Is WoW Good for Your Marriage?
April 6, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under Gaming
Over the years, I’ve heard people say a lot of things about World of Warcraft but I’ve never had anyone claim that it has strengthened their relationship. In fact, I’ve had several friends who have complained (even cried) about the fact that their spouse was more interested in the game than they were intheir marriage.
You can understand my surprise when I read an article by a woman titled “I Could Have Been A World Of Warcraft Widow.” First of all, that’s an excellent word to describe the experience since my friends have said that it felt like their …read more
Game Themes in Top 5 on iGoogle
March 30, 2009 by Amy Tucker
Filed under Gaming
Google has finally decided that game themes deserve to grace our desktops and has added a new “Games” tab for when you’re looking for that perfect theme.Call of Duty:World at War and Street Fighter IV are in the three and four spots as far as “hotness” go and I have a feeling that more games will quickly rise to the top as more people realize that they can now add their favorite game as their theme.
Also offered are Sims 3, Zelda, World of Warcraft, and a cool “Game of the Day” theme.
There are TONS to choose from so click here …read more
Internet Roundup On Security Awareness
Microsoft released a huge security update, its biggest in five years, containing 28 packages of which 23 are marked “critical”. You better run the Windows Updates immediately; I am right now.
There is a Firefox trojan that is trolling around stealing passwords. Read the Larry Seltzer’s post for the story and a suggestion.
Friend Brian got numerous cases with a variant of Win32/FakeSecScan virus in the last couple of weeks and so compiled a helpful one-page PDF called “Beware of Fake Antivirus Programs” (PDF link warning). I have one more thing to add. When you see that popup message, open the taskmanager and kill the …read more




