A slash through the padlock, the https, or the https appearing in red all mean one thing: something’s wrong. Exactly what’s wrong can vary.
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Kindle is much more than a physical reader. Amazon has made Kindle reading applications available for FREE on most popular platforms.
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When a major malware infection was discovered last year, a temporary solution was created on the internet. On July 9th, 2012, it’s scheduled to go away.
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What looks like overwriting a file’s data often is not. I’ll look at how files are updated and what that implies for their recoverability.
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Google’s new privacy policy pulls together their existing policies into one place. There’s nothing really new; they already have a lot of data on you.
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User Account Control or UAC requests confirmation when a program needs administrative access. If you know it’s safe, you can bypass UAC with a shortcut.
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When megaupload.com was taken offline, many users’ files were rendered inaccessible. If a service provider goes away, it’s clear that you can lose your data.
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Windows has what’s called a ‘lifecycle’ – a series of stages beginning with release. I’ll review what happens as a version of Windows nears end-of-life.
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If you run a website and have someone administering it for you, they may have much more power than you realize. With great power … comes great risk.
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The SSID identifies your wireless access point to any computers in range. Having a unique one is helpful, but hiding it is only marginally more secure.
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