Archive for the 'Internet' Category

HOW TO: 10 things you should do to a new Linux PC before exposing it to the Internet

Linux, like Microsoft Windows, is simply a computer operating system. When I talk to friends or co-workers who are embarking on the Linux experience for their initial time, this is the first point I stress. Linux in itself is not a magic wand that can be waved and make all sorts of computing problems disappear. […]

HOW TO: BlackBerry As Modem For Laptop

Did you know that BlackBerry can now be used just like an external modem for a laptop computer, so that a laptop can have full Internet access? This is useful when you need to do certain things that a BlackBerry cannot yet do. Increasing numbers of success reports have caused me to post this message.

HOW TO: Run Your Own Name Servers With ISPConfig And GoDaddy

This tutorial shows how you can run your own name servers for domains that you register with GoDaddy. Of course, this works with every other registrar as well, although the procedure might differ a little bit.
To do this, you need two servers with two different public IP addresses and with ISPConfig installed, and of course […]

HOW TO: Control your Internet experience

How many articles and TV news reports have you read or heard that describe the problem of spam email and inappropriate images popping up within your computer’s browser? Probably enough to make you an expert on the statistics.
A recent poll showed 96 percent of people who get email said that either they hated spam or […]

HOW TO: Using Google Search Operators (Advanced Operators)

If you’re a frequent searcher or a "power searcher," this can save time because you don’t need to open the Advanced Search page and fill in various boxes; instead, you can enter the refined query in almost any Google search box. You’ll use advanced operators, query words that have special meaning to Google. Since the […]

HOW TO: Protect Yourself From Big Brother

You are being watched.
Regardless of the government you live under, your actions on the internet are being tracked. Your every search recorded and kept in a database for future use/abuse. US citizens have had their web traffic monitored by the NSA and AT&\1T, and their every search history subpeaned by a […]

HOW TO: Make the net work for you

Sometimes it seems that the net is all take and no give, especially when it comes to your hard-earned cash. You pay good money for your computer, for net access, for domains you own and places to host them. If you play an online game regularly or have a busy blog, you might pay for […]