Weekly Newsletter

  • Tip of the Week: How to Win Prizes on Twitter 
  • Headwhack of the Week: How To Manage UAC Notifications in Windows 7
  • Geek Speak of the Week: Bounced
  • Security: School District Halts Webcam Surveillance
  • News: Denny's social-network plan may not be fully cooked!
  • News: Olympic site uses Facebook friends without their knowledge
  • Data Doctors Video: Proper way to Turn off Google Buzz 
  • Opinion: Your Facebook profile: An open invite to crime?
  • Weekly Advice Column: Verizon iPhone Realities
  • This Week's Show: Mobile World Congress 2010 

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         Poll of the Week:  How often do you use a webcam?

Tip of the Week: How to Win Prizes on Twitter

60% of new Twitter users give up in the first month because they can't really find any reason to 'tweet' but maybe this will help!

Companies are giving away new computers and thousands of dollars in return for a little free marketing. Follow PCWorld's five steps, and you could be a winner.

Headwhack of the Week: How To Manage UAC Notifications in Windows 7

Windows Vista got a bad wrap for many 'new' features including the User Account Control that was designed to protect users from sneaky installations of malware.

The UAC was actually a very good idea that didn't give the user as much control over the settings as it should have, but Windows 7 has much more flexibility.  Turning off the UAC for most users is a bad idea as it opens up lots of security issues, so checkout this guide (with screenshots) to managing UAC Notifications in Windows 7 so you are protected but not annoyed!

Geek Speak of the Week: Bounced

A message that is sent to an invalid address will get 'bounced' back to the sender. The most common causes are mispelled addresses or terminated employees. These messages generally come from "Mail Delivery Subsystem" and have a subject line that reads "Returned mail: see transcript for details." 

Security: School District Halts Webcam Surveillance

A suburban Philadelphia school district is deactivating a webcam, theft-tracking program secretly lodged on 2,300 student laptops following allegations the device was used by administrators to spy on a boy at home.

 

News: Denny's social-network plan may not be fully cooked!

On Denny's dinner menus, customers are invited to visit the company's Twitter account at twitter.com/dennys. The only problem is that that account is owned by a Taiwanese man named Dennys Hsieh.

News: Olympic site uses Facebook friends without their knowledge

Social networking is great. But when you find your personal Facebook photos of your friends staring at you in an ad, that's taking it a bit too far.

Data Doctors Video: Proper way to Turn off Google Buzz

Google Buzz has created quite a 'buzz' thanks to some early decisions made by Google for it's Gmail users assuming that anyone that you e-mail frequently should automatically connected to your Buzz account.

Needless to say, privacy advocates and Gmail users alike came out of the woodwork to cry foul when they learned of these parameters.

Simply turning off Google Buzz may not do what you think it does, so watch this week's video and read the accompanying advice column with a link to properly disabling the Buzz!  

Opinion: Your Facebook profile: An open invite to crime?

MSNBC's Helen A.S. Popkin says "Honestly, the way some of you people behave online, it's like you've never had a stalker. If you don't care about your online privacy, why should Facebook or Google?"

Weekly Advice Column: Verizon iPhone Realities

We keep hearing that the iPhone is going to be available through Verizon really soon because AT&T's exclusivity agreement is nearing its end, but is that really the case?  Get the scoop in this week's advice column!

This Week's Show: Mobile World Congress 2010

The mobile technology world converged on Barcelona, Spain this past week to set the stage for what is to come in mobile tech in the next year or two.

Hot new smartphones, new phone operating systems and the latest in the world of mobile applications were shown at this years event.

Mobile technology is predicted to dwarf desktop technology over the next couple of years as more preocessing power, storage and capabilities emerge with each new generation.

Listen in as the Data Doctors discuss what mght be coming to a mobile tech store near you very soon!

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