InterNetWorkingSolutions Support Site - Security

Macintosh vs. Windows Comparison

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:48:56 -0700

This is the beginning of a series comparing the Macintosh and Windows operating systems.

See what Computer World has to say.

Reading RSS Feeds with Firefox

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:58:06 -0700

RSS which is Really Simple Syndication is a way to have information come to you automatically and easilly.
RSS is commonly used to subscribe to news sites, podcasts, video casts, and on search engines, and portals such as Yahoo which collect information from multiple sources in a single place. Following is an explanation showing you how to use the power of this with the popular and secure Firefox webbrowser. Firefox calls RSS Live Bookmarks and describes them as

The Wall Street Journal Reports that Macintoshes are Taking Over the Business World!

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:18:24 -0600

Believe it or not the Wall Street Journal has reported that Macintoshes are replacing Windows at a major Japanese banks for multiple reasons including security. See the article here.

Dual Booting Apple Computers with Bootcamp

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:41:18 -0600

Have you ever wanted to be able to run Windows on your Mac? In the near past that would have been an unspeakable question for the Macintosh faithful. Today you can go over to Apple Computer and download software called Boot Camp that allows multiple operating systems including Windows XP and Linux on your computer as well as Apple's OSX. The caveot is that you will need one of the new Intel Based Macintoshes and your own copy of Windows. Now there is nothing stopping you from running Windows programs if you desire but switching back to the Macintosh is as easy as a reboot.

Firefox Password Security Issue

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:12:06 -0700

Many of you have wisely switched to the significantly more secure Firefox browser, especially if you had been using Microsoft's Internet Explorer running on the Windows operating system. Kudos for your wise choice.

Many of you also take advantage of Firefox's password storage for website passwords. A minor security problem exists that allows other users on your computer to see these passwords. From within Firefox if you go to Tools >Options > Privacy and click on the "View Saved Passwords" button and then "Show Passwords" your passwords can be displayed.

Basic Computer Security

Thu, 09 Feb 2006 14:06:37 -0700

The internet is plagued with viruses, spyware, and trojans that at best are highly annoying and at worse can compromise confidential information such as your finances. There is a lot of debate about which systems are more secure. Macintosh computers are not beset with the volume of exploits that exist for Windows computers and are generally acknowledged to be significantly more secure out of the box. Regardless of of the computer that you use, failing to use some basic protection and common sense is simply asking for trouble. It has been estimated that an unprotected Windows computer on the internet will be infected in less than 30 minutes. Being safe is relatively easy and affordable.