Writing by GuardDog on Wednesday, 11 of June , 2008 at 5:07 pm
Nowadays, more and more people are using their computers for everything from communication to online banking and investing to shopping. As we do these things on a more symmetric groundwork, we open ourselves up to potential hackers, attackers and crackers. While various may be looking to phish your personal information and oneness for resale, others simply objective want to use your computer as a platform from which to attack other unknowing objects. Below are a few easy, cost-effective steps you can take to make your computer more secure.
1. Always make backups of important information and lay up in a secure place separate from your computer.
2. Update and patch your operating system, web browser and software routinely. If you have a Windows operating system, start by going to www.windowsupdate.microsoft.com and running the update wizard. This program will help you find the latest patches for your Windows computer. Further go to www.officeupdate.microsoft.com to locate possible patches for your Office programs.
3. Install a firewall. Without a good firewall, viruses, worms, Trojans, malware and adware can all easily fit your computer from the Internet. Consideration should be given to the benefits and differences between hardware and software based firewall programs.
Please Login or Register to see the link.
Tags:
adware,
Computers and Technology,
firewall,
freeware,
malicious,
malware,
secure,
Securing,
Security,
Tips,
Tips&Trick,
Trojans,
viruses,
worms
Category: Uncategorized
Writing by GuardDog on Sunday, 8 of June , 2008 at 11:15 am
As with all technologies, there is a push from handset developers to constantly bring to market innovative new designs that will greatly appeal to consumers.
Finnish handset giant Nokia introduced a concept device they dubbed “The Morph.” The Morph, still very much a concept device with no intended plans to manufacture or release, takes mobile smartphone devices miles beyond what is currently available on the market today. The Morph would take advantage of nanotechnology to incorporate a wide variety of uses into one device; from the standard features of voice, and data to the more whimsical features of being able to analyze the air quality and possible contaminants on the food you are about to eat. The Morph would not just be a unique device capable of a large variety of functions; it would also serve as a unique and stylish accessory. The Morph’s design would make it capable of being physically manipulated to change its form factor. It could be stretched out into a device with a full sized QWERTY keyboard, making it easier to communicate. It could be folded up into the size of a credit card for easy storage; and it could even be folded to be worn on your wrist as a watch. As already mentioned, this device is very much a concept phone. Nokia, currently, has no plans in the works to develop this concept into a viable marketable device. However, several of the features discussed in the concept will be slowly incorporated into devices that will be developed over the next few years.
Please Login or Register to see the link.
Tags:
Computers and Technology,
concept,
device,
Drama,
mobile,
phone
Category: Uncategorized
![[Valid RSS]](http://www.aspenza.com/valid-rss.png "Validate my RSS feed")
