Most web browsers store web pages and images that we browse on the Internet. The web browsers cache (meaning, temporarily store) these files for a short time in your computer.
If we revisit a pre-visited web page while these files are still in the cache, the web browser retrieves the files from the disk cache instead of getting these files from the web site. This can significantly speed up web browsing, but it may not render the updated web page in some cases.
The web browser cache can cau
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Many businesses and government institutions use a content filtering program such as Websense to keep employees from visiting certain websites while at work. These programs can either prohibit the use of certain websites or monitor all of the sites that employees visit while in the office. Websense blocks several website categories: adult material, entertainment, drugs, games, sports, Internet communication, peer-to-peer file sharing, gambling, instant messaging, health, illegal, shopping, job se
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LoJack refers to a GPS dependent tracking device that allows users to locate devices or vehicles that have been stolen. It is available in both a software version for computers and a hardware version for vehicles and communicates with GPS satellites to show a user where his/her stolen item currently is. LoJack can be activated at any time via a third party user interface and is often used to track down a thief as well as the user’s stolen property.
How LoJack Works
LoJack works
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Fake mail is e-mail which appears to be from someone other than the actual sender.
Fake mail was initially usually used to stage practical jokes, but is now utilized primarily by e-mail spammers.
How to Send Fake Mail
To send fake mail, first `telnet` to port 25 of the machine you want the fake mail to appear to originate from. This will connect you directly to the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) daemon running on that host.
Next, enter SMTP commands by typing them directly to the S
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Anonymous proxies appear on the Internet constantly, often only to disappear rapidly when their owners discover the bandwidth cost.
To help users find a current anonymous proxy server, dedicated individuals maintain anonymous proxy lists.
Anonymous Proxy Server Lists
We maintain our own anonymous proxy list that users can access by clicking the Proxy Sites button on the top menu.
In addition, these other websites also maintain frequently updated lists of anonymous proxy servers on the In
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A key logger is a software application that allows an individual or group of individuals to monitor the keyboard activity on a computer or network of computers. Originally designed to solely capture the keystrokes from a keyboard and save to a file, key loggers can now capture screen shots as well as keystrokes. Advanced key loggers are now capable of emailing or sending captured information via network connection to a remote destination. Depending on the nature of planned use, there are some fr
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Virtually every computer in the world has some form of adult pornography stored somewhere on its hard drive. This can be due to personal use, viruses, or the fact that pornography seems to be included with every downloaded file, opened webpage, and email attachment. Pornography can also be a concern when many people have access to the same computer, as can be seen with public computers or home computers that are not password protected. However, traces of pornography can be embarrassing and harmf
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Tor is a program that is able to hide the user's online activities from third parties and prevent websites from seeing where the user is browsing from by rerouting the user's sent and recieved data through the Tor Network. The Tor Network is made up of hundreds of volunteers from around the world that specifically setup their Tor client as a relay station for other users. Tor does have its downsides, however, as it blocks a number of browser plugins and it must be specifically configured for eac
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Deleting recent searches--be they from Bing, Google or Yahoo--is an easy thing to do. While the steps vary a little from Internet Explorer to FireFox, for the most part, they take the same amount of time and can be found in the same place.
Deleting Recent Searches in Internet Explorer
Click on the tools button. Based on which version of Internet Explorer you're using, you can find the tools button either at the top or to the right. If it is to the right, you'll find it right before you get to
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A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is typically used by companies, schools, and other organizations when they want to allow remote access to their servers, printers, and other network devices without compromising security. A VPN therefore extends a private network across the internet, but protects this connection by encrypting it, thereby creating what many refer to as a tunnel through the public internet.
VPNs have other uses though, such as securing your internet connection to protect your pri
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