Protect Your Gmail Account Better With These Top Tips
In this day-in-age security issues are abundent, and Google is no exception from ‘issues’. Though that’s today’s topic, today’s topic is what you the user can do to secure your online life/identity. And it’s not all about just having a good password.
Over at SecurityMusings.com, they have short but good article about some things that many people forget about: A plan! Most people forget about this part of their daily security lives. Recently the writer at Digital Inspiration.com had his gmail account hacked! He is a geek and he still had it hacked! Yikes!
Though, from that experience he learned a lot and shared his enlightenment with us the site at this article.
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XBMC is a beloved application by many. It is cross-platform, running on a multitude of systems ranging from the original Xbox to computers with graphic card processing enhancements. The application is a huge success, going toe to toe with the best that the commercial applications have to offer! One of the great reasons is due to it’s open source nature and mentality. Any and everyone can contribute. With this people are free to design for it, code for it and make it their own. And for a home entertainment center it is extremely important how your entrainment center looks when we bring over guests. It must have the right mood for you and your party.
Edit: Update: XBMC Beta 2 is now out in the Karmic PPA’s. You can read about it here.
One of the best things to do with XBMC is to run it as application ontop of Linux, particularly Kubuntu (or Ubuntu if you’re one of those ‘weird’ Gnome lovers 
). Up until Kubuntu Jaunty we’ve been able to enjoy XBMC with ease, with Karmic 9.10 it’s a bit more difficult. It’s do-able but takes a little extra work. You can read by post here on how to install XBMC on Karmic.
Now why do I post something everyone knows already? Because not everyone knows this information from the XBMC blog:
Rather than wasting the time and effort required to update the current stable release of XBMC (Babylon) to work with Karmic, we’ve decided to focus on getting a new version out the door. This means that until the next XBMC release, it is recommended that most users stick with Jaunty. But there’s no need to panic; despite the fact that it’s taking a bit longer than we had hoped, development is shaping up nicely and the first 9.11 alphas should be rolling out very soon.
Reads: No XBMC in Karmic until new version is out. Darn … So we’ll have to wait a bit. How long? Dunno. We’ll have to wait and see. Hopefully their new version which they claim will have a plethora of new toys and joys will be out soon in Karmic for us to party to very soon.
Happy Partying!
No XBMC in Karmic Yet via the XBMC blog
Sphere: Related ContentBasic Credit Card Skimming And How To Catch It
Credit Card skimming sucks. Really sucks. Spotting it isn’t all to easy either. Thankfully NetworkWorld.com has a great article about it: Credit Card Skimming: How thieves can steal your card info without you knowing it.
Credit card skimming is a bit more prevelant than you might think. Even The Consumerist has a story or two about it recently. There isn’t too much we can do about it, except report it when we see it. Spotting it though can be really difficult. Best bet is to use your brains and be vigulant.
The real problem is when it happens to us. What can we do once it happens? Several things.
- Call the credit card company and report the fraud. Most companies will be very helpful with this. Tell them what happened, and ask for the money back that was stolen. Make sure you know which charges are legit and which are not. Makes things easier for them and you.
- Ask the CC company for a new card number. This will hopefully prevent the old number from working ever again.
- Ask for a freeze on your credit card. Can’t charge a card that has been frozen.
- Let the bank who owns the ATM where you thing your card got skimmed know of the machine. Also, let the people who manage the machine know. If it’s inside a store, let the store owners know. Also might be a good idea to let the police know.
Good luck and keep your eyes peeled!
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