May 17, 2012

Keep Your Passwords Safe on a Piece of Paper

If you use the same password on multiple websites, your may be in for some trouble. Say your password for website badwebsite.com is the same as the password for goodwebsite.com. Now if the website badwebsite.com gets compromised (or the owner is malign to start with), they’ll know your password. Chances are that your username is the same (email address) for both websites so the badwebsite.com people can can easily log in to your … [Read more...]

Nokia Brings Skype To Ovi Store

Mobile device maker Nokia said today it has made Skype available as a free download in its online Ovi Store. The new Skype for Symbian software will allow more than 200 million Nokia smartphone users globally access Skype over a WiFi or mobile data connection. Skype for Symbian will allow Nokia smartphone users to make free Skype-to-Skype calls to other Skype users, save money on international calls and texts, and share pictures and … [Read more...]

How to Safely Open Unknown Web Pages at Work

You are at work and a friend sends you an email with a link to some web page that he or she wants you to check out right now. You have unrestricted access to the Internet in your office but they keep a log of everything so it’s probably not a good idea to visit NSFW (Not Safe for Work) websites from your office computer. Another problem, you don’t have personal cubicles in the office but a fairly open workspace so your colleagues can … [Read more...]