Archive for October, 2007
October 25th, 2007
Did you know you can subscribe to your favorite blogs and websites using RSS?
What’s RSS, you ask? RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication; it’s a “web feed” format used to publish frequently updated content (like blog entries, news headlines, or podcasts). The feed is syndicated (published), and readers can subscribe (or bookmark). You can tell that a website has an RSS feed if there is a feed indicator in the address bar of your web browser or if the site advertises a feed (like the links at the bottom of the TechNotes homepage). (Read more…)
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October 15th, 2007
This is the third in a series of posts on Digital Security from TechNotes.
Setting up an account password for your personal computer protects you from two kinds of “snoops”: hackers who try to login to your computer remotely; and curious roommates, friends, neighbors, or strangers who have physical access to your computer. For further protection, don’t set your computer to auto-login and have it prompt you for a password when the computer goes to sleep.
If you share your computer with roommates, friends, or siblings, consider setting up multiple user accounts, each with their own passwords. This will protect your information and allow you to control how much access other people have to your computer and what they’re allowed to do. (Read more…)
Posted in Tips | Tagged mac os x, security, windows vista, windows xp | No Comments »
October 12th, 2007
Free music — where can you get it? Downloading copyrighted music and video is illegal and against Smith’s Acceptable Use Policy, but there are plenty of free & legal alternatives.
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October 12th, 2007
Copyright-infringement is a hot topic. Stay safe & informed. (Read more…)
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October 10th, 2007
Released yesterday (10/9), Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.3.8 Update “fixes a vulnerability that an attacker could potentially use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code.” (Read more…)
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October 9th, 2007
Run Windows Update tonight and bypass Clean Access. Microsoft released four security updates today that will be enforced by Clean Access on Thursday (10/11).Updating Windows now instead of waiting for Clean Access to enforce the update will be faster — and you won’t be temporarily kicked off the network either.
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