Facebook Places: How to Regain Control Over Your Privacy

On 08/29/2010, in facebook, privacy, by Brian

Facebook recently launched Places, a location-based function that enables mobile Facebook users to check-in to locations you visit. This has a very similar model to the popular location-based social media site Foursquare. This new feature enables any Facebook user to mark and share your or their location. You can see everyone who’s checked-in at current [...]

5 Free Super Utilities to Clean & Optimize Your PC

On 07/15/2010, in utilties, by Brian

You fire up your PC, then you patiently wait… and wait…and continue to wait as your computer feels like it’s getting slower as the days go by. Sounds like it’s time to do a little spring cleaning to clean and optimize your system. This post provides 5 free, yet outstanding utilities to do the trick.

5 Most Popular Encryption Applications to Keep Your Files Private

On 06/20/2010, in privacy, by Brian

When working with any files that contain sensitive or private information, one must be extremely cautious. Whether it’s work files or those you want to keep wandering eyes from viewing, encrypting your files keeps them safe and secure. Today, I wanted to highlight the 5 most popular encryption applications.

This Week in Android Apps – Spotlight on Top Security, Productivity & Social Apps

On 03/27/2010, in android apps, by Brian

In this weeks edition of “This Week in Android Apps,” we explore the most popular applications in productivity and social categories, while also highlighting three very useful security applications.

How to REALLY Hide Your IP Address

On 02/13/2010, in security, by Darko

Today’s post is from my previous guest author, Darko Twist from AllSearchRecords, a site that is dedicated to helping you discover cool and useful internet resources, tips and so much more. Enjoy! – Brian A while ago I wrote a post on web proxy sites and how they can help you hide your IP address. [...]

Facebook Privacy – Can You Track Who Visits Your Profile?

On 01/23/2010, in facebook, by Brian

I’ve been asked whether there are Facebook Applications that users can utilize to track who visits their profile, views their photos, etc. I wanted to highlight a few things from the Facebook Help Pages so we can better understand who can see our profiles, posts, photos, videos, etc. Can you know who is visiting your [...]

Best in 2009 – 15 Security Freeware Tools for Windows

On 12/26/2009, in security, by Brian

Now that 2009 is almost a wrap, let’s take a look at the some of the best free security, maintenance and utilities for Windows. With the list of outstanding freeware available, purchasing security software is becoming a thing of the past. The software below is categorized and features some of the highest rated software via [...]

10 Essential Apps to Protect Your BlackBerry Data – BlackBerry Enthusiast

On 11/11/2009, in blackberry apps, by Brian

Staying on the topic of Privacy, I wanted to share my recent published listing of 10 BlackBerry Apps to Protect your personal BlackBerry Data in the event of theft, unwanted access, etc. Below is an excerpt from the listing. To read the rest, please do keep reading at BlackBerry Enthusiast’s 10 Essential Apps to Protect [...]

Tools to Protect Your Privacy Online – IP Masking, VPN & Proxy Servers

On 11/09/2009, in security, by Brian

Wikipedia, defines online privacy as “the ability to control what information one reveals about oneself over the Internet, and to control who can access that information.” Anonymity on the internet is an excellent defense, but it’s difficult to be anonymous when you’re required to submit online forms for various reasons, such as ordering items online. [...]

10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know – AllFacebook.com

On 10/28/2009, in facebook, by Brian

Today, I stumbled upon an outstanding article that will help you lock up your Facebook account from the world. It was written in February, but is still very relevant. I wish I would have found it earlier. Here’s a summary of allfacebook.com’s 10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know. Use friends lists Remove yourself [...]

10 Tips to Make Your WordPress Hack-Proof

On 09/23/2009, in blogging, by Brian

In browsing through various YouTube videos today, I found one that could be quite helpful for WordPress users. Since spam can be overwhelming and vulnerabilities exist, I wanted to share this video by guvnr.com that provides 10 tips to help you secure your WordPress Blog. These tips show you how to upgrade your WordPress theme, [...]

Top 3 Free Anti-Virus Programs

On 06/10/2009, in movies, by Brian

Anti-virus protection for your computer is a must! Viruses can infect your computer and cause harm, many times without your knowledge. Anti-virus programs work by utilizing signatures to search for known malicious patterns in executable code. Ant-virus software can be quite expensive, but why pay? There are some outstanding free programs that work just as [...]