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Submitted by Tim Roper on Thursday, March 08, 2012
There’s been much speculation and rumor-mongering about an event happening on March 8th, 2012, that might knock “millions” of users off the Internet. Alarmists claim “the FBI plans to shut down the Internet” on that day. While we don’t normally comment on every virus/malware/Mayan-...
Submitted by Tim Roper on Thursday, March 08, 2012
That would be a 5MB hard disk drive, made by IBM, in 1956.
In September 1956, IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first 'SUPER' computer with a hard disk drive (HDD).
The HDD weighed...
Submitted by Tim Roper on Thursday, March 01, 2012
Google recently enabled a useful keyboard shortcut (CTRL+K for Windows, CMD+K in OS X) to add hyperlinks and clickable email addresses to the text of Gmail messages. Watch the video below for a demonstration:Thanks for watching this week’s video QuickTip!
Submitted by Tim Roper on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
If you've visited any Google or Google-owned (e.g., YouTube) websites recently, you've probably seen the notice that the company's privacy policy is changing. According to The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Google's new privacy policy allows the company to associate your real identity with "search...
Submitted by Melanie Fricke on Thursday, February 23, 2012
Cybercriminals, hacktivists, malware on the rise -- and targeting smart phones, tablets
Nowadays, professionals in every line of business are using their personal devices — laptops, smart phones, tablets — for work.The phenomenon is often called BYOD — Bring Your Own Device. It was inevitable, when...
Submitted by Tim Roper on Thursday, February 23, 2012
Ever received an email asking you to call the sender, but there’s no phone number to be found in the email? Frustrating, isn’t it? And, if that person is sending unsolicited email, it may even be illegal.To ensure your email recipients always have a simple way to contact you, configure your email...
Submitted by Tim Roper on Thursday, February 16, 2012
Security breaches of free, web-based email services like Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, and Gmail are on the rise. Perhaps you’ve experienced the phenomenon yourself. Ever received odd messages or a single hyperlink in an email from someone you know? Spammers use fake return email addresses all the time,...
Submitted by Tim Roper on Thursday, February 09, 2012
“Lost time is never found again.” – Benjamin FranklinOften find yourself wondering where all the time goes? Much in the same way that keeping track of expenses reveals where your money goes, keeping tabs on your time can help you make more efficient use of it by identifying waste and opportunities...
Submitted by on Thursday, February 02, 2012
Video chat advance driven by consumer, not corporate, applications
Consumer-grade, high definition video conferencing applications such as Skype, ooVoo, Apple’s FaceTime and iChat may seem like commonplace features now, about as exciting as email.It’s easy to forget that just a few years ago, hi-...
Submitted by Tim Roper on Wednesday, February 01, 2012
With just about every merchant and service on the Web requiring a password, it’s very tempting to use one, easy-to-remember word or phrase across all of them. Hackers know this, and it’s one of the reasons they’re able to hijack accounts so easily. If a hacker determines the password you use for,...
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