Tech Tips

January 2008

The Importance of House Rules and Internet Use

by Staff January 31, 2008

You may be asked by your children why it is so important to have house rules for Internet usage. There are many reasons to have rules for using the Internet. Having rules creates less of a chance for fighting among all people in the house. It will create more organization for you and make it [...]

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Is Second Life an MMORPG?

by Barbara J. Feldman January 28, 2008

Many people have heard of Second Life either because they participate in Second life or because they have overheard people talking about Second Life. For those of you who have only heard of Second Life in passing conversations you might be wondering just what Second Life is. Many people tend to think that Second Life [...]

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How to Meet People in SecondLife

by Barbara J. Feldman January 28, 2008

One reason that people join second life is for the social aspect of this game. Basically this is a great way to meet new people; you can find people from various countries playing this game. And along with meeting new people comes another major aspect of this game which is communicating with other avatars. There [...]

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Profile of a Phishing Scam

by Barbara J. Feldman January 28, 2008

One of the most popular online frauds is a phishing fraud. What happens here is that the people running this fraud usually send you an email from a website that you normally trust, such as PayPal, your bank, credit card companies, etc. In the email they tell you that your account information needs to be [...]

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What are Signs of Phishing?

by Barbara J. Feldman January 28, 2008

Here are some of the best signs of phishing; basically these are going to be the things that you look for in order to tell if the email is legitimate. •One thing that you are going to need to do is to look for some misspellings on the email. Many times words will be misspelled [...]

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