December 5, 2008
Occasional snoopiness is the habit of man. The little world contained within our computers isn’t safe from eavesdroppers. The need to feel secure probably explains the surplus of encryption software available. We all have some skeletons in our hard disks or just need to keep some valuable files away from prying eyes. We already have [...]
September 9, 2008
Pismo File Mount allows you to mount ZIP files and CD images as folders. The files can be mounted ‘read-only’ or as ‘read write’ files. You can thus access the content without having to burn CD’s or extract a zip folder. This can also be useful if you want to preserve your CD/DVD media but [...]
September 1, 2008
Managing and protecting your personal data on your computer is an uphill task in the modern era. There is no dearth of hackers and spammers who work day and night to intrude into your computer and gain access to all your sensitive data and information. LockCrypt is a freeware application which aims to avoid such [...]
August 20, 2008
Have you ever wanted to send sensitive information to someone else over the internet? I’m sure you must’ve felt a little paranoid about your details getting stolen along the way. Ever wished there was a way to send messages across to a friend without others knowing? Or even not having the slightest hint that you’re [...]
June 28, 2008
These days, hiding or locking a folder or file is probably something you will need if you use a computer that others use too. A previous post has been written on this topic here but I have found a few other methods of doing such a thing, excluding download programs that can be easily accessible [...]
June 16, 2008
People like nosing around. People like to go through other people’s stuff. Whether they are your family, friends, colleagues, or some anonymous guys in a basement in Japan, it’s something you want to avoid. Whether it’s because you like your privacy or you think you have a reason to ‘erase your tracks’; in the end [...]
June 7, 2008
While cryptography stands for encrypting or coding messages in a way that no one who doesn’t hold the key can understand them, steganography means hiding messages, so that no one who doesn’t know it’s there will realize it’s there in the first place. Naturally, both techniques are best used in combination, and the tool I’m [...]
April 8, 2008
Everyone has certain files that s/he would rather keep private, especially guys. One of the ways to do that is to make such files hidden and bury them deep in the system files. The problem with such approach is that it’s not really conveninet if you need to access those files on a regular basis. [...]
January 2, 2008
From the “non-geek” perspective of Linda Martin-Peoples Chances are, your PC contains entirely too much personal information about you … passwords, banking information, credit card numbers, address books, social security number, personal emails, and maybe even a few things that you wouldn’t want announced on the evening news. And you may think that just by [...]
October 16, 2007
1. HowTo: Setup Quick Searches in Firefox. Last month I posted about my favorite Gmail feature, well this one is my TOP 1 for Firefox. Probably the most underestimated (and yet VERY USEFUL) Firefox feature ever. 2. Three Awesome Firefox Quick Searches (via JimmyR.com) 3. Quickly Find and Download FREE MP3s from Google (using FF [...]
