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  • What is a Web Proxy Server?

    What is a Web Proxy Server?

    A web proxy server, sometimes called a web proxy, can serve a variety of purposes. Many of the purposes for using a proxy server are legitimate, but others are suspicious and sometimes malicious. Using a simple definition, a proxy is basically a server that sits between a user and the destination server that the user [...]

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  • Securing your network

    Securing your network

    As you may know already, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) security is not secure. This first wireless LAN security standard, developed by the IEEE, has been vulnerable to cracking by Wi-Fi hackers for nearly a decade now. In 2003, the Wi-Fi Alliance released a security standard called Wi-Fi Protected Access. Although the first version (WPA), which [...]

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  • How to create a Tab Icon for your website

    How to create a Tab Icon for your website

    Example: Without Icon With Icon We have all seen the icons that appear next to the address bars on some websites, and the logos that appear on the bookmark list when you bookmark the websites. If you use Firefox, you will see the icon appear on that tab bar. But have you ever wondered how [...]

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  • Faster, safer, more reliable web surfing

    Faster, safer, more reliable web surfing

    Google has launched its own public DNS system which it says can make web browsing faster, safer and more reliable. The Domain Name System (DNS) converts web addresses, such as cbronline.com, into a unique Internet Protocol (IP) number, which computers use to communicate with each other. Google believes that its own public DNS system should [...]

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  • Top U.S. retail sales spot goes to…

    Top U.S. retail sales spot goes to…

    Apple products have topped the list of the most popular computers sold in U.S retail in October, an analyst for market research firm NPD Group told CNET on Friday. (Credit: Apple) The recently introduced 21-inch iMac was the top-selling desktop for the month, Stephen Baker, NPD’s vice president of industry analysis, said in an interview. [...]

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