December 2011
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How To Completely Remove Norton Or McAfee From...
They slow your computer down, they ask for your money annually and they rate no better than various free products when compared by AV-comparitives.org. If you have an ongoing relationship with Norton or McAfee, it’s time to break up. Happily, both companies provide free software for doing just that.
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Free Batman: Arkham City skin, unlock code offered...
Rocksteady is giving us all a free _Batman Inc._-style Batman skin for _Arkham City_, as a “thank you all for your incredible support before, during a… Read more http://i.joystiq.com/2011/12/20/free-batman-arkham-city-skin-unlock-code-offered-as-a-thank-y/
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How to Control the Windows Firewall With a GPO
The Windows Firewall can be one of the biggest nightmares for system administrators to configure, with the addition of Group Policy precedence it just becomes a headache.
Here we will take you from start to finish on how to easily configure the Windows Firewall via Group Policy and as a bonus show you how to fix one of the biggest gotchas.
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What is Telnet?
Telnet is one of those tech terms you may occasionally hear, but not in an ad or a feature laundry list of any product you may buy. That’s because it’s a protocol, or a language used to talk to computers and other machines; not only that, but Telnet is actually ancient in Internet terms, dating back from 1973.
Read More So what is Telnet, and what is it good for, anyway?
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Understanding Routers, Switches, and Network...
When do you need a switch? A hub? What exactly does a router do? Do you need a router if you have a single computer?
Network technology can be quite an arcane area of study but armed with the right terms and a general overview of how devices function on your home network you can deploy your network with confidence.
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Microsoft takes the wraps off its So.cl...
Microsoft is taking the wraps off a new learning tool, it social-search research project known as So.cl, from its FUSE Labs division.
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Seven Ways to Get Yourself Hacked →
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As targeted scams become more common, it’s vital to protect yourself. In recent months, I’ve met at least three people who have been the victim of hackers who’ve taken over their Gmail accounts and sent out e-mails to everyone in the…
Malicious Android apps double in six months →
Elinor Mills, cnet.com
Mobile security firm Lookout report charts dramatic rise in Android malware.
Web site exposes Bit Torrent users’ IP addresses... →
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A WEB SITE is able to show what users have downloaded using Bit Torrent and is exposing their IP addresses to others who visit it. According to Torrent Freak, the developers of youhavedownloaded.com want to make people aware of …
Microsoft will give Windows phones to people with... →
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STRUGGLING MOBILE software house Microsoft is offering people suffering from frustration with Android phones the chance to get a Windows one for free. The offer comes from @Benthepcguy, a Twitter account run by Ben Rudolph,…
Android Breaches 10 Billion App Download Mark -... →
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Like us on Facebook Well aware of that high possibility, Google announced this week a 10 percent cut on its bestselling apps, a ploy that obviously hopes to further ramp up its download figures and accelerate the rise of…
Send Free Text Messages to Any Mobile Number in... →
Wouldn’t it be great to be able to send free text messages to all your Friends and Family or anyone else in the World. Well now you can with JaxtrSMS. Its a free service from the Man who founded…
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Task-Killer Apps: Will They Help or Hurt Your...
Some frustrated Android users turn to task managers such as Advanced Task Killer to preserve the handset’s juice. The theory makes sense: Apps for Facebook, Google Maps, Pandora, and Twitter, for instance, love to start up in the background.
If you automatically and regularly stop such apps, the thinking goes, you’ll end up with longer battery life.
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Optimize BitTorrent To Outwit Traffic Shaping ISPs...
These days, nothing worries an internet service provider more than peer-to-peer file trading. Depending on where you live, P2P can account for between 50 and 75% of broadband internet traffic. We mostly have the popularity of BitTorrent to thank for this crazy amount of data going to and fro.
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This amount of traffic can raise the ISPs daily costs of delivering service, cause...
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Writing forward-compatible websites
This is a list of best practices for creating websites that do not break when browsers are updated. It’s not always possible to follow all of these, but following as many of them as possible will help future-proof your website.
This is especially important for intranet applications and other non-public websites where problems are likely not to be noticed during testing by browser...
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Learn to Code: The Full Beginner's Guide
If you’ve been looking to learn how to code, we can help you get started. Here are 4.5 lessons on the basics and extra resources to keep you going.
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Have Four Virtual Desktops With Microsoft...
Microsoft Sysinternals Desktops allows you to organize your applications on up to four virtual desktops. Read email on one, browse the web on the second, and do work in your productivity software on the third, without the clutter of the windows you’re not using.
After you configure hotkeys for switching desktops, you can create and switch desktops either by clicking on the tray icon to...