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You may have heard that some personal information for 24 million customers of Zappos, the online shoe-store giant, was breached last month. The hackers didn’t get access to complete credit card numbers (just the last four digits) or unencrypted passwords (just the encrypted ones), but they did get access to names and street, shipping and …
Does the thought of becoming safer online seem as enticing as getting a jump on your taxes? You’re not alone! Even us frogs don’t like to slow down. So here are five super (and we mean SUPER) easy things you can do to protect yourself online while barely breaking your stride: Tip 1: Disconnect from …
Now that there are cloud solutions for every size business, communication tools that eliminate the need for desk phones (and even desks) and collaboration tools that let teams work together virtually, tethering employees to an office could actually be slow-tracking your business. In fact, studies prove that teleworking (also called telecommuting) can give you …
As if it weren’t awesome enough already, the tablet you know and love (or are considering buying) can expand your screen horizons, too. Just connect it to your computer with a simple app setup and tada — a second monitor. A wireless second monitor. Multi-taskers and multi-appers, rejoice! By dragging the items that clutter …
Netbooks — the small, lightweight, highly portable laptop computers that were once hot-hot-hot — have evidently had their 15 minutes of fame after having been soundly dethroned by tablets. So what’s the laptop industry to do? Hop on some major improvements! 2012 is poised to be the year of the super-slim, super-powerful, super-stylish Ultrabooks …
If you’ve not ventured into the $10 billion touchscreen tablet market yet, you’ve got a decision to make: will you go for the heavyweight Apple iPad … a full-featured contender like HP TouchPad or Motorola Xoom … or a lighter-weight media tablet like the smokin’ hot Kindle Fire from Amazon.com? Amazon.com is betting you’ll choose …
For the excitement of shopping for the best holiday deals without the threat of being pepper sprayed in a mob scene, hop online, of course! But beware: ‘tis the season to be ripped off. Scammers and hackers crawl out of the decorated woodwork to prey on sale-happy holiday shoppers because the odds are so good. …
You almost have it in your little froggy fingers…the piece of electronics you’ve had your eye on. But do you spring for the insurance policy — otherwise known as the extended warranty, service contract or protection plan? On one hand, electronics are more complicated and expensive to fix than ever. On the other hand, they’re …
Are you paying for a data plan for your smartphone and a text plan, too? Then you should know something about texting that may make you hop for joy: there’s an app for that! And it’s free. Each major mobile platform now offers at least one free texting app that lets you send as many …
You can’t accuse cyber criminals of being lazy. Online fraud, theft and techniques to infiltrate business networks keep getting more innovative and sophisticated. The FBI says professional cyber thieves can now find each other easily online to join forces and pull off capers — it’s a very effective business model. Here are some new tactics …
