Tips & Tricks Archive

How to Protect Yourself from Internet Hackers and Spies

Chances are you do a lot online. You may pay your bills, shop for household items, or even download the occasional movie. In other words, internet users are now sharing their financial information over the internet now

Creating Effective Marketing Strategies That Deliver Results

Effective marketing means focusing an organization’s resources to doing something that brings about increased profits and leadership in a targeted niche. It takes into account how the company successfully captures, engages and retains customers over its competition.

Original Corporate Gift Bag Ideas

The corporate gift bag has become slightly staid, predictable and boring; usually comprising of a card wallet, a pen and a thank you card, all of the items are often thrown away without a second thought. However,

How to Keep Your Mobile Gadgets Safe in the Workplace

The good news is that many companies are instituting a B.Y.O.D. (bring your own device) for employees that require smartphones, tablets and/or laptops. The bad news is the responsibility for protecting these devices falls to the user.

How to Use Today’s Tech Gadgets to Better Your Health

Technology all too often gets blamed for a number of modern societal woes, from cyber-bullying to bad grammar to unemployment. But this just doesn’t seem fair when you consider all of the ways in which technology has

Handling Second-Hand Technology

  At the staggeringly rapid rate that technology is improving, manufacturers regularly release newer, faster, and more powerful models. Naturally, this constant progress, combined with the emergence of online sites than can be used for buying and

How to Protect External Data from Viruses and Worms?

The simplest way to protect your portable device from infection is to use a portable antivirus. The most robust portable antivirus solution is ClamWin, an open source anti-virus. However, ClamWin is not as good on performance and

How to Securely Format Drives on Computer?

Sometimes, it is important to delete data. This can range from sensitive documents to keyfiles. The ability to erase securely is more important when using public computers, or shared computers. Also, if you are selling away old

Was Vista Secure?

It’s easy now to look back at Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system and berate the company for OS’s shortcomings, but the truth is far more complex, according to one security researcher. At the second day of the annual