Internet safety - Know how system intrusion can be done and protect yourself

Did you know it doesn’t matter if you’re connected to the net
24hrs a day or 15 min’s a day your system is vulnerable. Not
only is it vulnerable in that 15 min’s you can possibly loose all
your data get locked out of your own system and have all your
confidential information like your “Bank Account Numbers”, “Your
Budget”, “Your personal home address” compromised.
Don’t give me wrong, I’m not trying to throw you into a state of
paranoia either. What I am saying is that if you’re not careful
you leave yourself open to a wide range of attacks.
Perhaps you’re skeptical and saying to yourself “Oh I don’t do
anything on the net except check my E-mail etc that sort of thing
can’t happen to me.”
Okay I like a challenge let’s do a test!

SYSTEM INTRUSION IN 15 SECONDS
System intrusion in 15 seconds, that’s right it can be done. If
you possess certain security flaws your system can be broken
into in less that 15 seconds.

Limit Your access to Time-Wasting Websites

Picture this: you sit down at your computer to write a report that’s due the
next day. You fire up a web browser to check the company intranet for a document.
For a split second you glance at your home page. “Wow!” you say. “The
Red Sox won in the 17th inning! Let me see what happened...”
Three hours later, no report’s been written, and you want to throw yourself
out the window.

Sound familiar?

It’s too easy to scamper down the rabbit hole of the Web when you’ve got
pressing tasks to work on. At one point or another, you’ve probably burned a
few hours clicking around Wikipedia, Amazon.com, eBay, Flickr, or Google
News and afterward hated yourself for it. This hack uses JavaScript to
blank out certain web sites during times you’re supposed to be working.
First, identify the biggest offenders — the sites you can spend hours clicking
around for no particular reason except boredom, procrastination, or lack of
more creative ways to spend your time..

MediaWiki - Your personal Wikipedia website

The collaboratively edited Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org) is a
vast, searchable repository of information, constantly written and re-written
by its readers. Don’t you wish you or your group could have your own
editable encyclopedia of brain dumps and documentation like Wikipedia? You
can. MediaWiki (http://mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki), the software
that runs Wikipedia, is freely available for anyone to install. In this hack,
you set up MediaWiki on your Windows PC and add and edit pages to your
new, local personalpedia.

YouTube music,movies and videos - Tips to get most out of YouTube

Need a song? Youtube it. Missed your favourite show. Youtube it. Well, it is undoubtedly one of the most visited online sites, with 3 billion page viewers everyday. Here’s a few great YouTube tips and tricks to get the most out of your videos.

VIDEO STREAMING :Having issues with slow video streaming? Go check the (youtube myspeed page) http://www.youtube.com/my_speed and compare it with the speed of your ISP and your area.

Google advanced search - detailed use and tips for every operator box

Google’s search technology has reached the point of high usability. People don’t think, analyze, or really even understand how search works anymore. They just assume it will work and they’ll get the results they need.

But, Google isn’t perfect , atleast not without its advanced search feature.

Thus,here are the steps to use advanced google search like a pro.

Steps

Top 10 most underrated websites

Sure we're all familiar with Wikipedia, Digg, and Bored.com. These popular websites serve as a diversion from everyday boredom by providing entertaining/interesting content. However, are the best websites the ones that are the most popular? After some extensive research, ten lesser known websites were found that rival (and even beat) some of the most popular sites on the web. Here is the list


10. Inked Mag - This website isn't for everyone (which is why it is ranked #10), but if you are a tattoo fan, InkedMag.com is paradise. You can literally sort through thousands of the most kick ass tattoo pictures, join contests, read tattoo-related news, among other things.