Install Avast Mobile Security – Kindle Fire

Amazon’s Kindle Fire is one of the hottest android tablets for 2012. For $200 you simply cannot buy a better tablet. Though with that incredible price also comes a catch…Amazon locks you in to the Amazon app store and prevents you from acquiring apps through the android market. While Amazon provides a decent selection of apps, there are a myriad of great...

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SOPA – PIPA: What is it?

With all of the craziness taking place in the world these days it wasn’t hard to notice Google, Wikipedia and many other sites protesting the latest efforts of the media industry to combat online piracy. Stop Online Piracy Act, aka…SOPA, is the latest effort to bring the world of online piracy to it’s doom. The main idea behind the act is to...

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Computer Security Standards – NSA – National Security Agency

The NSA, National Security Agency, has published a list of techniques for securing your computer in accordance with their own computer security standards. Every computer operating system has vulnerabilities that can be exploited especially when it comes to computer viruses and malware. A list of security measures is available for every computer operating system....

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Identity Theft / Password Security

Identity theft, online security, password security…these are all terms that unfortunately have become ubiquitous in the homes of the United States. It seems we can’t go a few days without hearing something on the news about someone having their identity stolen. Quite possibly you may even know of someone that had their identity stolen. It is annoying...

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Apples / Macs now get viruses – Why?

When someone thinks about a computer that is immune to virus attacks their first thought is a Mac. Why is it that Macs always seemed to be immune to computer viruses? Well, there are a number of reasons why Macs were immune to viruses and malware. Before we begin, let’s debunk the myth that Macs simply do not get viruses. It’s just not true anymore. There...

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