Spyware

Avoid These 2 Spyware Programs

If you're the one in your family with the computer know-how, relatives may call on you as a sort of personal Geek Squad. So it was with my father-in-law, deeply troubled last week in the face of a spirited badware attack.

Cell-Phone Tech Uses Accelerometer to Spy on Employees

Just occasionally, a bit of gear comes out that makes you wonder just whose side technology is on. And none more than this cell-phone idea from the R&D geeks at KDDI Corporation, one of Japan's biggest cell-phone makers. Spyware by any other name, the technology will enable bosses to use the accelerometer on their employees' phones to check up on whether they're working or not.

How to Speed Up Your Slow Computer

Unless your computer is fresh out of the box, it's probably not running as fast as it used to. Our PCs fill up with all sorts of good stuff -- documents, music, videos, programs, games, downloads -- and bad stuff like viruses and spyware, too. Over time they can get bogged down.