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The Best Antivirus Software for Tablet PCs

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Tablet PCs, such as Apple’s iPad, are becoming more and more popular. With that popularity come hackers who will want to exploit these devices, especially with new users who may not know how to protect the information on them. Here are some programs that you’ll want to look into to protect your tablet PC as well as your smartphone.

AVG

There is a new version of AVG that is especially created for products that are running the Android operating system. Whether you have the Motorola Android phone or the new HP Slate tablet PC, you can protect your files. This product scans your device in real time with the purpose of protecting it against viruses, malware, and spyware. Two great features that make this program exceptional are the locating devices. One allows you to find the phone if it’s stolen while the other can force it to ring even if it’s on silent so you can find it when you know it’s close by.

NetQin

When you have a portable device that relies on batteries, it’s important for the batteries to last as long as possible. This is especially important with programs that run constantly, such as antivirus software. NetQin promises not only to protect Android devices from malware, viruses, and spyware, but it also promises not to drain power quickly. Two nice features with this application are the ability to locate the device if lost or stolen and being able to remotely wipe any data found on the phone.

Either of these programs would be great for protecting your phone and there are free versions available

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Social Networks and Technology

If you’re unaware of social networks, learn about them today. Some features of social networking sites may include messaging and texting capabilities. Polyamorous lovers use technology, Internet cafes, netbooks and mobile devices like the blackberry smart phone to stay in touch with other relationships. When you notice a significant other constantly looking for hotspots, you may ask why.

It’s a sure sign that something’s amiss when your significant other is permanently bonded to a mobile device or computer.  Although many people work significant hours away from the office, your significant other can’t leave his smart phone at home. He’s constantly checking a certain site and images of his friends. Most of his friends happen to be women. You’re enlightened, this isn’t a problem…. But you’re spending the afternoon together, walking through a lush meadow. What’s he doing?

He’s an attorney, so you aren’t really worried. He’s got to answer messages. He’s got a right to privacy. He can’t talk about clients, even with you. Looking over his shoulder, you see he’s opened another social networking site. Pictures pop onto the small screen.

Sending mobile texts directly from a mobile device to another may cause the device to make a noise or vibrate. Using a social network site avoids this result. When he’s with you, no sounds emanate from the mobile device.

Other concerning behavior clues involve your significant other’s’ creating multiple accounts on social networks. You know about one of his accounts. He posts pictures of his children and dog, and his only friend is you!

If you use email chat programs, you may notice links appearing on your screen that seem unusual. For example, online dating site links keep appearing on your email account. You don’t use online dating services. You don’t send emails about online dating. The person with whom you’re communicating in the chat program uses these sites. If you start to see “Sugar Daddy” or “Cougar” sites, ask how long he’s been concerned about big cats!

 

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Taking Advantage of Security-Enhancing Technology

One of the biggest fears of computer users today is having their personal or business information stolen. Hacking is still a major threat, but advances in technology are making it possible for users to protect their data even better.

You can find ways to increase your computer security at beavuh.org. You can learn about the proper use of encrypted codes and other protection measures that will make your information less accessible to unauthorized persons. Then, you can combine those steps with a few of the ideas set out below to make your computer privacy even stronger.

Using Passwords and Other Security Measures More Effectively

Almost everyone uses passwords to protect their personal accounts, such as e-mail, social networking sites, and other places. However, because they know that such accounts can be easier to hack than others, they also take care to monitor the information they post or allow to be seen. It’s the business accounts, financial accounts, and other ones that require very strong, very effective security measures. These are the ones you want to make sure have more than adequate protection.

Changing passwords frequently, utilizing encrypted codes, and using anti-spam and anti-spyware programs can go a long way towards keeping these accounts secure. Users may not be aware that spam programs aren’t only annoying, they can also be responsible for a lot of the viruses that are introduced to computers. Using anti-spam programs such as those provided by beavuh.org can help reduce this risk.

If your computer system is hacked, beavuh.org can help you find information on detecting the security breaches and making sure your data still remains protected while you take steps to remedy the situation.


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Top 4 Antivirus Programs for Tablet Computers

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If your tablet computer is able to handle an antivirus program (some OS devices do not apply), you should be on the lookout for quality programs. Just as your laptop or desktop is able to become infected with viruses; your tablet also is a target.

Take a look at your tablet PC to see what options you may have.  Here are four of the top antivirus programs for tablet computers.

  • AVG Free

AVG is a leading provider of antivirus software. This is the same program that you would be able to use on your laptop or desktop. If it is available for your tablet computer, you might want to consider it.

