Lock down your Wi-Fi or the FBI might come knocking
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld A New York man learned the hard way that leaving your wireless router open to the general public can have some very negative consequences, and that the authorities tend to act...
View ArticleHow to build better passwords without losing your mind
By Alex Wawro, PCWorld Your e-mail password is your last line of defense when it comes to online privacy and security. A hacker cracks that could reset the passwords of (and gain access to) your...
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Web services promise to save you money, slash paperwork
By Yardena Arar, PCWorld Need help putting together a business plan? Vetting a prospective customer or supplier? Accepting online payments? These were among the small business problems that Web...
View ArticleMoving to the cloud isn't for everyone: What to consider
By Elsa Wenzel, PCWorld Turning to Internet services instead of in-house servers appeals to companies seeking lean, mobile operations. The "cloud" is a hot buzzword, but moving the bulk of your...
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30 days with ... Ubuntu Linux
by Tony Bradley, PC World With the inaugural 30 Days With... project -- Google Docs -- behind me, it's time to start a new journey. Today is June 1, so starting today I will spend the next 30 days...
View ArticleDay 2 with Ubuntu: Wow. That was really easy
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld OK. Step one in spending 30 Days With ... Ubuntu Linux is to get Ubuntu Linux installed so I can use it. I have already narrowed it down to Ubuntu, so I don't have to bother...
View ArticleDay 3: Dude, where's my iTunes?
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld OK, so Ubuntu Linux is all installed and ready to go. Now what? Much of the feedback that I received from yesterday's post focused on my choice to go with the Wubi install...
View ArticleDay 4: Tweaking the look and layout of Ubuntu Linux
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld People don't like change. One of the things that some people get hung up on is the look and feel of the desktop. More precisely, some Windows users who look at Ubuntu Linux...
View ArticleDay 5: You invited me to this party
By Tony Bradley, PC World Today's post is going to be dedicated to addressing come issues and concerns from the many comments thus far, and re-establishing the scope and purpose of the 30 Days With...
View ArticleDay 6: In search of Unity
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld Let me start by thanking everyone for all of the supportive comments from 'Day 5: You Invited Me to This Party'. I appreciate it. You might notice that this Day 6 post is...
View ArticleDay 7: Lessons from the Unity trenches
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld Welcome back as we wrap up the first week of 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux. I guess it says something about the complexity of switching operating systems as opposed to switching...
View ArticleDay 8: Setting up email in Evolution
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld Time to move on. No, I haven't actually resolved all of my issues with getting Ubuntu Linux to display the way I would like it to on my external monitor, but I have wasted...
View ArticleDay 9: Testing out some Twitter tools
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld Today was going to be about finally getting my Cisco AnyConnect VPN client set up in Ubuntu Linux so I don't have to work in Ubuntu, write in LibreOffice Writer in Ubuntu,...
View ArticleDay 10: A look at the Ubuntu Software Center
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld If you have been following along, then you know I have had my share of issues thus far in my 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux journey. One thing that stands out for me as a plus so...
View ArticleDay 11: Weighing LibreOffice as a Microsoft Office alternative
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld Welcome back. For today's 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux post, I am taking a look at LibreOffice -- the open source suite of productivity tools that comes installed by default with...
View ArticleDay 12: VPN success, finally!
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld We'll call this Day 12.5 of 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux. It took me a while, but the good news is that I now have VPN connectivity with PCWorld so I can just write in...
View ArticleDay 13: Playing tunes in Banshee
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld For Day 13 of 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux I decided to take a deeper look at Banshee. I dabbled with the music playing app installed by default with Ubuntu during my trials and...
View ArticleDay 14: I'm an Ubuntu Unity convert
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld After poking around the Unity interface a bit, I had switched back to the Ubuntu Classic desktop at the urging of some reader comments. But, today I decided to take a close...
View ArticleUbuntu Linux, Day 15: Cloud syncing and streaming with Ubuntu One
Just over a week ago Apple unveiled iCloud -- the new data syncing and streaming service that will keep all of your data, contacts, email, and music in sync across various devices. As awesome and...
View ArticleUbuntu Linux, Day 16: EXT4 vs. NTFS
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld The default file system in Windows is NTFS, and the default file system in Ubuntu Linux is EXT4. The purpose of today's 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux post is to try and understand...
View ArticleUbuntu Linux, Day 17: Exploring the top panel
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld So far in the 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux series, there have been a number of things about the OS that I have struggled with as a Linux novice. One of the aspects of Ubuntu that...
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6 Black Hat demos you don't want to miss
By John P. Mello Jr., PCWorldThere are nearly 100 workshops and sessions planned for the Black Hat security conference at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas this week, so it's understandable if you have a...
View ArticleAn easy way to keep neighbors from stealing your Wi-Fi
By Rick Broida, PCWorld For many years, I didn't bother protecting my home network. Call me crazy, but I didn't see the need. All my neighbors, they had their own networks -- all of them...
View ArticleFirefox numbering debate is a tempest in a teapot
By Katherine Noyes, PCWorld Mozilla generated a virtual storm of controversy with the introduction of its new, Chrome-like rapid release schedule for Firefox earlier this year, and now it seems to be...
View ArticleTired of patent wars? Use open source instead
By Katherine Noyes, PCWorld As a geek and longtime tech reporter, there are few things I love writing about more than cool new technological innovations. It never ceases to amaze me what we humans can...
View ArticleFCC publishes net neutrality rules
By John P. Mello Jr., PCWorld After 10 months on the shelf, the Federal Communications Commission's rules on net neutrality were finally published today in the Federal Register. As written, the rules...
View ArticleHow safe is WPA2-secured Wi-Fi?
By Lincoln Spector, PCWorld Darryl Boyett asked if his home Wi-Fi connection, which uses WPA2 protection, is safe enough for online banking. I can't promise you that it is absolutely, 100-percent...
View ArticleWhy Office for iPad is inevitable
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld The rumor is back. There are new reports that Microsoft is developing a version of the Microsoft Office suite for Apple’s iOS operating system--and perhaps the Android mobile...
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WCIT-12: Just say no
By A.M. Rutkowski It is 12 weeks and counting to WCIT-12 – to a treaty conference, where the nations of the world will assemble in Dubai to consider the continued existence of one of the ultimate...
View ArticleYour BYOD category
This post is excerpted from BYOD For You: The Guide to Bring Your Own Device to Work, by Daniel J. Lohrmann. It is posted by permission of the author and publisher. All rights reserved. Let's start by...
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