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According to Sophos research, an unprotected, un-patched Windows PC has a 50/50 chance of infection by an Internet worm in the first 12 minutes it is on-line. This article lists the 10 things you should do to a new PC before you even consider connecting it to the Internet

Pop-ups refer to windows that are displayed on your computer screen for the purposes of advertising. Pop-ups occur when you browse certain websites. Some websites are funded by selling advertising space. More radical sites hawk their wares by flooding your computer screen with clever ads. There is lots of money in this type of advertising, and that is why they do it...

Our Debian Linux Server has just reached its second year anniversary, and I thought I would take this time to give you an update on our experience.

Are you tired of making lists of “things to do” or projects to check up on? Would you like an easy way to get progress reports on tasks assigned to assistants, team members, or coworkers? The Tasks feature in Outlook may be what you are looking for.

Most of us can easily set tasks for ourselves to keep organized and focused, never missing a deadline. But what if you are heading a team or have an absent-minded assistant? That’s when assigning tasks with Task Manager will really come in handy, and this is how we do it...

Tired of typing the same list of items across a number of Excel cells for each worksheet you add to your workbook? Then learn how to create a named formula that will enter the data for you, and this is how we do it...

You're almost at the end of drafting your new client's contract when you realize that you used the registration symbol (®) throughout the Microsoft Word document instead of the copyright symbol (©). You would think you could simply go to Edit | Find and replace all instances of the ® symbol with the © symbol; unfortunately, it's not that easy, but this is how we do it...

It's common for users to go back to original documentation when they're working with records on a Microsoft Access form. See how easy it is to create a button on a form that uses a hyperlink to open a file in Excel Users will often need to go back to original documentation when working with records on a Microsoft Access form. For example, after bringing up a student's record in the student database, a registrar may need to check the student's attendance records, which the instructor keeps on an Excel spreadsheet. You can create a button on a form that will use a hyperlink to open the instructor's attendance file, and this is how we do it:

Security concerns over Facebook have been raised yet again after a security consultant collected the names and profile URLs for 171 million Facebook accounts from publicly available information. What Then???

QUESTION: I have a Windows XP computer at home and the same at work. I want to know if there is a way I can get to my home computer from work, for instance when I need a document that I made on the home computer? I know there are services like GoToMyPC and others. Is that the best way to do it?...

Is the best way to avoid exposure to malware simply to stay away from smut, porn, and warze sites? Think again! A study by the free anti-virus firm Avast found 99 infected legitimate domains for every infected adult web site. But there is more….