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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Free Webcast: The Small Business Guide to Smartphone Security

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What You Need to Know to Effectively Manage Your Risk

October 16th at 12:30PM

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Smartphones are now a staple in business. But with the added flexibility and functionality that these powerful devices provide, comes increased risk. Documented instances of smartphone malware were 273 percent higher in first half of 2011!Join us for a live webinar and we’ll show you how to limit your exposure to the data security risks affecting mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.
Topics will include:

Why you should care about smartphone security
The top challenges of smartphone security
Steps you can take to boost smartphone security at your business
Frequently asked questions and common misconceptions

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Monday, September 3, 2012

Monthly tech news and tips from On-Site Technical Solutions

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Monthly tech news + tips from On-Site Technical Solutions, Inc.

Apps That’ll Save Your Skin
Smartphone apps that are smart to have in an emergency.
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Your Daily Brain Food
These stimulating Twitter feeds will tickle your grey matter.
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Safety Tips: Public Wi-Fi

Public Wi-FI is an important tool. It allows today's mobile computer users to access their email messages, scan the web, and download photos and videos while in coffee shops, public parks, and hotel lobbies.

But this convenience comes with a cost. Public Wi-Fi can come with serious security issues.

You never know who might be spying on you as you surf the web in that bookstore.

Fortunately, you can protect yourself while using public Wi-Fi, and the TechNewsWorld website outlines how to do it.

Look for HTTPS

TechNewsWorld author Patrick Nelson writes that you should always make sure that any sensitive websites that you are using — especially those dealing with your financial or other personal information — use what is known as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protection.

You can tell when you're accessing a site with SSL protection because the address bar in your web browser will use the "HTTPS" designation instead of the "HTTP" protocol. The "S," by the way, refers to "secure."

HTTPS encrypts the data. This means that cyber spies will see nothing but gibberish if they're spying on your public Wi-Fi surfing.

Use a Virtual Private Network

If the site you want to visit doesn't feature SSL protection, you can still protect yourself from Wi-Fi snoops. You'll have to create a Virtual Private Network (VPN), though, to do so. Such a network creates a type of tunnel from your location to the Internet. Everything in that tunnel becomes encrypted.

Fortunately, Nelson spells out in his TechNewsWorld story how to do this.

First, you'll have to do a web search for a VPN provider. You can go with either a free source — which will often restrict the amount of data that you can consume — or a fee service. Once you find a VPN provider that you like, sign up for an account, and follow the instructions to download and configure the VPN.

When you want to launch the VPN, select it from the network options choice in your Windows taskbar. Then open your web browser. Your web traffic will now be encrypted.

Wi-Fi cautions

This may seem excessive, but it is the best way to protect yourself when using public Wi-Fi.

Remember, cyber criminals aren't going anywhere, and these criminals are big fans of Wi-Fi. If you need to access sensitive websites in a public location, make sure to protect yourself, or you might wind up in a financial mess.

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Point, tap, brush and listen - Google Translate for Android

Technology is moving much faster than it ever has in my 25+ year career in technology. This is a wonderful time to be alive.

Think Scotty in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), (back when I was a relative newcomer to business technology) attempting to talk to a computer in 20th century San Francisco:

You won't be talking to your phone to translate, but forget the keyboard - take a picture and listen to the translation.