Bearing Good Fruit with Technology
I recently wrote a guest blog post for Christian Home Industry. You can find the full article here. One of the topics I covered was the danger of technology and especially the Internet. Excellent tools exist to help with the proactive and preventative measures needed to protect ourselves and our family members from the many hazards. One tool that I recommend is Covenant Eyes. Covenant Eyes is an Internet filtering and accountability service that is customizable to the needs of each individual computer user. A mobile browser for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch is also available. Please...
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Patch Tuesday
Several years ago, Microsoft decided to set a schedule for releasing updates to the public. Since a lot of the updates require rebooting computers, businesses and individuals were finding it difficult to predict when updates would be available for critical systems. Sometimes one update and reboot would be completed, then new updates would be released within a few days requiring another round of installs and reboots. The decision then to just postpone those updates until a later date would leave systems vulnerable to the problems which the updates aimed to fix. Microsoft decided on the...
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Shopping on the Internet has become a convenient way to quickly find that needed item or holiday gift. Price comparison shopping these days is much simpler than it was before retail businesses had websites to advertise their products. Trusting a retail website can be difficult – how do you determine if the site is legitimate and not full of dangerous links that could cause harm to your computer via malware? I found another free tool that helps you identify safe sites from an Internet search. AVG LinkScanner aids in identifying potential threats before clicking on a search...
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When a news story of interest crosses my path, finding trustworthy information on the Internet can be a challenge. High profile stories like the Tiger Woods accident this past weekend are prime targets for those who desire to capitalize on curiosity. Some of the links from searches are packed with malware, a short name for malicious software. Be careful to click only trustworthy sites, especially on searches. A lot of computer virus and spyware problems occur by accident, simply by clicking something that installs the malware without your knowledge. One tool that I depend on to help...
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