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Basic Browser Security – Private Browsing

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privatebrowsingThis article covers private browsing for Windows, Linux, and mobile platforms.

Private Browsing
(Also called Privacy mode, InPrivate browsing, Incognito mode.)
Basically when using private browsing most of the stuff usually stored on your computer by the browser no longer is. Among other things this includes cookies, history, and passwords. The security advantage of this is obvious (less stored information = less chance information is compromised). This browsing mode is not only useful on public machines but also shared computers at home and on mobile devices. [Read more…] about Basic Browser Security – Private Browsing

Goodbye Geeks.com?

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geeksdotcomGeeks.com has closed its virtual doors, at least for now. Inevitable I guess but still sad.
From the wording of the announcement it seems to me they may be looking for a buyer or partner.
I’ve ordered from them many times over the years with positive results. I wish the staff good luck.

Random Friday Stuff

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hailtotheredskinsShort version today. I’m off to watch the Redskins practice!

Paul Thurrott has an interesting take on Windows 8 usage:
“So over 1-in-3 Windows 8 licenses sales were downgraded (or not otherwise used).”
Slightly surprising but understandable given many peoples feelings about Windows 8.
For those who are interested, here is How To Downgrade Windows 8.

Puran File Recovery 1.1 released. “Version 1.1 Added support for multiple languages” Those guys really need a blog or Twitter page, or something. My review here.

Hope y’all have a safe and happy weekend!

Random Friday Stuff

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isheepYou hardcore overclockers should head over to Ninja Lane. They reviewed the beautiful Gigabyte Z87X OC and they liked it.

Apple fanboys are excitedly parroting the news that Apple was named “brand of the year“. To the rest of us it affirms the moniker iSheep.

Houses and cars are predictably being hacked. I’ve always wondered why “critical systems” are connected to the outside world. For you and me our houses and cars are about as critical as it gets.

“Tweak and Customize”. These are synonyms dude. Just sayin’. 😉

Windows NT is 20 years old!

“XP Retirement Party”. This infographic made the rounds this week with many Windows pundits saying good riddance. The poster was really just cry for you to buy Windows 8. While Microsoft and many Geeks agree that folks should move on, perhaps they should ask, “why the resistance?” Maybe, just maybe, they should give folks what they want and stop trying to tell them how they should be using their PC. Start menu anyone?

Sir Mick Jagger turned 70 today. How he made it that far is beyond me. Cheers Mick (hope you get a Little T&A). :clink:

Hope you all have a great weekend! I’m headed out to a Redskins Rally for a beer or two (checking out the cheerleaders too 😉 )

Tuesday Random Stuff

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space12345Random Tuesday morning news from around the web.

Ed Bott is at it again: The Metro hater’s guide to the Windows 8.1 Preview

Tom’s Hardware has tested 31 USB 3.0 Thumb Drives. Their “winner” is the SanDisk Extreme 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Model SDCZ80-064G-A75. A comment to the article led me to check out the Newegg reviews in which 45% gave this drive one star (as of this writing). Faster isn’t always better.

Wanna know what wi-fi would look like?

Do not mess with Kevin Rose’s dog!

New pics from NASA of the Earth from 898.414 million miles (1.445858 billion kilometers) away.

Acronis True Image 2014 Beta Invite

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ti2013_logo2Acronis True Image 2014 Beta Invite

What’s New?
– Disk backup to Acronis Cloud Back up your system or other partitions directly to the Cloud saving all data and partition structure.
– Bare metal system recovery from the Cloud When your system becomes unbootable or you change your hard drive, you can recover your system from Acronis Cloud using Bootable media.
– Incremental recovery from the Cloud When you recover a partition from the Cloud, data is recovered incrementally. It makes the operation very fast.