Just yesterday, I was reading about another leak of important customer information from a corporate computer of a major American company. This information will likely be sold to nefarious spammers and other evil-doers who will use it to rip people off and make their life one big headache. So, how are you protecting your data?

SecureZIP is a new solution for desktop security. It offers all the great benefits of compression software, while at the same time providing file level security. SecureZIP integrates with Microsoft Outlook to protect your emails and their attachments. With more and more people doing their banking online, this type of security system on their files becomes crucial.

SecureZIP is offering free downloads for a limited time. The process is about as easy as clicking on a link. SecureZIP - The next generation of ZIP takes the decades-old idea of data compression and combines it with the relatively new idea of secure personal data.

By the way, I thought I should add that SecureZIP works well with other security solutions, and it only makes minimal changes to current processes, so you won't have to shut down a bunch of programs just to get it to work. Although it was designed to be powerful enough to protect information on powerful corporate computers, it will also work great on your home computer or on a small business computer. It's especially good for people who do a lot of work with confidential information and also do a lot of work from home. Chances are your home network does not have the same security, especially at the hardware level, as the corporate offices. This will make sure that your neighbors aren't spying on things that aren't their business.

MySpace has launched a community news service that will compete with the likes of Digg and Reddit. It's not clear how the service will work, or if it will be based on community voting/ranking, as Digg and Reddit are.

MySpace obviously gets a lot of traffic, and this new service could attract a lot of viewers. It might be easily gamed by unscrupulous website publishers who will undoubtedly try to promote their site using the service. Or it could be like Netscape, and have so many restrictions on user control that nobody wants to use it.
MySpace News

I realize that I need to split this site so I can have tech news and video game news separated, but for now you'll have to deal with both at the same place. Deal with it. I found this great video of a Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas multi-player demo. The only thing missing from the GTA series that would really make it amazing is multi-player. I don't know if it would be possible to do a massively multi-player game from this series without making some serious changes, but it still would be unbelievably fun. Imagine hundreds of players running around a city shooting everyone, crashing cars, and blowing things up. It would be like living in Detroit!

San Andreas Multi-Player - Click here for more free videos

If you've ever wanted to learn what's behind that evil group of people calling themselves the Geek Squad, The Consumerist has just the ticket for you. They've managed to obtain several guides used by the Geek Squad, including an interview guide that will help you get on the inside of this secretive tech cult.
LEAKED: 6 More Geek Squad Manuals - Consumerist

Ever since the dot-com boom, people have been looking for ways to make money with a website. Most of them will give up, using the excuse that it's too complicated, or the whole thing is just a scam.

The truth is, it is very possible to make a lot of money online without using scam tactics. You don't have to spam, you don't have to be involved in any shady dealings. www.worldmarketsystems.com has been around for 5 years, helping would be dot-com moguls find their place on the web. They have fully featured websites that will make anyone look like they know what they are doing.

I know, I know, you want to actually know what you're doing. You will, but not at first. You've got a lot of learning ahead of you, but you need to learn from the right people. There are techniques that anyone can use to build traffic and convert it to sales or leads, and they can be completely legal and ethical. Don't believe the hype that others are selling. Use people like those at World Market Systems and study the techniques of those who have found success in the business.

DRM, or digital rights management, is world that conjures up fear in the tech world. Just saying it causes it a reaction like making a reference to Nazis. Microsoft has been one of the leading companies in supporting DRM, especially with their new Zune player.

The tide has been turning against DRM in recent months. People have been buying more DRM-enabled devices, and they tend to get angry when they find out they can't used them the way they intended. It's not just the world of geeks that's affected by this anymore.

Microsoft may have hinted today that they are trying to move away from DRM with their Zune player. I think this is a logical move, because the Zune has not been doing as well as they expected. It's certainly no iPod killer. The main fault in the device is the DRM. It absolutely cripples it. Let's hope Microsoft follows through and finally frees up their little music player that really could be a nifty piece of technology.
Zune the next to drop DRM? - Engadget