A Few Items (for your Friday)
TGIF
Folks, here a few items for your consideration:
* The transparent citizen – How can I actively prevent others from misusing my data?
“The Internet has become the primary means of communications in many people’s lives. This, however, comes at a price: it is impossible to completely remove anything once it has been uploaded.
- How much information should I disclose about myself?
- What does the Internet know about me?
- How can I actively prevent others from misusing my data?
These are important questions that we would like to address.” Read more..
[.. it would be nice if the answer wasn’t “you can’t”.. and nicer still if people had realized that fact a little sooner.. ]
* Four privacy settings you should enable in iOS 7 immediately
“If you downloaded and installed iOS 7, there are a few privacy settings that are turned off by default that you should enable right away.” Read more..
* Five things missing from the iPhone 5s you can get in Android smartphones
“The new Apple iPhone 5s will sell millions and require long lines this Friday, but as we read through the reviews we see Apple held back quite a bit with the latest high end offering.” Read more..
[If you are thinking of buying a new iPhone.. uh, well, read the article. I really don’t care that it comes in gold.. it’s last years tech at next month’s prices. And, yes, I’m sure it will sell quite well… ]
And let’s not forget Microsoft.. Microsoft Rushes Emergency Fix To Address Internet Explorer Attacks
“Microsoft said targeted attacks are attempting to exploit a remote code execution vulnerability impacting all supported versions of the browser.” Read more..
[ if you have Internet Explorer installed – and 99.9999% of Windows PC users do – read that article and implement the “Fixit”. ]
From the It Was Fun While It Lasted Department:
* BlackBerry Reports Nearly $1 Billion In Losses, Begins Layoffs
“BlackBerry reports up to $995 million in losses for its fiscal second quarter and says it will layoff 4,500 employees.” Read more..
Fiday Fun (Video):
Today’s quotable quote: “Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” ~ Christopher Robin to Pooh (A.A. Milne)
Copyright 2007-2013 © “Tech Paul” (Paul Eckstrom). All Rights Reserved.
>> Folks, don’t miss an article! To get Tech – for Everyone articles delivered to your e-mail Inbox, click here, or to subscribe in your RSS reader, click here. <<
All we really have, in the end, are our stories.
Make yours great ones. Ones to be proud of.
• About Tech Paul
I am a Retired computer & network technician. I used to think the machines were pretty cool. Now I don’t.
They’re anything but.
I regularly posted how-to’s and tricks & tips and general computing advice here starting in 2007. (Use the Search tool to find answers. But be aware, many are rather dated.) Sometimes I answered (your) specific questions in an article if I believed the answer was generally helpful to “everyone”. All the writing you see was my own, typos and all. There always is/was an implied “IMHO” in what you see here.
Note: You are responsible for using this blog and its content. I am in no way liable for any losses caused by user error, viruses and/or other malware, hardware or software failure, or any other conceivable reason.
-
Say "thank you!" Buy Tech Paul a cup of coffee (and keep T4E ad free).
-
-
McAfee® Cybersafety Resource Portal, an online help center designed to assist victims of computer crime and provide information on how to avoid becoming a victim.
-
Subscribe to Tech--for Everyone by EmailRecent Comments
-
-
-
-
Also:
-
-
Tech - for Everyone 