November 24, 2008
Last week I had a catastrophic outage of my ADSL connection at home. If you think the word catastrophic is too strong then you don’t have teenage geeks in your house. If you don’t understand what I’m talking about, send me your address, and I’ll forward the kids. C.O.D. Tonight. In any case, after waiting [...]
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November 10, 2008
Creating strong passwords for all your online accounts is not a thing you should do. It is a thing you must do. Two months ago, my Google account was hacked into. The hackers changed my password and blocked my access to the account. Luckily, I discovered this early and got Google to change my password [...]
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October 3, 2008
I’ll bet that headline got your attention! We all know that the purpose of computer passwords is to protect personal information that you’ve stored on your computer, and in your online accounts. With access to your passwords, cyber-criminals (they come in all shapes, sizes and flavors – so don’t be fooled), can and will, steal [...]
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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 [...]
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August 27, 2008
Reinstalling an operating system is probably one of the most vexatious procedures one can do on their computer. Firstly, it’s a lengthy process which require you to be in front of the computer but do nothing at the same time. Secondly, a lot of the time, users overlook many things that needed to be backed [...]
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August 18, 2008
We all know how difficult it can be to keep your online accounts safe and how hackers are always trying to break into accounts with dictionary attacks. This is why you should never use short simple passwords that you can find in a dictionary such as your name, the name of your partner, child, dog, [...]
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July 23, 2008
I love Firefox and I love extensions! There I said it. I am an extension junkie! I did a clean install today on a new laptop and I decided to document some of my favorite Firefox extensions. But before we get into the list … I wanted to warn you that each additional extension you [...]
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June 26, 2008
With the unexpected news that Google was dropping its Browser Sync Firefox addon, attention is now turning to Mozilla Labs’ “Weave” project. Weave is also a Firefox add-on and its purpose is to allow you to backup your Firefox settings such as your bookmarks, history, passwords, customizations and preferences and then sync them with the [...]
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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 [...]
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June 13, 2008
I took a little trip to my sister’s house a few weeks ago and I needed to get some work done. I whipped out my HP 2510P Tablet and proceeded to connect to their wireless network named ever so cleverly… “TheInternet”. So when I saw the custom name on their router’s SSID, I figured someone [...]
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March 6, 2008
About two years ago I gave up trying to memorize all of my online accounts. I used a “three tier” password system for a while – with a low security, medium security, and high security password for the majority of my accounts. However, this still did not leave me at ease – knowing that if [...]
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February 15, 2008
Are you an administrator on the Windows operating system with multiple user accounts? Have you forgotten the password to one of those accounts and you are locked out? Then, provided you are the administrator, you can reset the password from the command line. To open the Windows command line, just go to your start menu [...]
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January 22, 2008
Every day I find new Firefox tips and tricks that I didn’t know about and then I find out that other people didn’t know about them either. So here’s what I discovered recently to make you more of a Firefox power-user. Some of them are useful keyboard shortcuts to keep your hand away from that [...]
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December 30, 2007
There is a feature in Microsoft Word which allows you to add password to your word documents. This is especially useful if the document is sensitive (such as a password list, bank details or a business proposal). If your computer is accessed by an unauthorised user, having passwords protecting your secret documents may just be [...]
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November 14, 2007
The idea of this post is to go through a bunch of tools that add to your browsing experience. Nothing extra ordinary but a handful of simple useful apps that solve common web problems: slow website loads, 404 errors, tab overloads, never ending signups, phishing, etc. Enjoy! (1) OpenDNS – A quick way to add [...]
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