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Shane's Top 5 “Aha Moments”
Shane Hamelin is a tech expert who works for CompuQuest USA Inc.
The Top Five “Aha” Moments
1.) I’m connected to the Internet but my browser will not display websites.
Answer: Some malware will make normal connection to the Internet impossible by changing your Internet Connection settings to use a proxy server. If you are having problems connecting to the Internet and perhaps getting messages about a web page not being available follow my simple steps to change the Proxy Server back to the correct server.
a) Start then go to control panel.
b) Click Internet options, then connections
c) Click LAN settings then it will open automatic configurations.
d) Remove all the check marks you see on automatic configurations and proxy server
e) Press OK
2.) My laptop will power up but I only have a “Black Screen”
Answer: You turned on your laptop, but the screen is BLACK! You see that the laptop has power but besides that nothing is happening. Some cases, its just static buildup and these simple steps can fix this issue on all brands of laptops.
a) Take out your laptop battery.
b) Remove your AC Adapter Cord, that’s the wall power plug; remove …
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Fake MS Patch Tuesday…Beware!
Malicious attackers are taking advantage of event-based social engineering attacks,and are using fake notifications for Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday to attach a copy of Trojan.Backdoor.Haxdoor, …
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Anti-Mac Malware Gets Serious
The folks on the “Dark Side”,i.e. Apple fan boys, have often scoffed at the need for anti-virus software as if Macintosh machines were somehow invulnerable. This week the world got lots of proof that “it ain’t necessarily so.” …
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Great Alternative Security Companies
Big security vendors like Symantec and McAfee may have name recognition but if you’re looking for dependable alternatives to the big guys, here are some places to start.
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The Usability of Passwords
Danish blogger Thomas Baekdel posted a fascinating article on how using simpler passwords is actually much safer than using complex ones that are hard to remember. The crew will discuss this during the opening segment of the 4/30/11 Show. …
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Let Me Google That For You
This is a really fun site for helping someone see how easy it is to ask a question and get answers. (Let Me Google That For You). Here is an example
Ed Rudel
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SEMCO: The Future Is Now
(Note from the Editors of Internet Advisor: We publish this address delivered at the 35th anniversary gathering of SEMCO on 4/10/11 because of some interesting perspectives both on the past and the future of computing.)
The Future is Now!
By Warner Mach
I would like to address six examples to show why the “future is now” in the rapidly developing computer world. SEMCO started in 1976. These are some of the reasons why what was science-fiction in 1976 is reality in 2011. Sometimes we are imbedded in the culture and don’t see the tremendous changes that have occurred:
(1) Overcoming limitations: We no longer deal with the limitations such as computer speed, limited memory, and limited external storage.
(2) Telecommunications: The universal Internet as a solution to the communications problem.
(3) Virtual Worlds: The world of Second Life and multi-user games.
(4) The “Watson” supercomputer that beat the human Jeopardy contestants.
(5) Simulation of brain neutrons: Henry Markram and the “Blue Brain” project.
(6) Seymour Wolfram and a “New Kind of Science.”
So imagine, if you will, that you have stepped out of the time machine from 1976.
(1) Overcoming Limitations:
I think that, for people who have been in …
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Internet Search tips and tricks
Ed Rudel Special Search Tips (Click on link to hear the segment of our 4/09/11 program where we discuss the tips and the new addition to the Toolkit)
Can you imagine the internet without web search capabilities? We would have to know specific web site addresses for every web site we visit. A simple comparison would be memorizing all of the phone numbers we use on a daily basis and if we needed to find a new business or person we would have to look the information using the yellow or white pages.
Internet search portals provide the ability to type in a simple name, phase, or question and display a list of web site links that contain the words you provided. These search results can be overwhelmingly huge and may or may not pertain to the information you were looking for.
The more specific the information you provide (the search criteria) the better the results. Internet sites like “Google, Bing, Yahoo, or About.com are continuously refining and improving but there are a number of tips you can use to improve your Search results on your favorite Internet search site.
If you have an Internet Search tip or trick, send …
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