Archive for the ‘High Tech’ Category

How To Secure Your Personal PC

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Photo by Don Hankins (Note: while this article contains much general information, the scope of solutions and resources is limited to Windows-based computers.) There are only two words you need to know about securing your personal computer: imaging and backup. An image is a snapshot of your primary hard drive at ...

Easily Identify Your Single Most Important Piece of Software

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Photo by Truth Went Trendy As you muddle through yet another boring task on the word processor, the computer's sluggishness becomes annoying. In a huff, you bang open the Task Manager to see what is hogging all of the CPU's cycles. Hmmph! It's that updated version of Whiz-bang 2000. This is ...

Phishing Attacks: 3 Ways to Protect Yourself

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Phishing attacks are attempts to steal passwords and other personal information. One way fraudsters do this is by tricking people into visiting fake websites. There are other dirty tricks used to commit identity theft. Consider three ways to protect yourself from phishing attacks: education, intuition and technology. Phishing Education Photo by VolaVale You ...

Printable Sudoku Puzzles Using Microsoft Excel

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Does the world need yet another printable Sudoku puzzle software? Of course it does. I wanted to make one using my creaky spreadsheet programming skills. Along the way, I made a startling discovery… Get Printable Spreadsheet Sudoku Now! If you just want the spreadsheet, here's what you have to do: Go to ...