Sunday, August 30, 2009

Four Password Managers To Wrangle Those Pesky Passwords

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Passwords. They’re a blessing and a curse, aren’t they? In today’s digital world, we all seem to have passwords for … well, for everything. And a lot of passwords. For online banking, Web mail, e-commerce sites, our favorite Web applications, and more.

As many of us have learned, though, it can be hard to remember all of those passwords. If you forget a password, the kinds of sites mentioned in the last paragraph can either send you a password or reset it. But that’s takes a bit of time and just adds to the confusion.

While you can write down your passwords in a paper notebook (remember those?) or in a file on your hard drive, what happens if you lose the notebook or delete the file? Or if someone else gets hold of them? The situation will end in tears.

Instead of relying on your memory or more traditional ways of storing passwords, why not turn to a password manager?

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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Tips and Tricks to Faxing Online

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One technology that refuses to give up the ghost is the fax. Businesses large and small rely on computer parts like the fax machine for exchanging documents and contracts and the like. And fax spam doesn’t seem to have decreased much, either.

But faxing has never been the most efficient communications technology. You need to print the pages that you want to send, then cart them over to the fax machine. Even if you have an all-in-one printer or copier with fax capabilities, which enables you to avoid the two above steps, you never know when your device will break down. Ink cartridges and toner cost a lot. And if you’re faxing outside of your area code, or outside the country, you can rack up some pretty impressive long distance charges.

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Sunday, August 09, 2009

Self Publishing on the “NET”

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“Are you a writer or do you want to look like one?” If so, then welcome to the 21st century world of self publishing!  Yes, you too can produce good quality printed works for a pittance – especially with the advent of self-publishing the internet way.  On the Internet, there are a number of self-publishing or “publish-on-demand” sites available and in this week’s Tech Tip, we’ll look at some really cool things that you can do by self publishing via the Internet – the geeky way.

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Sunday, August 02, 2009

A Linux Live CD to the Rescue!

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Computer hard drives. They’re an essential component of your computing experience. While they’re not as fragile as they were even 10 years ago, they’re often one of the weak links in the chain of hardware that makes up a desktop computer or a laptop computer.

When something goes wrong with a hard drive, you can be in a lot of trouble. Especially if you haven’t backed up your data recently. If you need that data – whether it’s office documents, photos, videos, or all of the above – right now it can cost you. Professional data recovery can cost anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. And there’s no guarantee of success.

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