Computer Spot

If they opened a James Bond movie the way spring of 2011 opened, it would seem like quite a plot – cyber terrorists around the world attack Western computer systems.

First, they try a soft target – the Sony PlayStation data center; and then they get more ambitious and take Citibank data center security down.

US Airways is grounded because of a computer glitch; and so is United Continental just a week later. It’s the end of Western civilization – if James Bond doesn’t join hands and do something.

There’s one little way in which the whole story doesn’t ring true. This Citibank data center security breach and the one with the PlayStation were the only ones we learned about.

There are breaches occur almost every week that never get reported. People who trust that the banks know how to take care of their financial information and who give their credit card numbers to dozens of merchant establishments trusting that they will do everything in their power to keep them safe live in serious self-delusion. Read the rest of this entry →

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Do you share a computer with your child? If yes, you will need some additional steps to safeguard your data and also to protect your child’s experience on the computer.

This article will share some important computer security tips that can help you.

1. You set some rules for your child what he/she is allowed to do on the computer.
2. Installing security software such as firewall and anti virus software. You must keep them up to date.
3. Set up parental controls. It’s our duty as parent to control our child using a computer. In windows 7 there is a feature how to limit your kids computer use. Here is the reference how to set up parental controls on windows 7, http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Set-up-Parental-Controls
4. Take advantage of login and user management systems
5. You should use tools that can monitor their activity. Monitoring your child using a computer is a good way to protect them.
6. Be accessible to your child in case of questions and concerns.
7. Warn your child of dangers associated with social networking and chatting.
8. You must back up your important data. There are many ways to backup your data. You can use external hard disk, flash disk, etc.

It is very important to not only properly secure your computer, but also to keep your child safe, if you are sharing your computer with your child. Use the tips in this article to keep them both safe.

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We’ve all heard about someone whose computer has crashed. It’s a terrible mess. That person probably thought that it couldn’t happen to them until it did. Be proactive and back up your data.

A computer’s hard drive can crash for any number of reasons. You don’t want to be happily finishing up a 30 page project when it happens. Where does the information go? It is lost in the abyss that has become home to many a kilobyte.

It’s more frightening than a bad hair day but you can keep it from happening to you. Back up your computer files so that you don’t lose all of your work to the great beyond. It is a good practice for anyone who has a computer.

It is not hard to put a backup system in place. When you buy most laptops these days, the system comes with free backup for one or two years. Read the rest of this entry →

The realization about the need to prepare for safeguarding crucial data on your hard disk may come a little too late when the computer or the hard disk has crashed.

Data loss could mean, for a small business, going out of business unfortunately, sometimes permanently. Rebuilding years of data is out of question. It is pertinent to know the whys and hows of data loss in order to understand data recovery better. Read the rest of this entry →

This is the question that majority of the home computer users have not yet asked themselves. How to backup my PC & what kinds of data do I want to backup?

In business environment, there are unlimited options, which the Computer professionals have the access to backup up commercial data.

The home users should not have the same options, as they are totally unnecessary because of the quantity of data that the home users can back up. Read the rest of this entry →