Mar 19
In its mission to drive more people online to view their ads, Google sometimes stops to take the time to construct informative, simplified tutorials and reference materials to help everyday Web users understand a core aspect of modern computing. Recently, they launched an excellent campaign focusing on online safety, called “Good to Know.” Read more
Whether you are troubleshooting a misbehaving browser or seeking a way to preclude tracking of your web activity, deleting a variety of temporary information stored by your browser is a useful task that should be periodically performed.
Today’s tip will show you how to accomplish this task with minimal fuss. Read more
Windows only: While many of us are loyal devotes of a particular browser for our web surfing needs, some of us are promiscuous. Continuously, we are curious and need to explore the newest, cutting-edge features, regardless of the browser developer.
If you are anything like me, and spend your days bouncing from browser to browser, you might want to utilize this tool to keep your browsing sessions running as smooth as possible. Read more
This is the first entry in a multi-part series. Part 2
Often, I serve as free tech support for my family. While I’m troubleshooting their issues, I cannot help but notice that although they have been using computers for most of their lives, they are only experiencing a subset of what their PCs can do because they’re using techniques that greatly impede the speed and efficiency of their computing experience.
One reason that many people who are considered technologically literate appear to be so fluent is because they have mastered simple aspects of interacting with their PCs. Once this initial source of friction is removed, you can begin to unleash your computing potential.
So, today I am publishing the first entry in a new series entitled Back To Basics, which focuses on fundamental aspects of computing that, once committed to memory, will greatly increase your ability to utilize your tech. Read more
Firefox only: The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), the protocol which the World Wide Web operates on, is a stateless protocol, i.e., it does not require the server to retain information about each user for the duration of a session. In laymen’s terms, this means the protocol does not have a memory. Imagine going to your favorite website, and having to re-log in every time you jumped to another page on the site or reloaded the page you were on. Read more
Sep 24
Security and the protection of an individual’s online activity is becoming an ever more relevant issue for the global citizen. Whether we are being monitored by a malicious third party, an employer, an ISP or our own government, security and privacy in online communications is seen by many as a basic human right. If you adhere to this belief and would like to know how to obtain a satisfactory level of security with relative ease, I would like to introduce you to Tor. Read more
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