Tech Tips

January 2009

A Few Google Shortcuts

by Barbara J. Feldman January 27, 2009

Knowing a few Google shortcuts can make everyday searches easier and faster. Here are two of my favorites. “weather:90212″ returns a four-day weather forecast for Beverly Hills. Just substitute your own zip code for more relevant results. “phonebook: lois lane” returns about forty-two results. Maybe one of them is the Lois are you looking for. [...]

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How to Create a PDF on a Mac

by Barbara J. Feldman January 13, 2009

Unlike Windows users who need extra software to create PDFs, Mac users can easily convert any document or web page to PDF with tools built right into the Mac OS. The basic steps are to select Print from the File menu, then click on the PDF button in the lower-left hand side of the dialog [...]

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How Someone Can Steal your Identity Through the Back Button on your Browser

by Barbara J. Feldman January 8, 2009

Identity theft is a serious problem in our day and age, and largely because of the Internet. The Internet has provided us with so many wonderful opportunities for communication and business exchanges. Someone across the world can look at your website and purchase something that you make. They can also socially or professionally interact with [...]

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How Someone Can Steal Your Identity Through a Phishing Scam

by Barbara J. Feldman January 8, 2009

For those of us who are not aware of all the tricks of the Internet and email, identity theft can be a serious problem. Even those of us who have used the Internet for years can be caught off guard by a cleverly designed scam. You have probably received lots of emails from unknown sources [...]

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How Identity Theft Occurs Through an Unsecured Internet Connection

by Barbara J. Feldman January 8, 2009

Few of us have had to deal with the terrible affliction of identity theft, but if you assume that it won’t happen to you think again. With the creation of large scale electronic communication, whether through email or the Internet, people’s personal information is everywhere. This has allowed people to do wonderful things, both personally [...]

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Can someone steal my identity through sites with unsecured payment methods?

by Barbara J. Feldman January 8, 2009

Identity theft is a terrible reality of our world. This is not to say that it never occurred in olden days, but it has occurred much more since the invention of the Internet. This miracle of the modern world is that we can communicate over huge distances, but this distance also produces problems. It used [...]

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