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Monday 08 September 2008
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You'll find a jillion uses for these super-cool portable tool kits that fit right on your key chain. Whether it's fixing your eyeglasses, pulling splinters, tightening up the loose screws you run into everyday... Open computer cases with ease, snip wires, all the jobs a small set of pliers would make easy work of, you've got to check out Swiss-Tech tools!
Many of you have installed PGP based on my recent series of
articles. As promised, here is a simple way to use PGP to make
your day-to-day life easier. Specifically, you can use the
program to encrypt the username and passwords to various services
on the Internet that you use.
I realize that Internet Explorer will save your passwords for you
but there are a couple of problems with that. First, anyone using
your computer can access any private sites you visit--bank
accounts, credit card sites, private information sites, etc. In
addition do you really want to trust your private data to a
Microsoft product? I sure don't.
Instead store your information inside a simple text file that you
keep PGP encrypted. This file can be right on your desktop.
Unless the other person knows your private passphrase they aren't
going to see your data. Another advantage to this approach is
that you can keep notes along with your data. For example I might
make a note of which sections of a private site are most useful
to me. Then I'm not spending my time searching for that spot I
saw during my last visit.
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The ClutterBuster provides you with slots to store CD-ROMs (or DVDs) in their jewel cases, drawers to keep stamps, paperclips, staple remover, etc., bins on top to keep pencils, pens, or in my case a letter opener and a pair of scissors. It sounds hokey, I know, but it works surprisingly well. Click here for Jim's full review.
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