Greg Shultz, in the 10 Things blog on Techrepublic.com, shares how you can use your USB flash drive to do a whole lot more than just move data around. Flash drives big enough to handle any of these tasks are cheap enough that you’ve got to wonder how you lived without them – especially when you see all the things you can do with them.
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Google Voice will shake up how you use phones. You get a free virtual phone number and calls to that number ring on up to 6 phones at the same time. Free long distance calls in the continental U.S. and lot of other free goodies. It is only available by invitation. Sign up to get on the list. I got an invitation about a week after signing up. Last April I wrote about a free program, Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI), that lets you identify – and in most cases – fix problems that otherwise let hackers into your home computer. Once they’re in, they can use your computer for their own (often illegal) purposes. For years the best security for home computers has been anti-virus programs and personal firewalls. But that doesn’t take care of the whole problem. Some software programs have holes that let the bad guys in. Your computer is not protected until you plug those holes. Everyone has heard about phishing and malware. You’ve seen them in email links that take you places you really don’t want to go. After looking at a PowerPoint by Michael Kassner, I began to wonder how much the bad guys have affected our use of email – and if it’s time to call out the sheriff like we did in the old west and run the bad guys out of town. Bet you didn’t know just how easy it is to become a bona fide criminal. You can do it from your home computer and hardly break a sweat. Here are some ways to make it easier for you. Or, if you’re so inclined, here’s how you can keep yourself on the right side of the law by knowing what not to do. There are two reasons to read this article. The first is so that the next time you tread close to the line, you can step back and keep yourself out of jail. The second is so you can ask yourself if, as a society, we’re starting to go overboard. Computer security is more important than ever. Almost everyone has basic virus protection. But did you know that many of today’s hacker attacks and security threats take advantage of vulnerabilities in the programs you have on your computer? Recently I stumbled across a free program, Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI), that gives home users [...] |
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