  • McAfee VirusScan Mobile

Another leader in computer protection, this offering from McAfee is made especially for wireless devices. It also offers protection for emails, instant messaging and other useful features. For instance, are your tablet computer’s SMS, MMS, Bluetooth, and other entry points protected? This is a program that will take care of that.

  • AVG Mobilation

Smartphone and tablet users can take advantage of this antivirus program. There is also a dedicated version for Android users. If it applies to your device, it is definitely worth a look.

  • Avast Free Antivirus

Another free program, Avast has become a prime competitor in the world of antivirus software. You will notice that this program is also available for standard computers, as opposed to other antivirus applications specifically for a certain OS (again, some tablets have operating systems which limit these types of programs). This is a great choice if it is available for your tablet.

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Remember Your Pet’s Life With Technology

The loss of a pet is, for most children and their parents, the loss of a family member. When children lose a beloved pet, they may recognize death and mortality, and resulting questions of continued existence, for the first time.

Dr. Stephanie LaFarge, Senior Director of Counseling Services of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(R) (ASPCA (R)) says “Parents should be honest with children about a pet’s death.  Parents should discuss the life cycle with their children”.  She recommends “explaining the facts of life–that all animals are born and grow old–we should never withhold the facts of life and death from children.”

Watching their pet age and die, or sudden death, may prompt first time questions about life and death.  “The child may ask ‘Are you going to die? Am I going to die?’”  Dr. LaFarge recommends that parents reassure children with the truth:  “While everything that lives will die one day, we are alive and not dying now.”

Parents may be surprised at how quickly the child asks for a new pet.  “Children may believe their pet is coming back, though they realize their pet is gone now. They want to know that this was not the last dog they will love.”  Parents can help the family plan for their new pet by reading books and visiting animal shelters.  There is no right or wrong time to adopt a new pet, and expressing grief at the loss of a pet is healthy and normal.

Symptoms of a child’s grief may include sleep interruptions, crying, or even seeing the pet.  If these symptoms persist more than a few days, seek your pediatrician’s advice.

Parents and children can make a booklet about the pet’s life, post pictures on the family’s computers and laptops. Use technology to remember your pet. Talk about the beauty of life together.

 

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Recycling Your Computers and Technology

According to Eileen Lutz, a corporate environmental consultant, only about one-third of people in the U.S. recycle.  With California leading the states that recycle (followed by Texas, New York, Illinois, Florida, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Ohio, Michigan and Georgia in 2009 rank order), do you worry about how to recycle and dispose of items like computers,laptops,mobile phones, technology parts, batteries, televisions, paint, aluminum cans, used motor oil, CFLs, glass and fluorescent lamps?

Your waste removers probably make aluminum and glass easy to recycle by providing a bin for this purpose.  In less than 60 days, recycled glass and aluminum can find their way back to your grocery shelf, enabling you to complete the recycle by purchasing!

Depending on your community, knowing what items require special disposal is most of the battle. Contact your municipal recycling authorities.  They should be listed in the blue pages or on your community’s home page.  Ask if you need to schedule pick-up for your computer, television or fluorescent lamps, among other items.  You can dissemble items, if you know how, or leave the item whole for professionals.  The important thing is, don’t leave these items on the curb to find their way to the general landfill.  Lead, mercury and other hazardous chemicals have a way of finding their way into the water supply,

If your community does not have a recycling office, or a municipal disposal office, try the office of public health.  “They can recommend private companies with proper permits in place to contact.  For a small fee, your items can be picked up or you can arrange to deliver the items to a recycling facility,” Lutz recommends.  “When you do have a private service taking away your stuff, make sure they have the proper permits in place to dispose of these items.  Your best intentions will be for naught if the company takes your items to the municipal garbage dump.”

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Green Exercise and Technology

In this technology-driven world, people sometimes forget to enjoy the world’s beauty. Use technology to track your fitness results wherever you go. Count calories on a wireless mobile device or make an exercise date with your trainer at a hotspot. Exercise is great medicine, good for your body and soul.

Lack of physical activity is now considered a greater health hazard than tobacco use, according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Take time to fill yourself with nature, and your body will get greater benefits from exercise!

Negative effects of consuming more calories than we burn are well-known:  diet-related ills including obesity, adult-onset diabetes, osteoporosis, coronary heart disease, strokes and several cancers are illnesses with dietary components.

Good old-fashioned exercise taken in fresh air and in natural surroundings may be what the doctor orders.  It’s cost-effective, too:  lace up your sneakers, cross-trainers, skates or get on your bicycle.  Enjoy the outdoors through gardening, kite-flying, cycling or walking your dog as you add to the harmony of nature by interacting with it.

