Surf Safely

For most of us, online browsing has become essential to everyday life. But the Internet is rife with dangerous threats, ranging from your computer becoming infected by malware to cyber thieves stealing your personal information. Taking action to secure your Internet browser will enable safer web surfing and can help ensure your hard drive and personal information aren't at risk. Here are a few ways to secure your Internet browser for safer surfing.

Update Your Browser Regularly

As Internet browser technology evolves, so do the unsavory individuals looking to exploit new online vulnerabilities. Subsequently, it is imperative to keep your web browser regularly updated. Internet browsers periodically release important updates that fix security bugs and loopholes. In fact, many of the top browsers, including Google Chrome, have automatic updates and will prompt you to download an important update. Security updates cab typically be downloaded directly from the browser's website as well. In a similar vein, also update your operating system regularly, especially if you are using the Os's default browser (e.g., Internet Explorer on Windows).

Use The Pop-up Blocker

Most Internet browsers have a built-in pop-up blocker that prevents pop-up windows from opening and cluttering your screen. The blocker can help prevent harmful malware from installing on your computer. If you're using an application that requires you to temporarily disable the pop-up blocker, be sure to enable it when you are finished.

Nable Fraud Protection

A Phising website is a fraudulent website that is masked as a trustworthy one in order to acquire personal information such as passwords and credit card information. Often these websites can steal cached data on your computer without you even knowing it. To prevent this, enable your browser's fraud protection, which typically "blacklists" known protection ensures you don't inadvertently visit a known phising site.

Install Only Trusted Programs 

It ma seem obvious but only download software or programs from known, trusted sources. A surprising number of Internet users download free programs from unknown sources and inadvertently install damaging spy-ware or viruses onto their computers. If you are unsure about a particular program, do some research online; chances are if it isn't legitimate program or application, you won't be able to verify it online.

Look for Private Browsing Features

Most Internet browsers have privacy features that allow you to easily clear your browsing history and personal data. This is important if you use a shared computer., whether in your office, at the library or in a computer lab. Many browsers also have private browsing or private tabs, which allow you to surf the web without leaving any trace of the sites you visit.

Seek Robust Encryption Support

Only use Internet browsers that support the latest encryption standards of SSl and TSL. These types of encryption establish an encrypted link between your browser and the website you are using in which sensitive data can pass through securely.
Internet security can be a complicated and tricky thing. But a little know-how and some easy preventive techniques can go a long way towards providing you with a safer browsing environment in an online world rampant with security threats.

Mobile Phones Can Cause High Blood Pressure

An Important Research about MobilePhones.

 

Talking on a mobile phone causes systolic blood pressure, the higher number in a blood pressure reading and the number doctors pay more attention to as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, to rise significantly, a study has found. Researchers from the Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital in Piacenza, Italy, took 12 blood pressure readings  at one-minute intervals from 94 patients with mild hypertension. The patients' mean age was 53, Khaleej Times reported. Patients were seated in a comfortable armchair in a doctor's consulting room and left alone after the first blood pressure reading was taking using an automatic device. Researchers phoned the patients at least three times and found that when the patient as on the phone or receiving a call, their blood pressure reading jumped from 121/77 on average to 129/82. The American Heart Association say less than 120/80 is a healthy reading for adults age 20 and older. During the blood pressure study, neither diastolic blood pressure - the lower number  in a blood pressure reading, which is a measure of the force of blood in the arteries when the heart relaxes between beats-nor heart rate increased significantly when patients received  a call. Oddly,

though, the researchers found that patients who got more than 30 calls a day seemed to have developed a form of immunity to the blood pressure spikes seen in the study. Beta blockers also seemed to help stave off blood pressure spikes. The researcher concluded that  phone calls received when a midlly hypertensive patient is having a blood pressure reading could cause syslotic pressure to spike, and advised that they turn off their phone, at least for a duration of blood pressure test.

7 Free Tools to Identify A Font

So you’re browsing through your favorite website and found a site that uses a font you love. You want that font too, (and must be as quickly as possible!)… so how do we go about finding out what that font is called? Sounds familiar? Yes… we’ve all been there before.

One easy option is to simply email the webmaster and ask for the name of the font and where to get it.

This can take some time and not all webmasters will reply. So, I’ve decided to compile a list of free online tools to speed up the identification process.

  

1. What The Font

Developed by one of the largest font providers, WhatTheFont is your number one spot for identifying your fonts. Simply upload an image of the font that you want to ID and upload it to their servers (or add a link to the image on the WTF interface), and the system will show you multiple font results. If unable to find it, it will prompt you to go to their Font Forum where you can post the image and wait for feedback from font experts as to what that font may be called. I’ve used both systems and this usually solved most of my font questions.

 

2. Identifont

This service takes a different approach and finds your fonts by asking a number of questions about the font. This one can be useful if you do not have an image of the font you’re looking for. I’ve never managed to find any fonts using this service to be honest, but maybe I’m the exception! The service claims to be ‘the largest independent directory of typefaces on the Internet, with information about fonts from 534 publishers and 143 vendors’.

 

3. Message Boards: Typophile

This is probably the greatest and largest community of font experts. You get your answers simply by posting an image of the font you’re looking for in their forum. If unsuccessful there, most font sites (usually the free font sites) have message boards where you can post questions and images about the fonts that you’re looking for.

4. Bowfin Printworks

This site offers a ton of information as well as multiple online tools to help you find your font, by answering questions on the shape of the glyphs of the font in question. Similar to Identifont, but seems to be quicker to input all the data as it’s all in one page while Identifont goes through multiple pages and can get tedious. Includes guides for Script Fonts, Bauhaus-style Fonts, Sans Serif and Serif Fonts and Lined Fonts. The owner of the site is also willing to answer any font ID questions for free via email.

5. TypeNavigator

Developed by Fontshop, this one uses the same principles as the Bowfint system by asking questions about the shape of each character.

6. Flickr Typeface Identification

Flickr has a group dedicated to identifying fonts and another group that showcases fonts used in different images called Fonts in Use which can be useful for quick reference.

7. Lists of Fonts

Sometimes the best way to find a font is just by looking at lists of fonts already created with the most widely used fonts. Here are a few popular lists that you can use for quick reference.