Ever thought about starting up your own website? Need to access your home computers from the outside world? Set up a security camera system and want to view it remotely? Since most internet service plans have a dynamic or changing IP address, any reason you can think of to contact your home network has to work with an IP address that could change at any moment.
You can solve this problem with Dynamic DNS. Here’s how it works:
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There’s a little bit of disappointment in Apple’s iPad announcement. Many were expecting an earth-shattering new device and all they got was an oversized 3G iPod Touch. As a follow-up to my recent article, Why you should relax about the new Apple Tablet, I’m going to explore why I’m not sure about the new iPad. There’s a great deal of potential in it, yet the first generation isn’t quite there yet.
Here’s six things the Second Generation iPad could use, and the likelihood we’ll see it:
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There are other .MP3 players out there besides the iPod. Sandisk makes the Sansa line, Creative makes the Zen series, Sony has its Walkman, ARCHOS is popular and don’t forget about the Zune.
Not everyone’s .MP3 player is an iPod (or iPhone). Some are recent switchers, new to the Mac. Others wanted something less expensive or received it as a gift. Whatever the reason, a huge question for you is “Does my non-Apple .MP3 player work with OS X?”
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In part one, we looked at turning on SSL to encrypt the reading and sending of emails. This secures you from eavesdropping on your local and / or ISP network. The minute your email goes through a non secure connection, which is quite often, its not secure anymore. The way to guarantee that your private emails remain private is to encrypt the email itself.
Encrypting emails sounds like something extraordinarily difficult that only spies do. I think that once everyone sees just how easy it is to encrypt emails, it’s surprising that more people don’t.
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Searching the internet is tricky. Looking for a common term like Apple, OS X and Mac will give you way too much information. You already know that you should get specific and descriptive. What if you still find way too many results that don’t satisfy your search? Or worse, results that have nothing to do with what you’re looking for.
Here are 9 Google tricks that will make you into a super search ninja.
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