This is just a heads up to everyone out there to be extra careful when handling email. We have seen an explosive increase in the number of attacks brought about to every day citizens through email. From SPAM with fake links, to Internet Scams that these fraudsters want you to invest your time and money in, to Viruses/Trojans/Back doors, and of course Phishing attacks where someone pretends to be from some place familiar to you like your bank, eBay or PayPal in an attempt to get your account information.
There are some basic steps to take like using good anti-virus software, and making sure it is kept up to date, that can help you stay safe. We posted an article a while back with these explained, and I believe we should take a look at updating it since it’s been a year or two. The basic principals stay the same, and there is still lots of good info there, we will most likely just be adding more stuff to deal with new threats. Take a look at it here, it’s called Web Surfing Safety, and we hope you find it useful. In addition to that, be sure to check out the Library, since we have lots of other good information and tidbits in there too! Thanks.
That means we can stop the speculation and start the salivation over what Valve has in store for us this time. The original Portal is a single player first person puzzle game with some action elements as well, developed by Valve Corporation, the same folks that brought us other greats like Half-Life, Counter Strike, Team Fortress, Day Of Defeat, Left 4 Dead and more. The game came out in 2007 as part of the Orange Box, or was available seperately from Steam (for the PC that is). Portal is all about puzzles, and consists mainly of a series of puzzles that must be solved by teleporting the main character and simple objects using the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device (ASHPD for short, but was also called simply, the portal gun), a device that can create open portals between flat planes. The game is all about the physics attained and manipulated by the portal gun. Portal has been acclaimed as one of the most original games of 2007, and went on to win 70 industry achievement awards. Portal 2, the sequel, is set for release during the 2010 holiday season.