We seem to regularly receive calls from people having problems or concerns with their computer when connecting it to the Internet. Viruses, hackers, worms, spyware, tojans, and the list goes on. All this craziness to worry about when simply plugging your computer into a cable modem, and then having to wonder if you will be able to login to your own computer the next day. Has my computer been "owned" ("pwn3d" for you uber 3733t [elite] geeks out there)? What can I do to try and protect my computer?

phpBB3 is the next major release of the phpBB discussion forum software. phpBB is probably one of the most commonly used forums on the Net and this next release has some improvements worth being excited about whether you're a discussion forum administrator or a user on a site that is considering upgrading to phpBB3. Here I will discuss my initial assessment of phpBB3 and highlight some of the key feature enhancements I've noticed.