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Tech Tips and Tricks & Advice – written in plain English.

World Series Bound

Congratulations SF Giants!

Tonight the Giants beat Philadelphia and won the NCLS. Now it’s on to the World Series to play the Texas Rangers.

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Image source: San Jose Mercury News online

Folks, I hope you’ll forgive my non-tech digression.

It’s been a rough past couple of decades being a sports fan here in the Bay Area…

October 23, 2010 Posted by | News | 8 Comments

Step-by-Step Security Tutorial – Firefox

How to Configure Firefox to Stay (More) Secure Online: Step-by-Step

If you are interested in Tech, and visit Websites such as this one, it will not be very long before you read about Firefox. And, it won’t be long before you see NoScript mentioned. Odds are, you already have (loyal T4E readers surely have!). Safer surfing is a popular topic here.

Today, instead of simply telling you “be safer”, I have a link to a step-by-step slideshow tutorial: How to Configure Mozilla Firefox for Secure Surfing

“With assistance from the United States Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT), we’ve created this slideshow to help you configure Mozilla’s Firefox Web browser to stay secure and safeguard your privacy while surfing.”

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click for slideshow

(Internet Explorer users, click here for your slideshow tutorial)

In this digital age, we are all connected, and each of us plays an important role in securing cyberspace.

It Is National Cyber Security Awareness Month

So do your part. Make sure your web browser is “hardened” against online attacks.

Related: Block IFRAME For Added Protection

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October 23, 2010 Posted by | advice, browsers, computers, Firefox, how to, Internet, security | , , , , , , , | 2 Comments