The Google Talk Gadget is clearly more usable than the stand-alone GTalk desktop client or the floating AJAX version in GMail. Here, each chat session opens up as a tab (like Firefox browser tabs), it can show previews of images or video and the chat client can easily be embedded inside webpages. There’s however a […]
Here are 10 ways to keep personal information secure when online: Favour common sense over technological solutions. Keep personal documents safe, preferably in a locked drawer. Shred bank statements, credit card slips and bills before throwing them away. If it’s too good to be true, it is. Never open unsolicited “spam” messages. Delete e-mails offering […]
Any Internet surfer who has a little sense of security and privacy should have this inevitable ware. It is one of my personal favorites and I make it a point that its installed on any system that I use. The best thing about this anti-adware / anti-spyware is that its free. Spybot has other wonderful […]
Some suggestions for staying safe from PortableApps.com… An important thing to keep in mind when using portable applications is that they can be used to spread viruses between machines. While this isn’t as much of an issue when you own or are responsible for the machines you are using it on (say work and home), […]