Entries Tagged as 'Software'
Hi,
I’m always on the lookout to help me secure my pc and those of my family. Below is a list of top 10 security measures I’m using and recommend:
Always try and use a hardware firewall. For home users, this
would normally be an ADSL firewall/router. These offer a lot better
protection than Usb ADSL modems.
Secure your Wireless [...]
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Tags: Internet · Software
September 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Google is 10
Larry Page met Sergey Brin in the summer of 1995. They started their search engine named BackRub in 1996. On the 15th September 1997 they registered google.com. On the 4th September 1998 they file as a US corporation. The rest is history, as they say. But I don’t think the story is [...]
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Google Chrome is a new browser. Do we need another one? Well, looking at the features and knowing the might of Google is behind it, it’s worth looking at. Google released a comic strip that explains Chrome in more detail. A fun way of releasing what could be a boring list of features. See it [...]
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How to retrieve protected content and cached websites using 2 little known tricks.
As a reader of the excellent IT News site I receive daily updates. The following article caught my eye:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/22/accessing_restricted_sites
Technorati Tags: google, Internet, Software
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I like Firefox as a browser. I’ve got the feeling that it’s more flexible than Internet Explorer. I started using it when I saw the tabbed approach and was sold immediately. I hesitated a while when Firefox 3.0 came out as I like to keep my Bookmarks synchonised between all my computers. I used Google [...]
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I’ve used laptops for work and home for quite a while now. I’ve always liked to use a mouse rather than the touchpad or even worse that ‘thing’ between the G, H and B key. Of course it helps if you have a desk. Does anyone use a mouse with a mechanical trackball inside? Optical [...]
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Tags: Hardware · Software