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FYIJSYK: Facebook Privacy Update…

Written by The Digitante on April 23, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: FYIJSYK, Facebook, networking, security

Look at this: two FYI-just-so-you-know posts within the span of a week. That is certainly a record. It’s for good reason though. Facebook announced the other day that they are changing some aspects of Facebook – “Share on Facebook” is giving way to “Like on Facebook”, further integration between third party sites like CNN will [...]

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Ignite Indianapolis 2010…

Written by The Digitante on March 25, 2010 - 12 Comments
Categories: productivity, security, software, television

Just to recap from last night because I’m lazy: I attended an event called Ignite Indianapolis. The premise is there is a docket of speakers who are equipped with a Powerpoint presentation and the subject can be whatever they want. The catch is, each slide shows for exactly 15 seconds and there are 20 slides, [...]

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SyncBack: Synchronize and Backup…

Written by The Digitante on March 23, 2010 - 1 Comment
Categories: computer, productivity, security

I’ve covered a number of posts about backing up your information (Twitter/Facebook/Gmail with Backupify and documents/spreadsheets with Dropbox), but I haven’t really touched on how to protect yourself from a catastrophic failure of your computer. In a tweet by Eddie, a frequent commenter here, he posted another lecture on backing up your data, by Merlin [...]

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Backupify…

Written by The Digitante on February 25, 2010 - 2 Comments
Categories: Facebook, Google, email, internet, networking, security

Recently, I’ve been thinking about my Gmail account: I have nearly 15,ooo emails spanning nearly 6 years. If anything were to happen to my account – it gets hacked, Google deletes it on accident, or you get locked out by forgetting your password – I would not have any back up of all those messages. [...]

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Recuva…

Written by The Digitante on February 16, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: computer, music, photos, productivity, security, software

Ladies and gentlemen: A quick reminder to fill out the survey if you haven’t already. If you leave your email address, you will be in the running for one of three $10 Amazon giftcards. And I’ve decided to up the ante: if 50 separate people (no cheating by filling it out multiple times) fill out [...]

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