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November Tech News and Tips from On-Site Technical Solutions

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4 Easy Ways to Keep Your Computer Safe Few expect malware to infect their computer. Those who do expect it? They stay safe! Continue reading » Protecting Your Mobile Devices While Traveling. No more excuses: It's pretty darn easy to protect your gadgets while you're on the move. Continue reading » These Simple Password Tips Can Protect You from Hackers Computer users today face a daunting task: A growing number of sites require passwords, and security experts recommend that users not reuse the same passwords at different sites. That's a lot of passwords to remember. How many of us really think to write down our passwords and store that piece of paper in a safe place? However, choosing the right passwords today is an increasingly important task as more of us do our banking and shopping online. Weak passwords pose little challenge for hackers, who can decipher them and steal our important financial information. The Atlantic Monthly, though, recently offered some password tips from Alex Horan, who calls himself a "white hat" hacker. In other words, he's a good hacker. Here are some password suggestions from Horan. Passphrase is a better form of protection Horan told the Atlantic that computer users are better off using passphrases than they are passwords. What's the difference? A passphrase is made up of a string of whole words. Good passphrases can be the first line in a favorite book or a lyric from a favored song. These aren't easy for hackers to guess, Horan said. They're also not easy for computers running a brute force attack—hyper-speed password-guessing—to crack. Longer is better It makes sense that longer passwords are more difficult for hackers and computer programs to guess. However, you might be surprised at how much difference a single character can make. If your password is 10 characters long, it can take an average of five days for a hacker to decipher it. If you password has just one more password, it will take an average of 306 days to crack it. And if your password has 14 words? It will take more than 72 million days on average to crack it. Not all sites need smart passwords Of course, not all websites are created equal when it comes to sensitive information. Because of this, Horan told the Atlantic that computer users can use so-called “dumb” passwords—ones that are fairly easy to crack—at certain sites. For instance, if you belong to a writer's group that requires a password, you can get away with a simple pass, but when you are choosing a password for your bank, make sure to use the most complicated one that you can remember. This helps make logging into sites a less arduous task while still protecting your financial information. Read more at the Atlantic Monthly. It's Time to Disable Java on Your Computer Continue reading » Don't Bust Your Budget While Traveling with a Smartphone Continue reading » The Worst Data Security Breaches in History Continue reading »

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Free Webcast: The Small Business Guide to Smartphone Security

Join us for a Live Webcast: What You Need to Know to Effectively Manage Your Risk October 16th at 12:30PM      Click here to register! 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 Visit On-Site Technical Solutions for information on how you can move to Google Apps or other Cloud Computing applications. Call us for all of your network computing and business IT needs. We can also help with your data security and mobile computing. Follow us online below. Call or text me at 1-949-212-2168.   Technorati Tags Cloud IT small business mobile security smartphones

October tech news and tips from On-Site Technical Solutions

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Turn on Google’s 2-Factor Authentication ASAP! It’s the best way to protect yourself from hackers and other mischief-makers. Continue reading » Beyond Bombs: The Military's Cool New Tech  What’s cooking at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)? Continue reading » Gaining Control of Your Email is Simpler Than You Think How many email messages clutter your inbox? Do you have hundreds, maybe thousands, of email messages stored in your inbox? Don't feel bad. You're far from alone. Most of us receive a steady stream of email messages each day. We open and respond to the most important of these. However, we often leave the less pressing email messages for a latter day. That latter day might never come. That's the problem. Fortunately, Rene Shimada Siegel, writing for Inc. magazine, tackles this problem in a recent feature. She provides tips for people struggling to gain control of their email messages. Follow some of Siegel's better tips, and your cluttered inbox might soon be a thing of the past. Don't be afraid of the “Delete” button Siegel writes that the biggest factor leading to cluttered inboxes is our growing resistance to delete old messages. We hang onto email messages for months, even if we haven't actually looked at these particular messages for just as long. It's long hoarding boxes after you move to a new home. If you haven't opened a box for a year, you probably don't need what's inside. Take the same approach with your email messages. Go on a deleting purge every few weeks. Get rid of those email messages that you haven't looked at for weeks or months. You'll feel better after you do. News aggregators are your friend How much of the clutter in your inbox is made up of newsletters and news digests? Probably a lot. Fortunately, you can read most of these through news aggregators. Siegel recommends such aggregators as Google Reader and Flipboard. Once you start accessing these newsletters and digests through aggregators, you can take steps to make sure that these same digests aren't also sent to your email inbox. Doing so will greatly reduce the clutter in your inbox. Mobile cutting works Think of how much time you spend every day waiting for a colleague to show up at lunch, sitting in waiting rooms or sitting on public transportation. Why not take this time to go on an inbox-deletion spree with your iPhone, iPad, or other mobile devices? Those minutes that you spend waiting for something else to happen can add up during a day. If you spend them using your mobile device to delete old messages, you'll take a big step toward un-cluttering that clogged inbox. Of course, some people don't mind having a cluttered inbox, but if you're one of those consumers who can't stand it when their inboxes crack the thousand-message mark, take action today: There's no reason to be plagued by a cluttered inbox. Read more at Inc. magazine. Staying Focused While Browsing the Web Continue reading » Designing the Future of IT Continue reading » Getting The Most Out Of Windows 8 Continue reading »

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