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Opening Phishing Holes with New Top-Level Domains
You're used to seeing domains ending in .com, .net, and many other of what are called the top-level domains.
But ... .bank? .microsoft? .paypal?
Perhaps even .leo? .askleo?
ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, is in the process of rolling out the ability to purchase your own top level domain. It's not cheap (you won't be seeing .askleo any time soon), but it is happening.
Unfortunately, one of the expected side effects is a massive increase in phishing attempts. And if you're not careful, you could fall victim.
Continue reading: Opening
Phishing Holes with New Top-Level Domains
http://ask-leo.com/C5470
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Can you give away a Kindle book after you're done reading it?
I know you can share a Kindle book but can you give it away completely to another Kindle user when you are done reading it?
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Kindle includes the ability purchase a book for someone else, or to loan your book to someone for a period of time, but I'm not aware of a way to give a book you've purchased for yourself to someone else.
In this audio segment from an Ask Leo! webinar I discuss Kindle sharing - the closest solution to what you're looking for - how it works and why I think it's pretty cool.
Continue reading:
Can you give away a Kindle book after you're done reading it?
http://ask-leo.com/C5474
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Why did the first track of my newly burned audio CD not play properly?
I recently tried to burn an audio CD using Windows Media Player. I used a CDR. When I tried to play it back all of the tracks played perfectly on both computers and CD players except for the first one. When I burned the album again to the new disc all of the tracks worked. Any ideas why this might have happened?
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CD audio is actually quite a different format than that used on data CDs. Nonetheless it's just as susceptible to recording and playback errors.
In this audio segment from an Ask Leo! webinar I'll discuss what kinds of things can lead to a CD having problems - even if it's just a single track on an audio CD.
Continue reading:
Why did the first track of my newly burned audio CD not play
properly?
http://ask-leo.com/C5473
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*** Answercast
Answercast #27 - Event viewer, sensitive information, checkboxes, lots of files, banishing Facebook and more...
Does having lots of files on your computer slow it down? Is Ubuntu a good choice? Ever wonder how to find undisclosed recipients, or get rid of Facebook? That and more in this Answercast.
Continue reading:
Answercast #27 - Event viewer, sensitive information, checkboxes, lots of
files, banishing Facebook and more...
http://ask-leo.com/C5471
Should I consider Ubuntu Linux over Windows 7?
Ubuntu is a good operating system, depending on what you are wanting to do with
your computer... and there is a way to try it without making any changes to
your computer!
Continue reading: Should
I consider Ubuntu Linux over Windows 7?
http://ask-leo.com/C5472
Does having too many files on my computer slow it
down?
Lots of files on your computer is not going to slow it down. There are several
other factors to look at that may be causing your performance issues.
Continue reading:
Does having too many files on my computer slow it down?
http://ask-leo.com/C5477
How do I make checkboxes work on the web?
Checkboxes should be pretty easy: check the box and save, but there are a few
things that could be keeping the settings from being remembered by your
computer.
Continue reading: How do I
make checkboxes work on the web?
http://ask-leo.com/C5480
Should I use Facebook to login to other sites when
offered?
Many sites make it easy to login by using a Facebook application. It's easy,
but is this really safe?
Continue reading:
Should I use Facebook to login to other sites when offered?
http://ask-leo.com/C5481
Why does IE give me the spinning circle for a while when I click on
a link?
A spinning circle means that something is busy happening and you need to wait.
If this is actually causing a problem, the first place to look is in your
add-ons.
Continue reading:
Why does IE give me the spinning circle for a while when I click on a
link?
http://ask-leo.com/C5482
How do I get Facebook out of my life completely?
Facebook is everywhere, so getting rid of it completely might be a little
tricky!
Continue reading: How
do I get Facebook out of my life completely?
http://ask-leo.com/C5484
Why are there so many errors and warnings in Event
Viewer?
Don't be fooled by errors in Event Viewer, or by those who try to get you to
pay for a cure! It doesn't mean your computer is dying.
Continue reading:
Why are there so many errors and warnings in Event Viewer?
http://ask-leo.com/C5485
How much sensitive information is stored on my computer when I
purchase online?
There are numerous things that can be downloaded to your computer while surfing
or shopping online. It's best to know what they are and how to manage
them.
Continue reading:
How much sensitive information is stored on my computer when I purchase
online?
http://ask-leo.com/C5486
How do I see the "Undisclosed recipients" on an email I
sent?
Undisclosed recipients may be available in the headers of the sent email, or it
may be hidden.
Continue reading:
How do I see the "Undisclosed recipients" on an email I sent?
http://ask-leo.com/C5487
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*** Last Issue's Articles
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- When does installing a hard drive into an external enclosure make sense?
- So many accounts are getting hacked, there must be something wrong at the provider - can you get their attention?
- Can I interchange laptop power supplies from the same manufacturer?
- How do I get my browser window larger after something made it small?
- How do I download only certain emails from my Yahoo account?
- Why do I get new pages in tabs when I leave a site?
- How does a digital product sell out?
- Why is there a ghostly icon on my desktop when I edit a Word document?
- Do desktop or laptop platforms really matter any more?
- Why are pictures on my laptop only showing if the original SD card they came from is inserted?
- Windows Media Player keeps crashing, what do I do?
- Why do I have constant disk activity from Chrome?
- Why does my printer not print the middle of the page?
- Why does my internet connection not work right away?
- Answercast #26 - Calling Yahoo? Things that break: printers, Media Player, internet connections and more...
*** Word o' the Week
Linux is an operating system, much in the way that Microsoft Windows is an operating system or Apple's MacOS. Operating systems are the software that fundamentally control the operation of a computer, and provide a consistent interface or API that programs can use to access the features and functionality of the operating system and computer.
Linux was actually written from scratch, originally by Linus Torvalds. It was modeled extremely closely after the Unix operating system, a proprietary system developed by Bell Labs. Linux is free and open source software.
There is no "generic" Linux; rather it's made available via various "distributions", each tailored to meet specific criteria. Each distribution is Linux, but they are not necessarily binary compatible with each other (i.e. programs that run on one distribution may or may not run on another), and often differ greatly in the user interface and software selection presented to the user.
Popular distributions include Ubuntu, which itself is based on the Debian distribution, Mint, Fedora, openSUSE and more. Puppy Linux is an example of a distribution specifically designed to minimize system requirements. Even the Android OS used in many phones and tablets is based on Linux.
Word o' the Week features a computer term or acronym taken from the Ask Leo! Glossary. If there's a word you're not sure of and would like to see defined, click here to let me know.
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DBAN - Darik's Boot And Nuke
I get questions surrounding data recovery fairly often. People are often concerned that files they've deleted might be recoverable after the fact, and it's good and security conscious of them to be concerned.
At the other end of the spectrum are people who give no thought at all to the potential recoverability of their data, and discard old computers and hard drives without giving it a second thought. We often hear about people who've picked up an old computer at a recycler or yard sale, only to find that the hard disk is full of the previous owner's sensitive data.
Identity theft often follows.
Continue reading: DBAN - Darik's Boot And
Nuke
http://ask-leo.com/C3585
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