Comparing today's computers to 1995's | Relatively Interesting

Comparing today's computers to 1995's | Relatively Interesting: I recently stumbled upon a computer science project I did in high school (way back in 1995) entitled “Technology in Society”. We were tasked with finding newspaper articles that demonstrated technology in various work spaces. Discovering a gem like this – especially after a decade and a half has gone by – is eye opening and mind boggling.

Remove Your Google Search History Before the New Privacy Policy Takes Effect - How-To Geek

Remove Your Google Search History Before the New Privacy Policy Takes Effect - How-To Geek: "Starting March 1st Google’s new privacy policy takes effect, so you may want to do a quick bit of web history cleanup work ahead of time. This tutorial from the Electronic Frontier Foundation will show you how to do it and will only take a few minutes to finish."

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How to Republish Your Old Posts Without Upseting Google

How to Republish Your Old Posts Without Upseting Google: "On Monday Ali published a post about getting value out of your archives, and one of the points mentioned was to re-publish your old posts, especially the popular ones, as many of your new readers might not have seen those."

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Browser Add-On Stops Google (and others) from Tracking You Online | PCWorld

Browser Add-On Stops Google (and others) from Tracking You Online | PCWorld: "Concerned about Google and others snooping on your online activity? Then you might want to install a free browser add-in called Do Not Track Plus that can tell Google (and other marketers) to mind their own business."

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The Truth About the March 8 Internet Doomsday | PCWorld

The Truth About the March 8 Internet Doomsday | PCWorld: "Like many memes before it, this dire warning is floating around blogs and sites. It even names a date: March 8 as the day the FBI might "shut down the Internet." But relax, that’s not really the case."

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Completely Delete Data from Your Hard Drive

Completely Delete Data from Your Hard Drive: "It is no big secret that emptying the Windows recycle bin does not actually delete data from your hard drive—it simply marks the space on the drive as re-writable. Data is there until it is written over with new data… and even then, sometimes fragments of data remain."

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Security Tip: Never Type Your Passwords

Security Tip: Never Type Your Passwords: "One of the most common ways to gain control of a website, email account, bank account and what not is to have a key logger installed on the computer of the victim. After that everything you type will be saved into a hidden file, and if you are used to typing your passwords to logging into your website, email and bank the attacked will have access to all of them."

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Best free texting apps - Komando.com, Website for The Kim Komando Radio Show®, Komando Downloads

Best free texting apps - Komando.com, Website for The Kim Komando Radio Show®, Komando Downloads: "ext messaging is emerging as one of the most popular methods for mobile communication. And why shouldn't it be? It's fast, you can hold multiple conversations at once, and it's not distracting in quiet or crowded places."

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Watching: The most popular iPhone passcodes in Kim on Komand @ TVKim

Watching: The most popular iPhone passcodes in Kim on Komand @ TVKim:

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Why Blind Obedience is Killing Your Business | Copyblogger

Why Blind Obedience is Killing Your Business | Copyblogger: "Picture three men racing through a tall hedge maze.
The first man runs off and begins following paths randomly, hoping to stumble upon the exit."

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