February
2013
In
this issue
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Password
Dos and Don'ts |
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The
Future of IT |
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When
the Internet Goes 3D |
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Catch
Spyware |
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Move
Windows |
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Business
Continuity Tip |
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Cartoon/Quote
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Move
Windows Between Multiple Monitors
used with permission by
Microsoft
You can easily
extend your Windows desktop across more than one monitor by plugging
two or more monitors into a desktop computer or one or more monitors
into a laptop. Most laptops allow you to connect one external
monitor. A desktop that spans two or more monitors significantly
increases your desktop area so that you can drag windows, program
icons, and other items to any location on the extended
desktop.
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Business
Continuity Tip
Flu Update
The influenza
outbreak has reached epidemic proportions in the United States
according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The
number of states reporting widespread activity rose from 41 to 47 in
one week. Click
here for a snapshot of flu activity in your state.
In response,
Agility Recovery hosted a free
webinar featuring Dr. Michael Jhung, lead medical officer in the
CDC's Influenza Division who will update us on the current status of
the outbreak and the severity throughout the nation. Join us as we
discuss how to reduce risk, prevent transmission of the virus and
maintain a healthy work environment.
Please
forward this newsletter to anyone else in your organization who
might be interested!
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Password
Dos and Don'ts
used with
permission from Norton by Symantec
by Marian
Merritt
There have been some well-publicized news stories
of hacked websites where millions of user accounts and
passwords were posted publicly. Can you imagine if you were
one of those users affected? They likely had to hurry to
change their credentials and make sure they didn't use the
same combination of email address and password on any other
websites. Chances are these people, like many others, did use
the same password for other accounts. Many people not only use
the same password all over the Web, but they also choose weak
and foolish passwords.
Here's a
list of some of the top password choices for millions of
computer users:
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more
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The Future of
IT
Used with the
permission of http://thenetwork.cisco.com
by Padmasree
Warrior
What an exciting time to be in the tech industry.
We are at the beginning of a major transition to the
Mobile-Cloud era. Trends like bring your own device (BYOD),
access anywhere, virtualization, and machine-to-machine
connections have given way to a new breed of applications. We
estimate that approximately 50 billion devices will be
connected by 2020. In 2010 alone, more than 350, 000
applications were developed with more than three million
downloads. A 44-fold increase in data creation is predicted
from 2010 to 2020, with 34 percent of it in the cloud. All of
this leads to a world of intuitive connections between people,
processes, data and things on the network € the Internet of
Everything.
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When
the Internet Goes 3D
Used with the
permission of http://thenetwork.cisco.com
by Laurence
Cruz
The Internet is having a mid-life crisis: Having
just turned 40, it's starting to go 3D. The transition is
still in its early stages, but champions of the cause say it's
both natural and inevitable, with mass adoption expected
within a few years. 3D will make the Web more social, they
say, and it will introduce powerful new ways for people in
education, business and medicine to interact with content and
with each other. Jani Pirkola, an evangelist of the 3D
Internet in the Finnish high-tech hotbed of Oulu, predicts it
will take off in 2018, with younger users and educational
institutions leading the way. And he expects it will catch on
faster than the 2D Internet did.
"Going
from the Web to the 3D Internet is not as big a step as it was
going from e-mail and telephones to the Web," says Pirkola,
who is co-founder of an open-source 3D platform
called realXtend. "People already grasp the idea of
surfing around and doing things with computers."
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Catch
Spyware Before It Snags You
reprinted with
permission from Norton by Symantec
Have you ever clicked on an intriguing ad or link
while surfing the Web and had a barrage of pop-up windows
flood your screen or your browser suddenly send you to a slew
of unsavory sites? Or have you ever installed a free download
and noticed that your computer is suddenly sluggish because,
unbeknownst to you, a program is now tracking your online
movements?
Welcome to
the mystifying world of spyware and adware. These
programs are more than annoying. They can also pose security
risks to everyday Internet users like you.
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more
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"Never
lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick
of your success will be how you treat other people -
your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers
you meet along the way."
-
Barbara
Bush
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