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Online Christmas Gifts for Under 25 Dollars

It’s a jump on the Christmas season, definitely, but the fact is that people are anticipating Christmas, ordering their gifts earlier, finding more stuff online that’s cheap and buying earlier so that...

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Just Host Weasels Out of Paying Commission-And Check out their reasons….

Well I’ve been talking recently about how to make money online for those of you who are considering making affiliate sales part of what you do on your blogs. Now let’s talk about how not to make money....

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US Bank-Security in Action? Not Quite

Does it strike you as just a TINY bit odd, with all the phishing going on that US Bank sent out this incredibly stupid email to their customers AFTER having one of their databases stolen?   Okay now we...

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SEO Trends in Marketing

One of the saddest new SEO and marketing trends that I’ve personally seen come along since I began the internet trip more than 10 years ago is a very recent one. Granted, it’s a bad economy, but this...

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Website Security and Major 2011 Website Breaches

Top Companies Hacked so far in 2011 In a world that is becoming more focused on the internet, a great website presence, and hard hitting electronics, new websites come online nearly every second of hte...

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There’s a Worm in Your Apple

and realistically, its not the virus we’re talking about– Apple execs in charge may be the real worm here– It took a while, but finally Mac Coughs up the Truth MAC computers, known by users around the...

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Top Reasons to UPDATE Your Software & Stop Being Lazy

The best new viruses, the top malware hitting the shelves this year seems to have one thing in common. All of it depends on you. Users who don’t update their websites, or their browser, or their...

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The Biggest Threat to Your Online Security

Today, with so many older Americans using the internet, as well as so many very young people, taking the time to teach internet security is important. Not only adults, but also children who may be...

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Computer Protection-More Important Than Ever.

it is important that we say something up front. It is essential for you to understand that there is no such thing as a totally secure operating system or web browser. Doesn’t matter what Windows or Mac...

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Surfing the Web Anonymously – Questions to Ask

When you surf the web it is possible to learn information about you even when you don’t want to advertise who you are. This is true even if your system contains no virus or malware software....

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Zone Alarm-What Is It? What’s It For?

Malware. An odd sounding word created to lump all malicious software programs, including viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, adware, and other malevolent codes into one cause-your-computer-serious-hurt...

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Thousands of Twitter Accounts Breached.

It looks as though Twitter has been the latest in a string of hacks that are affecting social media sites. It appears as though more than 25000 and perhaps as many as 55000 Twitter accounts fell prey...

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Hotmail Attacks Still in the News -PayPal Phishing on the Rise

In April of 2012, whitec0de.com offered information about rampant hotmail attacks that were released by the dev point forums. The exploit apparently leaked out into the main hacker community and a...

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Linked In Breach of Security Nets How Many Passwords?

Was Linked In Hacked?   Many millions of people use Linked in for business networking and to gather testimonials or to interact with business partners or acquaintances. If you are one of those people,...

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Best Buy Brilliance-”Geek Squad” Company Displays Their Technical Inexperience

Apparently some Best Buy customers have been seeing their accounts disabled and the company is sending warnings to the users asking them to log in and change their password after some attempted...

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RFID Technology-Secure, or Scary?

Those little chips known as RFID are fast becoming part of our world. For those who don’t know what RFID is, you’re probably still carrying one. RFID is Radio Frequency Identification Device, and they...

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NoAdware.net, Let the Buyer Beware.

NoAdware is being touted as the next best thing since pockets and peanut butter for those who want to travel more safely on the net. The reality is that NoAdware.net has been submitted to the CNN...

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