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Getting a virus on a Windows machine today is very easy to do but there are some things you can do in order to help reduce the risk of getting infected whilst online. I’ve been using Windows in one form or another since Windows 1995 and in that time I can’t remember a single time were I have had a significant infection on any of my machines. That’s great huh? But you want to kno... »
WordPress is a CMS (Content Management System) that is used by millions of websites and blogs all over the world such as CNN, NY Times, OMG! Ubuntu! and of course RefuGeeks. With so much time and effort going into managing a website or blog, especially when it’s done by one main person like myself for RefuGeeks or Joey Sneddon at OMG! Ubuntu! it’s extremely important to protect your as... »
Ok so I’m sure you have all seen them – pictures of people that are completely black and white apart from a few select bits of colour. There are some camera’s out there that have these kind of effects enabled within them but unfortunately I dont have any such camera. So I use GIMP to create the same effect, here’s how…. By the way, I’m sorry about the picture! ... »
IFTT stands for ‘If This Then That’ and as the name suggests it allows you to create a particular action based on a certain trigger. For example - ‘If I send a tweet then post it on Facebook’. The premise of this concept is very simple yet extremely powerful. There are numerous ‘Channels’ that are supported in IFTTT, 52 it total and growing actually. Some o... »
I love Ubuntu but the default wait of 10 seconds that you have to endure when booting up is a real pain. I know you can simply hit enter to select the Ubuntu boot option but I just think that 10 seconds is far to long to wait. I could understand if it was 3 or even 5 seconds – but 10, that’s just way to much for me. In previous versions of Ubuntu I used to install a program called Sta... »
I while back I wrote about how ex-gizmodo writer Mat Honan had his online persona hijacked and erased by hackers. This all could have been prevented if he had bolstered the security on his Google account before the hackers managed to get in. To do this, he needed 2-Factor Authentication. What is 2-Factor Authentication? Well, 2-Factor Authentication (2-FA) is basically a constantly changing second... »
Why is it that people are constantly trying to make some things do more than they should? Do you remember the days when mobile phones were only meant for phone calls? And then a few years later, they were also capable of sending short messages, thereby replacing the pager. Fast forward a few years and people could take photos using their mobile phones. Now here we are in this age and time where we... »
A couple of days ago I received an email from someone asking for some advice on domains and web hosting. This was following a quick post I added on Google+. The post basically mentions a domain name that I was emailed about, it’s availability and also it’s cost. So I replied to this person and explained some information about domains, web hosting & how it all works – but thi... »