 | Tip of the Week: Protect Yourself With 2 Factor Authentication We've discussed this many times before, but it's such an important step in fighting off the threat of having your online accounts taken over. 2 factor authentication requires that you have something you know (your password) and something you own (your smartphone) in order to access your accounts and we highly recommend it! Here's how to set it up. |
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 Headwhack of the Week: Windows 8 Getting Started Tips If you or anyone you know was taken by surprise by how different Windows 8 was from previous versions, you aren't alone. If you are whacking your head while trying to get used to the 'new way' of doing things. Checkout these 15 getting started tips.
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Geek Speak of the Week: Daemon and Mailer Daemon:
In multitasking computer operating systems, a daemon is a computer program that runs as a background process, rather than being under the direct control of a user. A Mailer Daemon in the Internet's standard e-mail protocol SMTP, a bounce message, also called a Non-Delivery Report/Receipt (NDR), a (failed) Delivery Status Notification (DSN) message, a Non-Delivery Notification (NDN) or simply a bounce, is an automated electronic mail message from a mail system informing the sender of another message about a delivery problem. The original message is said to have bounced.
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 Security: Think Your Data Is Safe? Think Again A new study says that overseas hackers are stealing as much as one terabyte of data per day from governments, businesses, militaries, and academic facilities. Is your data safe? Read how they are doing it here. |
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 News: 6 Strikes You're Out
CAS the Copyright Alert System is an effort by content owners (mostly in the entertainment industry) to monitor public data on peer-to-peer networks for what they consider illegal sharing of their music, movies or software. Does CAS have any teeth? You decide. Read the whole story here. |
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 News: Pandora Is Sick Of Moochers No music for you! Pandora Media Inc said it would cap free mobile listening at 40 hours per month as it tries to overcome rising royalty costs. Will this impact your use and enjoyment of Pandora? Probably not. Ready why it won't. |
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 Data Doctors Video: Laptop Battery Management You're working on that big project or report when suddenly your laptop battery dies. It can happen to the best of us, and does. Here are some advanced battery management tips that will give you better advanced warning, before your battery dies. Here's how you manage your battery.
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Mobile App of the Week: Finish The app to help you stop procrastinating. The app, developed by two high school students, lets users set short, mid, and long-term tasks. As the date for the task to be done nears, the app notifies the user. The idea is to not let anything sneak up on procrastinators. Check out Finish for iOS devices.
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Weekly Advice Column: Can I Legally Copy My Commercial DVDs?
Copyright laws are extremely complex and when it comes to encrypted DVDs in particular, it's so complex that it requires a legal expert to explain what you can or can't do with the DVD movies that you purchase.
So we asked our legal expert and here's what she said! |
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The Radio Program: Copyright Alerts, Bye Mouse, Txt Snooping & More The entertainment industry has finally put some teeth into copyright violations. Introducing the pirate police CAS or Copyright Alert System. How will this 6 strike warning system impact you? Bye, bye mouse, a new tech is leaping on to the scene and it's a better way to control your PC. Leap Motion turns your computer control into a gesture based swipe, not on the screen, in midair. Can your company read your texts sent at work? That question gained lots of traction on Facebook this week, we'll tell you what they can and can't do. It's the tech show for non-tech people, the Data Doctors Radio Program. Ask your questions during (or before) the broadcast using our Facebook page. Join us each weekend as we discuss your computer questions.
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