The Top 10 Personal Cyber Security Tips

1. Keep Your Software Up to Date As we saw from the stats above, ransomware attacks were a major attack vector of 2017 for both businesses and consumers. One of the most important cyber security tips to mitigate ransomware is patching outdated software, both operating...

7 Steps to More Data Security

These tips will help you stay safe from identity theft and other digital dangers By Allen St. John Consumer Reports March 2019 Just Say No “Be stingy with personal information,” advises Justin Brookman, Consumer Reports’ director of consumer privacy and technology...

New Image Formats Coming to Web Publishing

Most anyone who has worked with digital files is familiar with JPG/JPEG, TIFF, PNG,and GIF files, as the dominating formats for designers doing online publishing. Here comes some new formats. Check out the article guide below courtesy of Freecodecamp.org....

There May Soon Be Three Internets. America’s Won’t Necessarily Be the Best.

A breakup of the web grants privacy, security and freedom to some, and not so much to others.  By The Editorial Board The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section. Oct....

Justice Department Sues to Stop California Net Neutrality Law

How so very different, smarter, cleaner, more just, and well balanced, the country would be if more of it were like California. By Cecilia Kang, Via NYTimes, Sept. 30, 2018 WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Sunday sued California to stop the state’s...
7 Steps to More Data Security

7 Steps to More Data Security

These tips will help you stay safe from identity theft and other digital dangers By Allen St. John Consumer Reports March 2019 Just Say No “Be stingy with personal information,” advises Justin Brookman, Consumer Reports’ director of consumer privacy and technology...

Enjoy Paris Without Letting Language Get in the Way

Enjoy Paris Without Letting Language Get in the Way

Even if you don’t know French, these two mobile apps and one theater-themed site give visitors a way to enjoy everything Paris has to offer. A new app will help navigate visitors to spots like the Louvre museum. NYTimes By Shivani Vora April 18, 2018 Travelers headed...

How to Turn Off Smart TV Snooping Features

How to Turn Off Smart TV Snooping Features

Smart TVs collect data about what you watch with a technology called ACR. Here's how to turn off this tracking. By James K. Willcox Last updated: February 07, 2018 3.3K SHARES How much does your TV know about you? That’s one of the basic questions we asked when...

SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES TO KNOW ABOUT IN 2017

SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES TO KNOW ABOUT IN 2017

Here's more than you want, or frankly, need to know about social media, but still, thanks to Jamie Spencer from makeawebsitehub.com for compiling the list. Human nature by default has been programmed to be socially active to a certain extent. Some people are more...