Tech Tips

July 2010

How To Untag Yourself on Facebook

by Barbara J. Feldman July 28, 2010

Sooner or later it’s bound to happen. One of your Facebook friends thinks that photo of you is just so hilarious. They’ve uploaded it and tagged you. And now it’s there for all your friends to see. You, however, don’t think the photo is all that great. In fact, you hate the photo and wish [...]

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How To Opt Out of Behavioral Advertising

by Barbara J. Feldman July 21, 2010

Behavioral advertising is online advertising based on your history of online activity. For example, if you visit an online shoe vendor, as you travel around the Internet, you might notice ads from that vendor appearing on unrelated, third party sites. This “trick” is accomplished by small cookie files that are stored on your computer by [...]

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How to Build a Web Site

by Barbara J. Feldman July 14, 2010

While there still may not be such a thing as a free lunch, Oakworth Business Publishing does offer a free ebook about how to build a web site. The 300-page downloadable PDF covers basics such as registering a domain name and procuring a web host, as well as more advanced subjects such as building a [...]

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Increase Browsing Security With New Firefox Plugin

by Barbara J. Feldman July 7, 2010

Many sites that support secure transmission via HTTPS, still don’t offer encryption as a default, or sometimes they combine pages with both secure and insecure items. HTTPS Everywhere, a new Firefox plugin, makes it easier for Firefox users to always use the secure version of a number of popular sites. This is useful for those [...]

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