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1)      Don’t post any personal information online – like your address, email address or mobile number. 2)      Think carefully before posting pictures or videos of yourself.  Once you’ve put  a picture of yourself online most people can see it and may be able to download it, it’s not just yours anymore. 3)      Keep your privacy settings as high as possible 4)      Never give out your passwords 5)      Don’t befriend people you don’t know 6)      Don’t meet up with people you’ve met online.  Speak to your parent or carer about people suggesting you do 7)      Remember that not everyone online is who they say they are 8)      Think carefully about what you say before you post something online 9)      Respect other people’s views, eve...

There’s nothing you can do if hackers get into a database with your password in it, but you can still protect yourself for all the other worst-case scenarios involving hacking. In this video, we go over ways to make your passwords harder to crack. First, don’t make it easy on hackers by choosing a common password. Splashdata uses security breaches to gather 'most popular passwords' lists each year. The word 'password', number sequences, and other simplistic phrases or numbers fill the top spots. Also, don’t use your name, a password related to another one you might have on a different site, or a login name. Instead, experts recommend using 15 characters, upper-case letters, better yet nonsensical words with special characters and numbers inside them.

What is the best laptop?' is a question we get asked all the time, so in an attempt to answer that question....   'What is the best laptop?' is a question we get asked all the time, so in an attempt to answer that question, here is our list of the best laptops available to buy in 2014. 13. Toshiba Qosmio X70-A Reviewed on: 14 November 13 RRP : £1699 inc. VAT The Toshiba Qosmio X70-A is expensive, but not over-priced when compared to many rival gaming laptops. And, in addition to its strong gaming performance the X70-A also provides an attractive screen and speakers that make it a great all-round entertainment machine. 12. Toshiba Kirabook Reviewed on: 17 May 13 RRP : Around £1,500 inc VAT The audience Toshiba is pursuing with the Kirabook is the well-to-do professional who is willing to pay extra for high-end hardware and services. The Kirabook is the most beautiful Ultrabook to pass through our Test Centre, but its ina...

Best smartphones, mobile phones, phones. Whatever you call them they all share the same thing. They’re the hottest kind of tech. They sell millions, and make billions and there's plenty more to come in 2014, but which should you choose if you're buying right now? The first thing is to decide the platform you want to side with. There’s the iPhone and its easy to use iOS mobile operating system, an army of Android phones powered by Google, Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 and – new kid on the block – BlackBerry 10. iOS offers the best apps and games, Android the most fiddling potential. Windows Phone 8 is the slickest and BlackBerry 10 is on hand for those who want something a bit different. 2013 was another big year for smartphones with the iPhone 5C and the iPhone 5S joining the Nokia Lumia 1020 and Android phone greats like the Sony Xperia Z1 and Nexus 5 as standout newcomers. We should of course not forget about the TrustedReviews Product of the Year the Motorola Mo...

It’s been exactly a week since the Android-powered Nokia X was revealed at Mobile World Congress 2014, but it’s already been hacked to run the Google Play Store and its Android apps. Nokia’s curious decision to release an Android-powered smartphone mere months (at best) before a full take-over by Microsoft - the home of Windows Phone and staunch Google rival - appeared to be justified (albeit weakly) by the fact that the Nokia X range couldn’t run Google’s Android services and apps. Now that last, flimsy barrier to a full Nokia Android experience appears to have been broken, albeit unofficially. Over on the XDA-developers forums, a Nokia X handset has been cracked to run the Google Play Store and its million-or-so apps. What’s more, it only took user Kasamalaga five simple steps to achieve this. By following these steps it’s possible to get Gmail, Google Maps, Google Now and the like running on the Nokia X, which attempts to replace such popular Google services with Microso...

Ever have one of those days where you feel like you’re just running to stand still, like you’re on a treadmill cranked too high and can’t be shut off? Too often this is what working in IT is like now! Big data. Mobile. Cloud. These intense forces are reshaping IT environments. The result? More systems and applications to manage than ever. According to IDC research, the average number of Virtual Machines per physical server is predicted to double between 2008 and 2016. The percentage of data center IT operations costs spent on staff is up 40% in the last 5 years. On average, a substantial majority of IT budgets gets eaten up by maintenance — in other words, running to stand still. Efficiency, efficiency, efficiency The problem, of course, is that if you’re working hard to just stand still, you’ll eventually fall behind. IT organizations have become very focused on Improving IT staff productivity and operational efficiency, as well as implementing common ...

The concept of TechWorld ICT is sometimes hard for people to get a hold on. The words themselves "Information and Communications Technology" sound weightless and futuristic, perhaps leading us to the misconception the ICT itself is inherently efficient and green. Like everything we do however ICT has an environmental impact, a much more significant one than most people realize, and building awareness of this is the first step to reducing that impact. "The global information and communications technology (ICT) industry accounts for approximately 2 percent of global carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, a figure equivalent to aviation" - Gartner 2013 So firstly, what are we talking about when we say ICT equipment? The list includes items such as: Desktop and Laptop PCS Printers, scanners, copiers, projectors Smart phones, PDAs, desktop phones Wireless and connected routers, hubs, and other networking equipment Mail servers, file servers, fire...