Internet related articles
I guess I was one of many who recently accessed their Gmail only to see incoming emails automatically sorted under a new tabs system. This may be fine if emails were categorized properly but it seemed to me they had been randomly sorted under different […]
Getting the most out of your ISP Getting the most out of your ISP connection can be a daunting business if you choose to do it manually. There is a much better way and today I am going to show you how. The first thing
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Well known security company Sophos has compiled a list of the top worst countries for spamming. As Sophos blogger Paul Ducklin points out, this is one competition nobody really wants to win. Paul has published a nice article on the Sophos Naked Security blog cleverly
What is DNS (Domain Name Server)? Every time you visit a site on the internet your are probably using a DNS. The exception is when that particular site has already been cached by Windows. Every site on the internet has a unique address just like your house
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How would you like a simple way to check and see if your anti-virus program is up to scratch? Well, the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO) has recently launched a free online service which provides just such a facility. The AMTSO service includes 5 tools
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Children are curious and enthusiastic by design, there is very little we can do about that. However, when it comes to kids, computers, and the internet – it is, in my humble opinion – extremely important to keep our innocents safe from unsavory content. Fortunately,
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It’s official… I’ve finally dumped Google as my preferred search engine. With all the ramifications presented by recent disclosures regarding privacy and PRISM, the NSA, etc. it seemed a prudent move to make. I’ve been using Google search for many years. However, with privacy issues
Enhance your Privacy: The World’s Most Private Search Engines! Read More »
This is a brief overview of the recent reports of the US government spying on its’ citizens. Hopefully you have seen the news reports. Please read the article and explore the links while thinking about the possible Constitutional implications. I would love to hear your
Well known security company Kaspersky has launched a new online service called Kaspersky Application Advisor which provides users with vital information about files and/or programs included in Kaspersky’s massive database. We already have several useful services which check for malicious intent by scanning files through
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The “Gif” image format has a unique quality which isn’t available with other formats such as png, bmp, or jpg… it supports animation. Creating animated gifs is not generally an easy thing to do but I came across a free online service which makes converting
You are likely all familiar with the scenario, where a fresh installation of the operating system is required and there is no full system image backup available, or maybe when migrating to a new operating system. We have our data backups in place so we’re
Files You Should Backup But Probably Don’t: Part 1 Read More »
Skype I’ve traded barbs with my friend James Hillier, seen his wonderful visage, spoken with him for many hours, and have not played a single game of chess. How wonderful. These things have all been made possible by VOIP (a rose by any other name –
Over the years, Microsoft has released a vast array of Themes and Desktop Backgrounds (wallpapers) for users to download but, due to the sporadic nature of these releases, they have been scattered all over the enormous Microsoft website, making tracking them all down an often
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There are some things that I do quite often in Safari on my MacBook Pro and other things that really don’t interest me. Customizing your toolbar to simplify doing some things in Safari is quite easy. To customize your toolbar, open Safari and select View
