Early last year I wrote about one of the easiest ways to provide internet filtering for your home network. Read: http://cibertek.net/blog/2009/02/22/keep-your-family-safe-with-opendns/. At the time, OpenDNS had only one mode and only one set of options. Recently, they’ve expanded their features list under a “Deluxe Plan” and are now charging a small fee to use it.
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New Cibertek site is now online!
Share Finally, after many months of hard work, I am proud to present the Cibertek flagship website to highlight the company as a whole. This is the main website for all things Cibertek. Theone place to learn and discover all that Cibertek has to offer: Our computer services from website design and management to home networking, an [...]
Announcing a new WordPress theme for Cibertek Blog
This is the informal introduction to the revamped Cibertek Blog site. Over the past month or so, I’ve been working on a number of projects not to mention summer vacation and unfortunately had to put the blog on the back burner. However, I am back and to make a big splash, presenting a new WordPress theme for the Cibertek.net Blog.
Cisco – Linksys launches new home wireless routers
Cisco Home Products, a.k.a Linksys, launches a new home wireless product line this month called “Valet”. My first impression is it looks like a great product for home users who either don’t have a wireless network already or for those who want to upgrade what they have quickly and simply.
No more YouTube support on IE6
Another reason to upgrade or get rid of IE6 if you are on the Windows platform, YouTube will not work on it after next month. Keep in mind, you dont have to use IE to browse the web. If you have an old XP machine, you can still install Firefox or Chrome and they will work fine
More versions of Windows are set to expire this year
There are obviously a lot of people still using old versions of Windows operating systems. So if your still using XP or Windows 2000 and need some more encouragement to upgrade, here is some news that might help push you forward.
Times almost up for the Windows 7 Release Candidate
If you were one of the brave souls to try the beta version of Windows 7 last spring, time is almost up. Microsoft sent out an email today warning everyone who still had the “Windows 7 RC” what to expect in the next few months
Google Chrome 4.0 is finally here
After what seems to be a very long wait, Google Chrome 4.0 was released this week. For the first time since Firefox came along, Chrome is a legitimate third alternative to Internet Explorer. The main reason is because Chrome can now be extended with third-party applets called “extensions” just like Firefox “add-ons”.
More tips to improve your wireless signal
Last week I posted 5 tips to help improve your home network connection speed. Continuing on that theme, here is a Great article by Tony Northrup posted on the Microsoft at Home with some more tips to help improve performance.
Microsoft releases patch to fix the “Google Hack” flaw
If you are one of the lucky people who are still using IE6, Microsoft has released an “out-of-band security update for the Internet Explorer vulnerability used in the recent Chinese attacks on Google.” So download this patch as soon as possible. Better yet, it might be time to upgrade to IE8 or download and use Firefox instead.
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Cibertek’s Top Anti-Virus for 2009
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Keep your data safe with Online Data Storage
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Windows 7 goes RTM and updates pricing!
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The Dream Machine 2009 Project
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Useful website of the week #5: Pandora.com
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Soluto – Software Pick of the Week
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OpenDNS goes Deluxe!
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New Cibertek site is now online!
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Announcing a new WordPress theme for Cibertek Blog
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New on-demand virus detection results for 2010
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Laura Oppenheimer: Hi! Thanks for helping get out the word about O...
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The Cibertek: Unfortunately, I never did finish this project. I...
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Andrew: Did you ever get this to work? I'm also looking at...
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Geek12: Useful list. Thanks. I can also recommend Handy...
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Sully: the first think i back up on my Windows 7 is my pr...
