As you sprint or stroll through the web, every step leaves a footprint behind in the form of Internet history files. Allowing these ghosts of past activity can have several obvious drawbacks, the usage of system resources and most notably your precious privacy. Increasingly rare in an electronic age, privacy has been displaced as every [...]
The Internet has evolved quickly. While it originally only provided access to educational and military-related information, the Web has grown into a flourishing medium through which the general population can send and receive information of all varieties. Although this power has greatly advanced the world, there are risks associated with such easy access. In order [...]
Google Chrome burst onto the browser scene with one defining characteristic: speed. Chrome does a lot well, and in most cases, it does it faster than the competition can. Perhaps what’s most impressive about this is that the developers do not have Chrome fine-tuned in its default configuration. That’s right. It has the potential for [...]
Anyone using a computer to browse the internet has probably heard of potential threats to their security online. While these threats are quite real and likely to grow as use of the internet becomes even more commonplace than it is now, there are certain methods that internet users can use in order to reduce their [...]
Backing up important files is one of the simplest actions a person can take to avoid massive headaches in the event of a computer virus or a crashed machine. Unfortunately, no matter how hard companies like Microsoft or Apple work to build stable, protected machines, there are always threats, even if they take the form [...]
Once upon a time, if a problem was experienced with a computer, the technician had to come to the computer in order to evaluate and fix the problem. This entailed setting up an appointment and hoping the technician would be available immediately. All work stopped until the technician arrived, a severe inconvenience to say the [...]
There are mainly two categories of people when it comes to the matter of selecting passwords. One group of people always sticks to a single password and this is the only one used in each and every authentication process he comes across. The second category chooses different password each time but finds it difficult to [...]
As Google shares hover near record highs, it’s easy to see that Google is clearly on the move. While share prices are high, for the average computer user, Google remains free. In fact, Google announced their free software starter pack on Friday, January 6th at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The suite [...]