23 September 2013

Unable To Log In To Your Bank Account? Try These Tips



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While banks usually do a good job of making it as easy as possible to log into your bank account online, it’s never entirely perfect. There’s always going to be a time when there’s some technological reason why you can’t log in even though you’re using the right credentials. Yes, sometimes it’s the bank’s fault, but a good number of times it’s a problem at your own end, and it’s something that can be easily fixed. Here’s a little checklist which you can follow step by step to make sure that it’s not an issue with your computer. If there...


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Unable To Log In To Your Bank Account? Try These Tips



access-denied

While banks usually do a good job of making it as easy as possible to log into your bank account online, it’s never entirely perfect. There’s always going to be a time when there’s some technological reason why you can’t log in even though you’re using the right credentials. Yes, sometimes it’s the bank’s fault, but a good number of times it’s a problem at your own end, and it’s something that can be easily fixed. Here’s a little checklist which you can follow step by step to make sure that it’s not an issue with your computer. If there...


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How To Use Start Screen As Start Menu In Windows 8.1



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In Windows 8.1, Microsoft has made a couple of changes to the Start screen, the Start menu replacement introduced first with Windows 8. Microsoft has introduced a new Apps view in Windows 8.1 which displays all installed apps and desktop programs. But with default settings, when you press the Windows logo key on the keyboard […]

Upgrading Your PC for Windows 8.1? Prep It First!



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Windows 8.1 is going to be available to all Windows 8 users as a free upgrade in less than a month, on October 18. Windows 8.1 makes significant changes to Windows 8 and it’s a worthy upgrade whether you’re using Windows 8 on a desktop PC, a tablet, or something in between. How you’ll upgrade depends on which version of Windows you’re upgrading from — Windows 7, Windows 8, or even the Windows 8.1 preview release. Is Windows 8.1 worth upgrading to from Windows 7? That’s a tough question and everyone has a different opinion, especially given Microsoft isn’t offering...


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9 BuzzFeed Articles Guaranteed To Lift Your Spirits Any Day



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Feeling down, bored or restless? That’s exactly what BuzzFeed is for. It might not be an overly intelligent website, nor is it very original, but the content it curates is just right for those moments when you’re staring at the screen but can’t seem to get anything done. The good thing about BuzzFeed articles is that they don’t take much time to go through. Image-heavy as they are, you can go through an entire post in about 5 minutes, and if you find the right ones, you’re guaranteed to feel a bit better when those 5 minutes are up. Unlike...


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What is Dictionary Attack and How to Secure Against Dictionary Attack



In our last post we discuss on Brute Force Attack. So Today we discuss about Dictionary attack.


Dictionary attack is the part of cryptanalysis and in this we break the secure password by entering every word from a dictionary as a password. A dictionary attack can also be used in an attempt to find the key necessary to decrypt an encrypted message or document.


A dictionary attack is more efficient than Brute Force Attack because it will take less time and victim chooses ordinary words as passwords such as smoking, playground, password etc.


In dictionary attack it uses a targeted technique of successively trying all the words in an exhaustive list called a dictionary, instead in brute force attack it will systematically check all possible key space. i.e. dictionary attack tries only those possibilities which are most likely to succeed but in brute force attack it will check all the possibilities of words.


How to increase Security against Dictionary Attack:


There are two ways to secure your password against online dictionary attacks.



  • Delayed response: Given a login-name/password pair the server provides a slightly delayed yes/no answer (say not faster than one answer per second). This should prevent an attacker from checking sufficiently many passwords in a reasonable time.

  • Account locking: Accounts are locked a few unsuccessful login attempts (for example, an account is locked for an hour after three unsuccessful attempts.) Like the previous measure, this measure is designed to prevent attackers from checking sufficiently many passwords in a reasonable time.


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How To Disable Automatic App Updates In Windows 8.1



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Microsoft has introduced a host of new features with Windows 8.1 update. There are well over 50 cool features in the latest version of Windows operating system. One of them is automatic app updates, a feature that will help users who have installed hundreds of apps from the Store. Unlike Windows 8, in Windows 8.1, […]

Amazon Instant Video App Now Supports Airplay and Apple TV



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This week, Amazon updated its popular iOS Amazon Instant Video app for AirPlay support. That’s right, now you can watch Amazon videos streamed via your Apple TV using your iOS device or Mac. Like in the iTunes Movie Store, the new Instant Video update also includes for each movie the IMDB cast and director information, customer ratings and reviews, and a scrolling set of videos watched by customers who watched the current selection. Amazon Instant Video provides unlimited streaming of more than 40,000 movies and TV episodes, available to customers with an Amazon Prime membership. The advantage of Amazon Instant...


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Google Streamlines User Experience Across Google Products With New App Launcher



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Once you are logged into Google, you would want to move around all Google services seamlessly. To that end, Google has updated the Google Bar with a new design. The old black bar that spanned the length of the screen has been done away with for a less obtrusive design. The new Google App launcher is more simplified as it gives you access to all Google services under one common grid. The “Apps grid” button is available on the top-right and a click on it reveals a drop-down menu with all the Google service icons neatly displayed. The Apps grid...


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Internet Explorer 11 Release Preview For Win 7 Is Out, 30% Faster Than Others



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After giving Bing a facelift, Microsoft now wants to change how you get to Bing with the new Internet Explorer 11. The Release Preview of the browser — whose Developer Preview surprised us with how mature it has become — is now available as a free download for Windows 7 users and it comes with a few cool features. Apparently there have been quite a few changes under the hood because Microsoft is claiming some significant leadership over competitors. In an advert for the new browser, the company claims IE11 is six times faster than Google Chrome at rendering 3D...


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Internet Explorer 11 Release Preview For Win 7 Is Out, 30% Faster Than Others



Internet-Explorer-11-Release-Preview-Windows-7

After giving Bing a facelift, Microsoft now wants to change how you get to Bing with the new Internet Explorer 11. The Release Preview of the browser — whose Developer Preview surprised us with how mature it has become — is now available as a free download for Windows 7 users and it comes with a few cool features. Apparently there have been quite a few changes under the hood because Microsoft is claiming some significant leadership over competitors. In an advert for the new browser, the company claims IE11 is six times faster than Google Chrome at rendering 3D...


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