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Sort your Facebook friends into lists, for good

Posted Sep 06, 2012 - 08:57 pm

Two simple ways to guard your privacy
Security, Facebook, privacy
Clearing cookies, enabling Web browser privacy

Posted Aug 01, 2012 - 02:31 pm

How to clear your history, delete temporary Internet files and erase cookies on three of the most popular browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
Software, Chrome, Firefox
Microsoft Office text formatting: Making your source format match your destination format

Posted Jul 24, 2012 - 11:50 am

Copying and pasting text from another program or the Web results in text formats that differ from your main document. Watch this Tech Tip to find out how to make your source format match your destination format.
Microsoft Office
5 often-overlooked security settings for iPhone and iPad

Posted Nov 15, 2011 - 03:16 pm

While the popularity of Apple's iOS devices increases, many don't understand the basic security features that Apple makes available to them. Here are the top five security settings for these devices and how to use them.
Science, Apple, Apple iOS
The Tao of Steve: 5 leadership lessons from Steve Jobs

Posted Oct 19, 2011 - 11:51 am

In his own words: Steve Jobs on hiring, motivating employees, and the pursuit of excellence.
IT Management, Steve Jobs
3 security acronyms to avoid (and 3 to embrace)

Posted Oct 13, 2011 - 08:02 am

Today's security trends are the usual acronym soup. Here are 3 you'd do well to avoid and 3 worth your attention.
Security, DLP, ERM
Why you should sweat the small stuff

Posted Sep 15, 2011 - 04:42 pm

Small wins at regular intervals will keep your team motiviated.
IT Management, project management
Software code audit: Know what's in your software

Posted Aug 29, 2011 - 03:21 pm

If you’re planning a specific transaction involving software assets, whether it’s an M&A, equity investment, product introduction, demand for IP indemnity, commercialization of research or other event, conduct a software code audit as early as possible in the transaction. Knowing what’s in the code can speed up transaction times and reduce costs associated with fixing problems at the last minute.
IT Management, code audit
Project management: Learning from experience

Posted Aug 09, 2011 - 08:00 am

As more and more organizations turn to project management best practices to increase efficiency and productivity in the workplace, there's one thing they're consistently forgetting to do: Learn from past mistakes.
IT Management, project management
Injecting shellcode into processes with Syringe

Posted Aug 08, 2011 - 02:51 pm

One feature that I believe would greatly complement ShellCodeExec is the ability to inject the shellcode into a process ID of the user’s choosing. This can be particularly useful when on a host that only permits certain processes to initiate outbound connections. With this goal in mind, I set out to implement these techniques in my own general purpose injection utility, which I have dubbed Syringe.
Security, Metasploit, The Daily Tip

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