Physiatrists agree that green exercise is good.  Kent Hospital Physicians in Rhode Island encourage their patients to take advantage of natural beauty whenever possible.

Some painless ways to add exercise include:

Outside workouts.  In winter, get a pair of cross-country skis, snow shoes, ice skates or boots with good traction.  There are benefits to getting sunshine into your body, including more vitamin D as you burn calories.  Visit a naturopathic physician.  An N.D. is trained similarly to your M.D., with more focus nutrition and exercise as healing tools.  Join The Nature Conservancy and show where your heart is. Take a walking vacation.

Reconnect with your bicycle.  Even if you aren’t Lance Armstrong, buy a bike and use it. Always remember to wear a helmet.  You may like biking so much that you take to the road almost every day.  It’s easy on your joints, too.

Leave your car at home. Walk outdoors at lunchtime and eat a green lunch.

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10 Reasons To Ban Wireless Technology On Airplanes

You’ve always heard cell phones should be banned on airplanes but repeated tests show little to no evidence that mobile phones, devices or Internet connections scramble your pilot’s communications signals. Here are 10 playful reasons cell phones should be banned on airplanes.

1.  You will have less of a challenge interacting with the attractive person in the next seat if they are not on their mobile. Wow, that guy loves to talk! He sends text messages from his wireless laptop while he’s on the phone!

2.  Your airline server will have a difficult time offering headphones or collecting money for drinks ordered if you are on the phone. You’ve waited all day for the special mineral water and peanuts, for goodness sake.

3.  You cause anguish to operators in two different mobile towers monitoring the banality of your calls. See item 1.

4.  You will miss the in-flight instructions of how to buckle your seat belt and you might miss the take-off video!  It’s confusing about which person should use the oxygen mask first.

5.  You will miss the opportunity to watch your steward demonstrate the emergency oxygen mask.  Good times.

6.  You should not be subjected to the banality of your neighbor’s mobile phone calls! See item 1.

7.  You will not think of joining the (however many) Mile High Club because you are on the phone.

8.  Your boss will need to wait an hour before you learn more about her date last night.  Self-control is good.

9.  You will forget to read those two books you put in the carry-on.  Do you use them as hand weights?

10. You are carrying a mobile phone that belongs in the Museum for Antique Cell Phones.  Buy a new phone. Mobile technology has improved since 1995.

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Use Technology To Bake An Incredible Chocolate Cake

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Use your computer to learn how to cook. Try new recipes on food networks. Technology makes cooking videos and demonstrations so easy to use. Make a perfect chocolate cake using these suggestions gleaned from the Internet.

Start with a great recipe:  1/4 c. shortening, 1 c. sugar, 1 egg, 3 T. cocoa, 1/4 c. sour milk, 3/4 t. soda, 1 c. flour, 1/2 c boiling water:

1.   Sift the dry ingredients to remove tiny lumps.

2.  Use the finest ingredients. Unless you are going for coarse texture, always use cake flour.  If you are out of cake flour, try using your Vita-Mix by pulsing a few seconds until you have finer than fine flour.

3.   Chocolate. Try fine Belgian chocolate for the best chocolate cake.

4.   Chocolate pudding for incredible moisture.  This is an old but effective idea.

5.   Clarified butter or mayonnaise as shortening. Remove the butter solids first. Some cooks prefer light olive oil. To make fresh mayonnaise, add 2 egg yolks, 3/4 t. salt, 1/4 t. sugar, pinch cayenne pepper, 4-5 t. lemon juice, 1-1/2 c. olive oil.  Adjust liquids.

6.   Sustitute other sweeteners. You can use date sugar or organic date paste, sweet brown rice syrup, all-fruit peach or pear jam, pineapple concentrate, or violet-/rose-infused sugar.  Flower-infused sugars are easy to make.  Your friends will love these tastes.

7.   Use Greek yogurt or plain kefir instead of egg. If you are allergic to eggs, these products are great.  10% milkfat yogurts taste sweeter than sour cream. Use a dollop the size of an egg.  If using kefir, reduce liquid by 2 T.

8.   Instead of sour milk or buttermilk, use light cream or coconut milk, or a combination.

9.   Put your cake into the oven hot; ensure that it cooks properly in the center. If using dark baking pans, adjust temperature down 25 degrees.

10. Soak cake overnight in fine port, cover with almond buttercreme and plum conserve, frost with coats of softened organic chocolate.  Decorate with a single edible gold leaf.

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