The Complete Guide to Avoiding Online Scams (for Your Less Savvy Friends and Relatives) - Scams - Lifehacker
Keep safe and avoid these main 5 online scams.
Keep safe and avoid these main 5 online scams.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Did you know that 3rd party applications, and Facebook can use your Facebook posted photos and pictures in their ads? Yes, they can now.
To block your pics from showing up in ads on your friends' FB pages:
Go To
Settings
Privacy Settings
News Feed and Wall
Facebook Ads
Close the pop-up that appears (Worried about Privacy? Your photos are safe)
Change this setting:
Allow ads on platform pages to show my information to
Choose: No One
Save Changes.
Now, scroll down to the next one:
Show my social actions in Facebook ads to
Choose: No One
Save Changes
Done - go back to your home page in Facebook.
(Thanks for the heads-up Richard U.!)
To block your pics from showing up in ads on your friends' FB pages:
Go To
Settings
Privacy Settings
News Feed and Wall
Facebook Ads
Close the pop-up that appears (Worried about Privacy? Your photos are safe)
Change this setting:
Allow ads on platform pages to show my information to
Choose: No One
Save Changes.
Now, scroll down to the next one:
Show my social actions in Facebook ads to
Choose: No One
Save Changes
Done - go back to your home page in Facebook.
(Thanks for the heads-up Richard U.!)
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Best Antivirus Application: AVG - antivirus - Lifehacker
I have been using and recommending AVG Free for years now for a number of reasons
- It is very good at finding and removing threats compared to other programs (including paid ones). Many times I've cleaned up peoples' computer that were running paid versions of Norton or McAfee. AVG found and removed what these programs could not.
- The interface is very easy to use
- The annoyance factor is low - updates work in the background automatically. And there are few pop-ups trying to get you to upgrade to the paid version.
- It is far less of a resource hog than most security programs
- Fast - with version 9, it is faster at scanning than before
I've used other free security programs and still prefer AVG Free over the others.
And, occasionally there are glitches, but they usually minor and are quickly rectified with new program/definition updates. Most security software has glitches occasionally and some are worse than others.
Get AVG Free's latest version here at Filehippo.
Read more about AVG Free here.
I have been using and recommending AVG Free for years now for a number of reasons
- It is very good at finding and removing threats compared to other programs (including paid ones). Many times I've cleaned up peoples' computer that were running paid versions of Norton or McAfee. AVG found and removed what these programs could not.
- The interface is very easy to use
- The annoyance factor is low - updates work in the background automatically. And there are few pop-ups trying to get you to upgrade to the paid version.
- It is far less of a resource hog than most security programs
- Fast - with version 9, it is faster at scanning than before
I've used other free security programs and still prefer AVG Free over the others.
And, occasionally there are glitches, but they usually minor and are quickly rectified with new program/definition updates. Most security software has glitches occasionally and some are worse than others.
Get AVG Free's latest version here at Filehippo.
Read more about AVG Free here.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
TubeRadio.fm - Listen to and watch popular and rare music videos for free with the internet's largest music catalog. TubeRadio, Youtube for Music.
Great for DJing parties.
Watch the demo video at the bottom of the page.
Great for DJing parties.
Watch the demo video at the bottom of the page.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
The Printliminator
Go to this site and watch the demonstration video.
The Printliminator is a bookmarklet that enables you to clean up a web page quickly and easily for printing.
Go to this site and watch the demonstration video.
The Printliminator is a bookmarklet that enables you to clean up a web page quickly and easily for printing.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Facebook Impostors – How To Configure Your Profile To Protect Yourself From Scammers
There are some decent basic privacy tips in this article for Facebook users.
There are some decent basic privacy tips in this article for Facebook users.
Monday, October 19, 2009
The Pros and Cons of 64-bit Windows 7 | Maximum PC
The Pros and Cons of 64bit:
Pros - You can use more than 4GB of memory, so it is great for things like Photoshop, video editing and games (IF you have the 64bit version)
Cons
- 32bit hardware (this means, for the most part here, peripherals - like printers, scanners, things you plug into your computer) drivers won't work in 64bit, and some hardware doesn't and won't have 64bit drivers. - So,some most hardware won't work in 64bit.
- not all programs come in 64bit
- not all plug-ins for Photoshop come in 64bit
- some 32bit programs will not run in 64bit (most will run in 64bit, usually the ones you need to run won't)
- some programs meant to be 64bit don't work in 64bit
- 16bit (very old) programs won't run in 64bit
- few games are written yet to take advantage of 64bit
- not all video editing (or that old video editing program you have) will be written for 64bit (and these 32bit video editing programs are some of the ones that most likely won't work in a 64bit operating system.
Who should get a 64bit operating system?
Someone who is going to be running a or some specific made-for-64bit programs, who also is using new peripherals with 64bit drivers, and won't need to use other software or hardware that is or could be incompatible with the 64bit system.
Who should not get a 64bit operating system?
Everyone else.
Eventually, when most things work with a 64bit system, then it will make sense to get it. Otherwise, I would stick to the 32bit system.
Read more about this at the above link.
The Pros and Cons of 64bit:
Pros - You can use more than 4GB of memory, so it is great for things like Photoshop, video editing and games (IF you have the 64bit version)
Cons
- 32bit hardware (this means, for the most part here, peripherals - like printers, scanners, things you plug into your computer) drivers won't work in 64bit, and some hardware doesn't and won't have 64bit drivers. - So,
- not all programs come in 64bit
- not all plug-ins for Photoshop come in 64bit
- some 32bit programs will not run in 64bit (most will run in 64bit, usually the ones you need to run won't)
- some programs meant to be 64bit don't work in 64bit
- 16bit (very old) programs won't run in 64bit
- few games are written yet to take advantage of 64bit
- not all video editing (or that old video editing program you have) will be written for 64bit (and these 32bit video editing programs are some of the ones that most likely won't work in a 64bit operating system.
Who should get a 64bit operating system?
Someone who is going to be running a or some specific made-for-64bit programs, who also is using new peripherals with 64bit drivers, and won't need to use other software or hardware that is or could be incompatible with the 64bit system.
Who should not get a 64bit operating system?
Everyone else.
Eventually, when most things work with a 64bit system, then it will make sense to get it. Otherwise, I would stick to the 32bit system.
Read more about this at the above link.
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