Tag: SAFETY

YouTube has a video on just about anything you'd want to watch -- and some things you don't. While the company claims that this diversity makes them who they are today, other users are looking for a safer and more "clean" experience. To this end, YouTube has announced a new opt-in feature known as Safety Mode. Safety Mode allows users to filter out "objectionable content" that they don't ...

When you're shopping online for something, product reviews can tell you quite a bit - but they may not include some important details. Say, for example, whether or not a particular product has any issues listed in the Consumer Product Safety Commission's recall database. If you're browsing with Firefox, grab the Caveat Emptor add-on. It provides right-click access to the CPSC's feeds, list of ...

The new year is here, and it's time to make some resolutions! I've got plenty of habits that need some reworking, so here's what I've resolved to do in 2010: Back up my important files regularly. I've always sucked at doing this, and it's time to change that. With so many good online options (like Mozy, Backblaze, and Carbonite) and external hard drives being so cheap, there's really no ...

Download Squad doesn't condone irresponsible levels of alcohol consumption - at least not without a plan for how you're getting home - but we know that it happens sometimes. Fortunately, you're likely to have your phone with you when you're drinking, and there's a new, geeky way to determine whether you've had one too many to drive safely. Yes, my friends, there's an app for that: R-U-Buzzed. ...

Warning! There's a Twitter phish-fest going on at the moment. Hopefully you'll read this before you become an ill-fated Twit...! If you receive a DM that looks something like this: hi. this you on here? http://blogger.djh****.com Do not use the link! It will redirect you to a copycat Twitter log-in page, and then forward you to a fake fail whale -- and then later, when you least expect it, ...

Torrent downloads can be kind of a crap shoot. If you'd like a little reassurance about what you're about to download, take a look at Vertor. The service launched recently and provides automated checking of torrents from a number of trackers, like Pirate Bay, Demonoid, and several others. To date, the service has verified more than 140,000 torrents. 20 second MP3 clips are provided to let you ...

As a long-time fan of Comodo Firewall, I was glad to see the company developing a more complete Internet defense application. On October 28th, they released Comodo Internet Security. Why the move? To quote from the press release, Comodo's president Melih Abdulhayoglu believes that "Safe computing on the Internet should be a right, not a privilege." He continues, "We are offering an advanced, ...

digg_url = "http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2008/01/18/keeping-it-private-and-safe-on-public-computers/";Even if you have a computer at home, on occasion you'll find you need to use the public computers at a library, internet café, or your local copy shop. Traveling, technical glitches at home, or the sheer convenience of checking on something right now brings almost everyone to a public ...

Many years ago, car manufacturers emphasized only new features to entice new buyers. Then some time in the early 90's car safety became important and car manufacturers put safety features top of the selling points for new model. I feel that right now Web 2.0 service providers are operating like those car manufacturers before the shift to car safety. Ever since the infant days of the internet, ...

Parental controls are good to have these days. There are a lot of sickos out there and the protection of our children online should be at the top of our lists. Social networking giant MySpace announced on Wednesday they are developing a parent notification tool and age verification software. The software, codenamed Zephyr, will be a desktop application. The current MySpace age verification ...

Does Mac OS X have security vulnerabilities? Of course it does. Are they targetted as rampantly as those on certain other OSes? No, but if you value your data why not do everything you can to protect it? To that end, Apple Matters has a valuable article called Top 8 OS X Safety Tips. As is usual with this sort of article, some of the tips seem like common sense ("2. Turn that Firewall on"), but ...