Posts under Internet tag.

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What is Bitcoin, the Digital Currency

You may have heard the term Bitcoin recently, maybe while surfing the Internet, from a friend or read about Bitcoins somewhere in the newspapers. So what is Bitcoin and how do they work?  Who is a Bitcoin miner or what is [...]

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How to defend yourself against MITM or Man-in-the-middle attack

Protecting our data online is never going to be an easy task, especially nowadays when attackers are regularly inventing some new techniques and exploits to steal your data. Sometimes their attacks will not be so harmful for individual users. But large-scale attacks on some [...]

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Reset TCP/IP or Internet Protocol in Windows 7

If you cannot connect to the Internet, your Internet Protocol or TCP/IP may have been corrupted, and you may have to reset TCP/IP. TCP/IP is one of the core components required by your Windows computer to connect successfully to the [...]

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Internet Terrorism – Definition, Methods And Examples

If you thought the only form of terrorism is the one daily shown on our television sets where they show blood, you are wrong. There is much more to terrorism used by militant and terrorist outfits as well as people [...]

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Update RSA Digital Certificates – 1024 Bits No Longer Supported

With the scope of digital exploitation increasing, Microsoft came out with an advisory that it will no longer entertain digital certificates of less than 1024 bits strength. In August 2012, Microsoft issued a security advisory that it will not support [...]

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Free Bandwidth Monitoring Tools for Windows

It is best to use bandwidth and Internet usage monitoring tools when your Internet Service Provider (ISP) offers a limited quota for downloading and uploading. These tools not only monitor bandwidth and Internet usage or check the speed but also [...]

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How To Improve Wireless Network Signal On Windows 7

When wireless network goes weak, things go slow and/or you get disconnected too often. You already know how irritating it is to work on a network with weak signals. Windows 7 notifies you when the signal strength is weak. But [...]

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Surf anonymously with CyberGhost Secure VPN – Review

Today, on the Internet, anything is possible – even your computer getting hacked and your data stolen. As a result,  anonymity over the internet has become a must! When you are an anonymous user, you can hide your IP address and no one [...]

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Review Of SpotFlux – Stop Existing On The Internet

While you are on the Internet, there are many things happening that you don’t know. There are people and companies tracking you to know your interests. There are agencies collecting data about you and your computers. There may be hackers [...]

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Difference between IPv4 and IPv6 explained

Every one knows that every machine connected to the Internet has a unique address and that is called as IP Address or IP in short. And since the evolution of Internet in early 80’s we been using the IPv4 or [...]

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Difference between HTTP and HTTPS

A lot of people end up getting confused when they see two different URL’s one as HTTP and other as HTTPS. So what is the difference between these two? In this post I will discuss the evolution of HTTP and [...]