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Beware of Tragic/Current Event Emails
Posted on June 25, 2009 by wjimenez275
Just a reminder that following tragic events, there are some who will try to take advantage of our curiosity and will send emails with subjects referencing those events and claim to have links to pictures, videos or special news stories. Beware that most of those links will actually lead to you downloading malware; trojans, viruses, [...]
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Disposable Email Address – What Is It Good For?
Posted on June 22, 2009 by wjimenez275
Filling out online forms these days is often times an invitation for disaster. Most of the form is okay, until you get to the part where you’re asked for your email address. Depending on the site, once you fill in that field, you’re setting yourself up for spam, even though the site says it protects [...]
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Windows Updates – Revisited
Posted on June 16, 2009 by wjimenez275
With the most recent patches and updates from Microsoft, I received a lot of questions on which ones are safe to install and which ones should be avoided. I wrote about this last year and will revisit that post below. Microsoft introduced the concept of Patch Tuesday a few years ago. The idea is that [...]
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Computer injuries on rise, youths most at risk: study by AFP: Yahoo! Tech
Posted on June 9, 2009 by wjimenez275
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Blurry vision and wrist pain are among the well-known health perils of computer use, but a study released on Tuesday shows a rise in previously overlooked injuries due to computer equipment falling over. Researchers found a 732-percent rise in “acute computer-related injuries” from 1994 through 2006, double the 309-percent increase in household [...]
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Fix a Noisy Laptop
Posted on June 5, 2009 by wjimenez275
The other day, I was sitting with a friend who had her laptop on. I noticed that the fan was going non-stop and it was making quite a bit of noise. Knowing that desktops and laptops both suck up dust and dirt, I knew that that was most likely causing the problem, making it to [...]
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