Internet related articles
May 06
Is that the year 2010? Nooooooo. Believe it or not (and most novices DO believe it), the message says that my computer has . . . drum roll . . . 2,010 CRITICAL issues on a registry scan.
Do you actually think my computer WOULD EVEN BOOT if it had as many as . …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/05/rogues-part-1/
May 02
Sophos, the highly regarded U.K. security software company, has just announced the discovery of a serious privacy leak emanating from the popular Firefox add-on ‘ShowIP’.
According to the Mozilla add-on page, there are currently 169,000 people utilizing ShowIP. Here is ShowIP’s offcial description:
“Show the IP address(es) of the current page in the status bar. …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/05/popular-firefox-add-on-raises-serious-privacy-concerns/
May 02
So you’ve totally got this really awesome, super-new idea that no one has ever had before: sweet. And now you want to share it with everyone on all of your sites and networks: totally. Tweet it. Facebook it. Press it into a word. Drop it into a box. Create a Craiglist post out of …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/05/post-it-once-post-it-everywhere-with-ifttt/
Apr 17
Mozilla has announced that, after April 24th, there will be no further updates for Firefox 3.6. With the exception of any last minute security patches, Firefox 3.6.28 released last month, will be the final update.
Firefox 3.6 was the last of the legacy versions before Mozilla embarked on its ‘rapid release’ program in 2011 with …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/04/firefox-3-6-r-i-p/
Mar 27
I came across this fabulous site only recently when it was referred to me in an email. The amount of time, work and effort put into creating these magnificent panoramas is mind boggling, as indeed are the end results:
AirPano.com is a non-commercial project focused on high resolution 3D aerial panoramas. AirPano team is …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/03/airpano-com-spectacular-3d-panoramas-from-exotic-locations/
Mar 19
This is Part 2 of a 3 part series. If you missed part 1 you should check it out at Online Credit Card Security – Part 1.
OK . . . you’ve decided that you want to make your purchase from AcmeExplosives.com (after all, Wiley Coyote gets his dynamite from there, so he trusts it).
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/03/online-credit-card-security-part-2-trust-concerns/
Mar 15
There are heaps of games available to access and play online – some good, some not so good. Hunting them down individually can prove tiresome, now friv.com has assembled more than 250 free online games all easily accessible from within just one page:
Hover the mouse cursor over the game icons to reveal the …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/03/access-250-free-online-games-all-from-the-one-page/
Mar 13
This is the first of a three part series.
Using our credit cards online is a security risk, but one most of us deal with. Actually, credit card payment for goods on line is relatively safe from fraudulent charges because credit card companies are required by US federal law to charge you a …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/03/credit-card-security-part-1-encryption/
Mar 03
How much is your privacy worth? $10 per month? $25 per month? Would you just give it away for free? All of your private data? Information about what you like? Your shopping lists?
Giving it away for free is exactly what you’re doing when you use Google’s products. Now some people may not care all …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/03/pay-for-your-privacy-the-google-conundrum/
Feb 24
Market share percentages for the first month of 2012 reveal some interesting statistics, not the least of which is concerning major browsers. Google Chrome shows a decrease in market share for the first time since its inception 3 years ago. During that time Chrome has steadily increased its user base, month by month, until that …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/02/market-share-figures-an-interesting-start-to-2012/
Feb 23
For those not in the know – or living under a stump – there are websites on the internet that cater to a more adult clientele and the content that these sites provide is also one of the most sought out by internet users (I expect mostly men). In fact several of these sites fall …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/02/uhoh-of-porn-and-passwords/
Feb 17
According to The Wall Street Journal, Google Inc. had been bypassing the privacy settings on iPhones and computers to track the Web-browsing habits of millions of people using Safari, even if this type of monitoring was intended to be blocked. Google used special computer code that tricked Apple’s Safari Web-browsing software into letting them monitor …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/02/5786/
Feb 16
By now. we get it. Apple is going to release a new one of (almost) everything, every year. It might get kind of annoying, but really, you can’t blame them. Cell phone companies do the same thing all year long: they feature a new, hot, best, fastest product for $200 (U.S.) with a …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/02/an-apple-today-keeps-buyers-remorse-away/
Jan 23
I have a mate (yes, I do have some mates) in Melbourne, Victoria who delights in utilizing unusual/non-standard fonts in her emails. The emails will more often than not elicit responses such as ‘hey, what font is that you are using?’ and ‘where did you get that font from?’ – I guess she enjoys the …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/01/get-additional-fonts-free-from-a-safe-source/
Jan 16
unless you are in China or Iran! (Or the USA?)
Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. – Jimmy Donal “Jimbo” Wales
Laws are like sausages — it is better not to see them being made. – …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/01/the-sum-of-the-worlds-knowledge/
