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Jargon Busting

Not quite sure the differences between phishing, malware, a trojan horse or spam?  Check out this post over on Google about Jargon Busting. Seriously something good to know. .. © Google

Fight Internet Legislation

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo . A very important fight right now to protect the Internet. It started with SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act ) and now it is the Protect IP Act (PIPA). This is very dangerous action that is brought on by lobbyists of the entertainment industry. Instead of adapting, they want more power over the internet and people who are singing "Happy Birthday." (Ok, it's just one example). I encourage you to contacting your congress person immediately. This U.S. Senate bill is extremely dangerous. Laws are already on the books about copyright infringement, but they now want to go after any WEBSITE that allows a posting, even if they don't moderate their site.. Or make PAYPAL stop accepting someone's payments or make ISP's block individual websites.  How about censoring your video because you have copyrighted music in the background.. not intentional, but it just happened to be on at the time! This

Old Computers and Sensitive Information

Photo credit: mike73 from morguefile.com Have an old computer that you are ready to give away, sell or dispose?  Most likely you will have sensitive information on that machine.. maybe emails, passwords, financial records, tax returns?  What can you do to keep this information from getting into the wrong hands? A word to the wise: You cannot just delete your files and empty the recycle bin. You cannot just format the hard drive. You cannot just format and reinstall the operating system. In each of these cases, your files can be recovered. There are four ways to make your hard drive files completely unrecoverable and your data safe from being compromised. You can remove the hard drive and physically destroy it.  You would need to completely destroy the individual plates and not just the hard drive case. It is amazing what can be recovered on a hard drive by experts. This requires power tools, chemicals or you can purchase a kit called DiskStroyer: Hard Disk Des

Browsing Back and Forth

Photo credit: missyredboots from morguefile.com Another quick tip today, tested with Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera, this will speed up your surfin' experience!  (Sorry, Chrome doesn't have this feature it seems.) Want to return to the prior page you just browsed? Move forward again? If you have a scroll wheel on your mouse, hold the shift button and move the scroll button up and down. This will allow you to navigate between the next and previous page. Another quick one? How many steps does it take to bookmark a page? Hit the Ctrl key with the letter d (CTRL/D) and find out!  Have a great day! ☺

Lock em' Up

Today's Windows tip is just great to know. It's the little things that make life just a little simpler.   Walking away from your computer but have confidential files, a project in the works, friendly Facebook hacks nearby or need to avoid little fingers from modifying your document?  You don't need to use multiple steps to log off or shut down the computer... just hold the "Microsoft" key on your keyboard and click the letter L.  POP! You are now logged off and your system is locked from little fingers, sticky fingers and prying eyes!