Debbie is going on vacation and wants to know how to safely access her accounts from public computers and networks I trust you guys to give me the correct information on this. I’m going to be on vacation for two weeks next month and I’ll be traveling around the country quite a bit. There will be times when… Read More »
Do you use passwords like 12345 or djones525 or katybelle1234? In the age of “the cloud” it’s more important than ever that you use strong and secure passwords. Server security has gotten better and better, encryption has gotten stronger and stronger, but all that means nothing if your password is something like “password” or tom1234 or penny6129. If… Read More »
What’s the first thing you learned when you were first learning to use a computer? If you think about it, the first thing you learned to do was to click things. You have to click an icon to open your email or browser. You have to click a link to go to a web page. All of us,… Read More »
USB flash drives are small, portable, and have many uses. Here are two uses for USB flash drives you probably didn’t know. 1. Use your USB flash drive as an MP3 player Yes you can. All you need are speakers or earphones, Windows Media Player, and a USB flash drive loaded with your favorite MP3 music files. Just… Read More »
Rohos Mini Drive Rohos Mini Drive is a program that creates a hidden, password-protected partition on USB flash drives. It’s a 3MB download, and it’s free. Here’s more about today’s freeware.. I picked up one of EB’s flash drives the other day, and you won’t believe what I found. She has a Swiss bank account with tons of… Read More »
Jim asks about tracking cookies I recently switched from IE8 to Firefox. When I run SUPERAntiSpyware, it finds about 200 tracking cookies each day. They all seem to be related to Firefox. I never encountered this in IE8. You have previously educated me not to be worried about cookies, but are tracking cookies different? I remove them, but… Read More »