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Phone passcodes are far from hacker-proof
You secure your smart phone with a passcode that you need to enter before it springs to life. But just how much protection will this passcode actually give you? The disturbing answer? Not nearly enough, according to a recent story by the tech Web site Lifehacker. The...
Protecting your privacy doesn’t have to be hard
In the era of Facebook and Twitter, you may think that privacy is a thing of the past. However it doesn't need to be. In fact, Forbes recently ran a story detailing some simple steps you can take to increase your privacy in the Internet era. If you don't take these...
Google Reader death proves it: Free services don’t last forever
This summer, July 1 to be precise, the Google Reader RSS service will vanish. Google is eliminating it, citing a declining user base. That is bad news for fans of the RSS service. But it’s also a learning point: Consumers need to understand that any one of their...
Are you mourning the end of Google Reader?
Worried about security? Time to erase those passwords
We all save passwords and usernames on our browsers. It’s a means to quickly access the membership-based Web sites that we visit every day. Nevertheless, there’s a security risk to this. If someone steals your laptop, this thief would have little trouble...
Why you need to learn two-factor authentication
How much protection do you think passwords provide right now to your company's Web sites, mobile devices and desktop computers? The right answer? Probably not much. Cyber criminals have perfected the art of cracking passwords. And all too often, employees rely on...