Archive for October, 2008

Don’t Get Phished

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

Phishing is the term used when the bad guys try to trick you into giving them sensitive information on a fake website.  Wikipedia of course defines Phishing well. Microsoft does a good job explaining it also. But here's a simple video explaining it. YouTube - Phishing Scams in Plain English There are ways ...

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Update Facebook via Text Message using Twitter

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

If you are on Facebook and you tend to update your status line and you like to text message people, there is no reason you shouldn't also be on Twitter. Let me explain why and how. I've talked before about how I feel the new Facebook design is better for ...

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Access Gmail Unread Messages Fast

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Quick tip for Gmail users who need to see sort their email to see what is unread: perform a search by typing in the search box "is:unread".  You'll get the entire list. For more on this, see the Google Tutor.

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