privacy
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LockThis! Password Protects Your Open Programs
9:00AM Whitson Gordon | Windows only: If you’ve ever wanted to keep a program safe from prying eyes but don’t want to close it, free utility LockThis! will let you easily protect any open program, so that un-minimising it requires a password. More »
Work
MyPorts Gives You Detailed Information On Open Ports
10:00AM Whitson Gordon | Windows only: If you’re looking for a simple solution to secure your connection, free utility MyPorts shows you what open ports are being actively used and which may be unnecessary. More »
Organise
Google Latitude Adds Location History, Alerts
3:35AM Adam Pash | If you’ve been using Google Latitude to find your nearby friends, you’re in luck: Google updated Latitude with location history and alerts for when your friends are nearby. If you don’t love having your every step tracked — well, it’s kind of creepy. More »
Money
2:30PM Angus Kidman | Scammers are forever thinking up new ways to part consumers from their money, but often nothing more than a mildly convincing pitch for an in-demand product is needed. More »
Online Ticketing Scams On The Rise
2:30PM Angus Kidman | Scammers are forever thinking up new ways to part consumers from their money, but often nothing more than a mildly convincing pitch for an in-demand product is needed. More »
Work
Google Dashboard Provides A Top-Down Look At Your Google Use
11:30PM Kevin Purdy | Ever wanted to take a step back and look at all the Google apps and data you’re hooked into? Google’s offering that top-down view with Google Dashboard, a central clearing-house for app settings, privacy information and use statistics. More »
Work
4:30AM The How-To Geek | Think that your browser’s private mode keeps your browsing completely private? Not so! More often than not, you’re still leaving traces of your browsing session behind, and today we’ll tell you how to get rid of them for truly private browsing. More »
How To Really Browse Without Leaving A Trace
4:30AM The How-To Geek | Think that your browser’s private mode keeps your browsing completely private? Not so! More often than not, you’re still leaving traces of your browsing session behind, and today we’ll tell you how to get rid of them for truly private browsing. More »
Fix
Prevent Google, Bing And Yahoo From Tracking Your Clicks
2:05AM Kevin Purdy | Every time you click results in Google, Yahoo or Bing, a special URL tracks your click—and makes it annoying to copy and paste. The CyberNet blog runs down click-track-preventing tools for all three search engines. More »
Communicate
Avoid Messier Break-Ups By Locking Down Your Web Life
1:05AM Kevin Purdy | Seeing your just-separated ex with a new fling on Facebook? Painful. Seeing that they’ve run through your Gmail? Devastating. Ars Technica suggests a well-considered checklist of changes to make to your online accounts in the wake of a severed relationship. More »
Work
3:00AM The How-To Geek | We’ve all been there — trying to do something else while we’re supposed to be working for the man. Sure, they are paying us, but can’t we get a little break every now and then? More »
Create The Perfect, Customised Boss Key With AutoHotkey
3:00AM The How-To Geek | We’ve all been there — trying to do something else while we’re supposed to be working for the man. Sure, they are paying us, but can’t we get a little break every now and then? More »
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