Targeted Attacks - F-Secure

Very interesting.

Never Share Your Password

More than 100 drivers in Austin, Texas found their cars disabled or the horns honking out of control, after an intruder ran amok in a web-based vehicle-immobilization system normally used to get the attention of consumers delinquent in their auto payments.

Read More http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/hacker-bricks-cars/#ixzz0iXEHL7mX

Although the article and it's author are emphasizing the use of "hacking" in order to set the car alarms and horns off. I think the main point of the article should be never share your password. Even though the accused supposedly hacked the system he didn't really do anything but use another co-workers username and password. This is a basic social engineering hack where one user gains access to another users credentials and uses them in a fraudulent manner. This could have been avoided if the co-worker never shared his password. I stress this to everyone I help and work with. 

Test your speed Columbus

It's not a bad idea to occasionally test your internet speed. Sometimes you'd be surprised how much your download speed has deterriorated. If you're paying for 6 megabytes per second your speed should be very close to it.  The last time I checked I "scored" a new moden from my service provider. Here are a couple places to check:
http://speedtest.connectedoh.org/
http://www.speedtest.net/ (be sure to click the teal button that says 'speed test')