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How protect yourself self while online?

Verify data is encrypted When sending confidential information over the Internet such as usernames, passwords, or credit card numbers only send it securely. To verify this look for a small lock ( ) in the bottom right corner of your  browser   window  or next to the address bar  (as shown below). If visible, this lock should also be in the locked position and not unlocked. Internet Explorer 7 secure address bar We also suggest making sure the  URL  begins with  https  as shown above. While the lock is in the lock position, data is  encrypted , which helps anyone from understanding the data if it's intercepted. When no lock is visible or in the unlocked position all information is  plaintext  and if intercepted could be read. If a webpage is not secure, such as an online forum, use a password you wouldn't use with protected sites such as your online banking website. E-mail is not encrypted Websites should not transmit confidential data over  e-mail , such as passwords, credit ca

How to open Windows 8 pinned website tiles on the desktop Internet Explorer

             Being able to pin websites to the Windows 8 Start Screen is a convenient feature to get where you want to go faster, but if you noticed by default any web page that you pinned will open in the Internet Explorer Metro style version. This may be something that not every user is going to like, if this is your case this is going to help you modify that behavior and open web tiles on the desktop. Follow the next steps to open pinned websites in the desktop version of Internet Explorer: 1  Even though there are two versions of IE (desktop and Metro) in Windows 8, both share a common place to configure settings, and they are all located in the Internet Options. In the Start Screen type:  Internet Options , click  Settings  below the search box, and from the left click  Internet Options . 2  From the Internet Options navigate to the  Programs  tab, and check the option “Open Internet Explorer tiles on the desktop”. Then click  Apply  and  OK . That’s it, now every time you pin a n

Multiple Usernames & Passwords No More: OneID Unveils Its Next-Gen Identity Service

Today, our online identities are fragmented across an array of usernames, email addresses, screen names, social media accounts, passwords, and on and on. We struggle to remember our login info and passwords, so oftentimes we use a few simple passwords that are easy to remember, or find ourselves turning to hints or inboxes to remember our forgotten permutations. Of course, this can cause cracks in our security armor, especially when it comes to online transactions, leaving us vulnerable to online thieves and no-goodniks. Enter:  OneID , a San Jose-based startup launching in beta today that is aiming to play a role in the next-generation of digital identity with a service that eliminates the need for multiple usernames and passwords. With OneID, users can securely log in to websites (across platforms), paying online with one single digital identity. Many have gone after the single sign-on holy grail, but as of yet, all have been rebuffed, because no one wants to hand over all their sens

જાણે-અજાણે થતા કમ્પ્યૂટર સંબંધિત ગુનામાં પણ સાઇબર લોની કડક જોગવાઈ

         હાઇટેક બની ગયેલા આજના યુગમાં લોકો ટેક્નોલોજીનો ભરપૂર ઉપયોગ કરતા થઈ ગયા છે, પરંતુ મોટાભાગના લોકો ટેક્નોલોજીનો ઉપયોગ જિજ્ઞાશાવશ કરતા હોય છે, જેમાંથી ઘણાખરા તો એવાં કૃત્યો કરી બેસે છે, જે ઇન્ફોર્મેશન ટેક્નોલોજી એક્ટ મુજબ ગંભીર ગુનો બને છે.             ફેક આઈડી વડે કોઈને પરેશાન કરવા, કોઈને બીભત્સ મેસેજ કે ઇ-મેઇલ કરવા, સોશિયલ નેટવકિઁગ સાઇટ્સ પર બીભત્સ ટિપ્પણીઓ કરવી વગેરે બાબતો આજે યુવાનોને મોજમસ્તી અને ટાઇમપાસ લાગે છે, પરંતુ આવાં કૃત્યો સામે કોઈ વ્યક્તિએ જો વાંધો ઉઠાવ્યો અને ફરિયાદ કરી તો સજા અને દંડ અથવા બંને થઈ શકે છે.  સામાન્ય રીતે યુવાનો મજાક-મસ્તી કરવા વાઇરસયુકત પેનડ્રાઇવ અથવા ઇ-મેઇલ બીજા કમ્પ્યૂટરમાં નાંખે છે અને કમ્પ્યૂટર બગડી જાય છે. આવા સંજોગોમાં કાયદા મુજબ  R  પ કરોડ સુધીનો દંડ થઈ શકે છે.  યુવાનોને મોજમસ્તી અને ટાઇમપાસ લાગતી વાત જિંદગીભર પરેશાની આપી શકે :  કોઈએ તમારા કમ્પ્યૂટરનો દૂરપયોગ કર્યો તો પણ આફત -      કોઈ વ્યક્તિએ ઇરદાપૂવર્ક તમારા કમ્પ્યૂટરનો ઉપયોગ કોઈ ગુનાના કામ માટે કર્યો હોય અને પછી પોલીસ   તપાસમાં તમારા કમ્પ્યૂટરનો આઇપી એડ્રેસ જણાઈ આવે તો પોલીસ તમને પકડી શકે છ

COOL AND USEFUL USB FLASH MEMORY DRIVES – 36 AMAZING GADGETS

In the last years, the USB flash memory drives have evolved a lot, from the capacity of 256mb to 128gb and maybe even more. The interesting thing is that their capacity isn’t the only thing that evolved, the design also suffered some lovely changes. New and inventive designs are put on memory sticks almost every week, the products being either really cheap and accessible or expensive and luxurious. In this article, you will see the coolest of all USB flash drive collection, having bad ass looking drives, useful ones, crazy looking ones but more important, inventive and interesting pieces of work. T-600 USB Drive Steampunk Scorpion USB Drive Mario USB Drive Resident Evil 5 USB Chainsaw USB Flash Drive Lighter Star Wars USB Drives Transformer USB Drive Steampunk-Inspired USB Stick USB Wooden Clip Flash Drive Hamburger Flash Drive Rocky USB Drive Uzi-Shaped Flash Drive Clip-it Lexar Media Echo SE and ZE USB Chocolate Popsicle Flash Drive USB 8GB Flash Drive Lighter Tiny Canon 5D Mark II U