around the Web Battery power alone used to track Android phones [Extremetech] The wild weird world of carbon fiber [ArsTechnica] Networks of Genome Data Will Transform Medicine [MTI Technology Review] Item Abuse 3: The Finale (The Hardest Super Mario World Level In Existence)[YouTube] For the love of mechanical keyboards [Polygon] Looking Up Symptoms Online? These Companies Are Tracking You [Motherboard] Google is Now Blocking Crapware in Search Results, Ads, and Chrome We’ve been doing a lot of research into crapware and malware lately, and one of the most troubling things we found was that Google was serving up search results for open source software… with crapware-bundling ads at the top. Now it appears they’ve ended this policy and are pointing to the real download at the top. Read This Article → Get Free Windows PC Tech Support and Malware Removal at Your Local Microsoft Store Microsoft operates over 100 retail stores across the USA and Canada. They’re not just places to shop — Microsoft Stores will perform basic Windows PC maintenance for you, for free. It doesn’t matter where you bought the PC, as long as it runs Windows. Read This Article → How to Set Gmail As Your Default Mail Client in OS X If you’ve ever been browsing on a Mac and clicked a mailto: link, you may have discovered that it often tends to default to the Mail app. If you want to use Gmail (or another email service) you need to make a few changes. Read This Article → Download.com and Others Bundle Superfish-Style HTTPS Breaking Adware It’s a scary time to be a Windows user. Lenovo was bundling HTTPS-hijacking Superfish adware, Comodo ships with an even worse security hole called PrivDog, and dozens of other apps like LavaSoft are doing the same. It’s really bad, but if you want your encrypted web sessions to be hijacked just head to CNET Downloads or any freeware site, because they are all bundling HTTPS-breaking adware now. Read This Article → How 802.11b Devices Slow Down Your Wi-Fi Network (and What You Can Do About It) Old devices using 802.11b Wi-Fi are a problem. They slow down modern Wi-Fi networks just by operating on the same channel nearby. Even your neighbors’ Wireless B devices may be slowing down your Wi-Fi. Read This Article → How to Manage the Crouton Linux System on Your Chromebook Crouton — made by a Google employee — is the ideal solution for running Linux on your Chromebook. If you’re a Crouton user, there are some extra commands you’ll want to know. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Ubuntu Linux Toolbox: A $29.99 Value, FREE For a Limited Time! This book will prepare you with a host of updated tools for today’s environment, as well as expanded coverage so you can confidently start using Ubuntu today. Click here to download