How many times have you searched Google only to have millions of results returned that have nothing to do about what you're searching for? Probably often. After all Google is a computer and almost robot like.
….not really.
Actually Google is pretty smart, especially when you give it a little help with finding exactly what you are searching for. But how do you tell it to find things with words or phrases that have multiple meanings?
read more: How To Tell Google What You Are Searching For When Using Words With Multiple Meanings
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One question I get from new users to Ubuntu is "how do I view my computer name?"
Since most of these people are new to Linux and Ubuntu, or switching from Windows, they want to know how to view their computer name from the desktop, like they can in Windows.
Fortunately Ubuntu is user friendly and this can be easily accomplished from the GUI or at the command prompt.
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By far the most common reason accounts get hacked is that they had easy to remember and simple – sometimes even trivial – passwords.
In other words, the accounts have easy to hack passwords. Passwords like a pet's name, a friend's name spelled backwards, a favorite movie catch phrase, a significant other's name (or "iheart" followed by that name), and so on.
Hackers are extremely resourceful at guessing and ferreting out those all-too-common password schemes. And sometimes it's not even the hackers that end up with your passwords.
Here are seven key steps to keeping an account from being hacked due to simple and common password theft.
read more: 7 Simple Steps to Keeping Your Account From Being Hacked
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One thing is for sure with Windows XP and Vista computers, over time you will have installed many hotfixes and a service pack or two from Windows Update. For many people, you may not have to worry about which updates are being applied to your system
But what if one day, you need to verify if a hotfix has been installed on your computer. One way you can check is to open up Add or Remove Programs from the Control Panel.
As you can see, viewing updates from Add or Remove Programs don't offer much information for each update and is pretty useless. Instead there are better alternatives that provides more useful hotfix and service pack information installed on your system.
read more: How To Display List Of Hotfixes Installed On Your Windows XP Or Vista Computer
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Happy New Year everyone from Watching The Net!
Once again a new year is upon us and it's time to take a few days off and enjoy the holiday. So if you somehow can still read this post after ringing in the new year all night long, there is probably one thing on your mind. How to get rid of that hang-over.
Drink a lots of liquids and watch College football all day!
Happy New Year 2010!
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From us to you, Seasons Greetings to everyone from Watching The Net.
It's time to get away from your Computer and Internet problems (Ho Ho Ho, hopefully Santa fixed you Computer today!) and enjoy these great Computer parodies of 'The Night Before Christmas'.
Happy Holidays From Watching The Net
'Twas the Night Before Christmas For Computer Owners
(WTN Comment – floppies!! what are floppies?):
' Twas the night before Christmas and all through the nets
Not a mousie was stirring, not even the pets.
The floppies were stacked by the modem with care
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.
The files were nestled all snug in a folder.
The screen saver turned on, the weather was colder….continue reading
'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Computer Version 1)
(Scroll down to second version)
' T'was the night before Christmas, and all through the shop,
The computers were whirring; they never do stop.
The power was on and the temperature right,
In hopes that the input would feed back that night.
The system was ready, the program was coded,
And memory drums had been carefully loaded;
While adding a Christmasy glow to the scene,
The lights on the console, flashed red, white and green…continue reading
'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Computer Version 2)
(Scroll down to third version)
' Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a peripheral was stirring, not even a mouse.
The modem was plugged to the phone line with care
In hopes that a download soon would be there….continue reading
'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Computer Style)
' Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
not a peripheral was stirring, not even the mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
in hopes that new software soon would be there.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
while visions of the Internet danced in their heads…continue reading
'The Night Before Christmas: Microsoft Version
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, except Papa's mouse.
The computer was humming, the icons were hopping,
As Papa did last-minute Internet shopping…continue reading
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Unlike big Corporations that you may work for, having a strict policy for changing your own GMail, Yahoo Mail, AOL, Windows Live Hotmail or any other email password probably does not exist.
If you are like many users who use Internet based email, most likely you have not changed your password recently, or for that matter, still have the same password since the day you first created the email account.
If you never experienced having your email account hacked, consider yourself lucky. Believe me, you don't want to experience it. Worse, having a false sense of security in thinking that no one will ever find out your email account password is just ridiculous thinking.
read more: Take The Poll: When Do You Change Your Email Password?
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In today’s online world, having a strong password is a must. However, the problem with strong passwords is that they can be difficult to remember.
Altering the passwords you currently use by adding a meaningful symbol is one step toward making them difficult for Internet thieves to crack. Here is a list of symbols, some suggested uses, and some examples of how to incorporate them into your passwords:
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