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		<title>Adobe&#8217;s Moved Creative Suite Exclusively To The Cloud. Is This Good Or Bad?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 14:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adobe has announced that, from now on, the only way to get Creative Suite is via the cloud. That&#8217;s right, no more boxed versions of CS &#8211; you get it via the Internet or no Photoshop or Illustrator for you. Many people are wondering how this is going to work in the real world, myself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Avoid Keyloggers, Ransomware, And Rootkits</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>triona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most advanced threats to your computer &#8211; keyloggers, ransomware, and rootkits &#8211; are also the most insidious. The best way to deal with them is to avoid them entirely. Keyloggers come in hardware form, but are usually software viruses that secretly record everything you type. Ransomware holds your computer and its data hostage until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hands-On With The BlackBerry Z10</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>triona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently spent some quality time with the new BlackBerry Z10. The Z10 is a lightweight, keyboardless smart phone&#8230; wait, a keyboardless BlackBerry? How does that work? Let&#8217;s find out. The Z10 has a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor with 2GB of RAM and a 4.2-inch 1,280-by-768 LCD display at 356 pixels per inch. It&#8217;s sized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Prepare Your Computer For Recycling Or Donation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.guidryconsulting.com/techtips/?p=3103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have old computers and cell phones lying around, you&#8217;re not alone. Many of us hang onto old devices because we don&#8217;t know what to do with them. Sure, we want to donate or recycle, but what about the data? Here&#8217;s how to erase your computers, cell phones, and tablets prior to donation or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cyber Attacks Spell Trouble For Consumers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.guidryconsulting.com/techtips/?p=3079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you know what to do if your account is swept up in a cyber attack? In the last year many popular sites, including LinkedIn, Twitter, and Evernote, have been attacked and consumer information stolen. What can you do to protect yourself? As I said in my tech column in this month&#8217;s The Northwest Herald: Cybercriminals attack big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Webcam Can Be Used Against You</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>triona</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.guidryconsulting.com/techtips/?p=3060</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Smile! Your private life might be streaming live on the Internet! Did you know hackers use viruses to commandeer the webcam on your computer, tablet, or smart phone? Makes you think about all the places you take these devices, and what they could be recording. In this month&#8217;s The Northwest Herald I talk about the dangers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Create Secure Passwords (Revised Edition)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>triona</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.guidryconsulting.com/techtips/?p=3038</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people say to me, “I don’t need a secure password. I don’t have anything sensitive on my computer, so I don’t care if a hacker gets in.” You, my friends, are a hacker’s dream. Because it’s not necessarily your personal information they want, although they’ll happily steal your credit card info if they can. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Learn Windows Phone 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.guidryconsulting.com/techtips/?p=3018</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently had the opportunity to test the Nokia Lumia 822 smart phone from Verizon. From my review in The Northwest Herald:  At 5-by-2.7-by-0.44 inches, the Nokia Lumia 822 is a streamlined yet speedy device. The 4.3-inch, 800&#215;480 WVGA AMOLED display may not be the fanciest, but it boasts sharp colors and good readability even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tech Support Phone Scams Hit Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What would you do if a stranger called out of the blue and offered to fix your computer over the Internet &#8211; for a price? I hope your scam detector&#8217;s going off because cybercriminals don&#8217;t limit themselves to online methods of duping their victims. In my tech column in this month&#8217;s The Northwest Herald I talk about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Readers Ask: Sending DOCX Files To Macs, Troubleshooting Slow Web Sites, Choosing New Computer Hardware</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>triona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been talking with Fr. Jack Sweeley about whether he should move to Windows 7, Windows 8, or a Mac. After our initial discussion, he had some followup questions, which I am posting with his permission: Thank you so much, Triona. This is very helpful. However, I have a few questions. 1. As I stated, I have [...]]]></description>
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