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Are you into downloading ringtones and hearing your newest favorite song whenever someone calls you? It can get pretty expensive if you download a bunch of them. Your cell company loves this because its extra money for them..
Did you know that instead of paying for ringtones, you can customize your own and send them to your phone for free? With the magic of Bluetooth and OS X, you can put just about any song or sound you want onto your phone. Continue Reading…
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Last week I had the opportunity to attend an Apple Professional Seminar. Aside from learning the nuances of many incredible new features of Leopard Server, The speaker said something intriguing.. He said that for those shutting down the computers at night – “Bad Idea.” and that for energy efficiency, its better to leave a computer in sleep mode than to shut it down for the night. I’ve always held the logical thought that if something is off, its better for energy savings than something left in sleep or stand-by mode. So, I decided to research this claim and here are the results. Continue Reading…
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The best way to protect your data from unwanted viewing is to use encryption. In Part I of this tutorial we created a simple encrypted image using the Disk Utility application included with OS X. Now, let’s create a custom encrypted ultra secure image to store personal files that can be used in Windows, OS X and Linux. It’s actually easy to do with the open source TrueCrypt and here’s how: Continue Reading…
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Computers are more personal today than they were years ago. We store many parts of our life now on hard drives, CDs, DVDs, and USB flash drives. What happens when this data is lost, or stolen? I wouldn’t feel comfortable with someone being able to access my tax returns, financial receipts or vacation photos. Would you?
The best way to protect your data from unwanted viewing is to use encryption. Even better is how easily this can be done. Here’s how to do it: Continue Reading…
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The internet is great for just about everything but with the sheer amount of information online, how do you keep up? Just check a few sites and read some articles and you’ve already spent an hour. Wouldn’t it be great if you could check all the sites you normally read at once, and read only what you want to read? All with the click of one button.. Sound too good to be true? It’s not. Welcome to the world of RSS feeds. Continue Reading…
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