Gary Eckstein General Technology 0 anti-virus, antivirus, Australia, Canada, chat rooms, computer identity, computer protection, facebook, Hong Kong, information theft, korea, malware, New Zealand, Online, Privacy, privacy safeguards, scammers, security, social networking, social networking sites, Software, technology, virus protection
This week is ‘Privacy Awareness Week’ 2010 and as such it is urged that we familiarise ourselves with our rights, obligations and best-practice in relation to privacy. The few recommendations below, from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, are related to Computer identity and information theft. They are well worth reading through: Make [...]
Gary Eckstein WordPress 0 Akismet, Automattic, blog, filezilla, firefox, free web software, Gravatar, Matt Mullenweg, polldaddy, security, technology, VaultPress, web, website, WordPress
Matt Mullenweg of WordPress fame has announced the (beta) release of VaultPress. WordPress and the guys from Automattic are well-known for their very reliable and simple to use software and services (they are responsible for Gravatar, Akismet, PollDaddy and other awesome and usually free Web software and services). VaultPress is likely to add another high [...]
Gary Eckstein General Technology 0 amazon, Amazon Kindle, apple, Apple iPad, E-book, Ebooks, Internet, junk mail, pollution, samsung, sony, Sony Reader, technology
Here are five suggestions for helping the environment whilst making your life easier: 1. Have a “no junk mail’ sign on your letterbox In Australia 8.2 billion articles of junk mail are produced each year with the majority being binned before being read. It is quite unbelievable how much junk mail I was receiving at [...]
Gary Eckstein Smart Grid 0 Alcatel Lucent, business, electricity, greentech, IBM, infrastructure, Motorola, Silver Spring Networks, Smart Grid, smart-meter, technology
Smart Grids, the ‘next wave’ of massive infrastructure investment is set to be a huge industry. Many organizations and governments are ramping up for the required changes in electricity infrastructure. Smart Grids are creating very attractive opportunities for companies not traditionally associated with electricity; For example tech companies such as Cisco, Motorola and Alcatel Lucent [...]
Gary Eckstein Internet 1 Badware, google, Internet, malware, Online, PayPal, security, seo, Software, technology, Tools, URL, website, websites
Want to know if your website has been compromised by Malware or spam links? Part of Search Engine Optimization is ensuring the integrity of a Site. There are two excellent and related free Online Tools out there to assist with knowing if your site is ‘clean’ or not: Google Safe Browsing This great Tool notifies [...]
