Did you get a new computer for Christmas? Are you setting up a new computer for someone? We got a list of free programs that you should put on the new computer for the not-techie person and a list for the techie person.
The first thing you need to do is uninstall all those programs that come on the computer that are shareware and trialware and just advertisements. Directions for removing all this junk software is in a great PCWorld article.
Hak5 is a video podcast on the Revision3 network. Hak5 is a show about computer and network security, Do-It-Yourself, home-brew, open source, and generally just wanting to know how and why things work. They speed a lot of time explaining how easy it is to hack into a network (lately mostly wireless network) to show how easy it is unless you take the necessary steps to be secure.
Hak5 is a weekly show hosted by Darren Kitchen, co-hostess is Shannon Morse, and the occasional guest. The same people bring up HakTip a bi-weekly show that is a shortened version of Hak5.
OpenDNS is a free for personal use and a low cost business solution for controlling access to the Internet. It is “the easiest way to prevent malware, botnets and phishing attacks, and make your Internet faster and more reliable.”
It can help speed up how quickly your computer finds and loads webpages and with the parental controls you can block adult content. For business, they can not only block adult content from the office network, but also block access to time wasting website like social networks, online games, and other unproductive websites.
Article taking from post on ChurchMag on 11/9/11.
We often hear on the news about hackers or hacker groups stealing information from computer networks. Movies from Hollywood romanticizes computer hacking, but they don’t explained how computer hackers really do it. It almost seem mystical and magical. They do their voodoo and then have your password, credit cards, and first born child. This is not the case. Hacking is usually many long hours of trial and error and often does not lead to any results. Hackers often work in volume and at some point will find an unprotected system.
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