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January 2014: Got a cell phone or an email account? Then it’s easy to make your online accounts hundreds of times safer — just add two-factor authentication (2FA). Online powerhouses like Google, Microsoft, Apple Yahoo! and others let you sign up with just a few clicks. Here are the links you need to hop on …
January 2014: Leap into 2014 with a freshly organized digital life so you can streamline your day, find things at a glance, not forget what you’re supposed to do and have more free time. What a super New Year’s resolution! Part One of our Massively Helpful Tips for Microsoft Outlook series explains how you can …
December 2013: Gone are the days when you had to run all over town to get ready for the holidays. No longer must you find a pen and paper. Or search for coupons. Or buy holiday cards. Or even remember which day of Chanukah it is. Why? Because – there’s an app for that! Here …
December 2013: If you’re a CEO, CFO, CTO, nonprofit director, part of IT leadership or just want to leverage your technology to grow your business, you’re in luck! Each month we publish concise, useful advice about top IT issues. Here’s a bullet-point sampling. Are there IT areas you need to know more about so you …
December 2013: When hackers broke into Adobe’s network a couple of months ago, they stole millions of account holders’ information — talk about a communal leap backwards! On top of that, it turns out that nearly two million of those account holders were using the exact same password: 123456. And the next most popular was …
December 2013: Good news! You can now decrypt CryptoLocker without paying a ransom. Follow the instructions — Leapfrog approved! It sounds like a fun app or a kids’ Halloween party game – CryptoLocker. Instead, it’s ransomware that’s infecting computers across the US and holding hard-drive data hostage. CryptoLocker gets onto your PC via an email attachment and runs …
November 2013: What are the best (and worst) features? iPad Air Great: Lightweight, A7 processor, faster WiFi, stable ecosystem, sleek design, iPad mini version (late November) Not so great: Price, no keyboard with trackpad option, no gold tone as with new iPhone 5S Reviews: CNET, Heavy.com, AnandTech (video), BGR Surface 2 Great: Tablet-laptop combo, keyboard …
November 2013: Are you including metadata tags on your company’s important files — tags like Private, Restricted, Classified or Super-Duper-007 Top Secret? If not, should you? Tagging your files is a key component of Data Leak Protection (DLP), which strategically protects data by monitoring it and blocking it from being shared with unauthorized people. Us …
November 2013: Got a smartphone attached to your hand? Then you need anti-malware! That lovely little computer is so handy and helpful that it’s easy to forget it’s also a portal into your most sensitive information. Many cybercrooks spend all their waking hours figuring out how to get at people’s data so you need to …
November 2013: You can find out what your old smartphone is worth in just a few clicks. All you do is enter the model and condition and presto! You see what buyers are willing to pay as fast as a frog can hop to the next lily pad. Some buyers want your phone even if …
