Those who have seen the stunning variety of experiences that a GoPro camera can shoot in High Definition video can attest to the camera’s quality. The GoPro HD camera is a rugged, compact, and light device that has given the world a unique style of highly personalized photography and videography. From accompanying divers on marine adventures to traversing rocky off-road terrain on cycle, bike or car, the GoPro can record it all with stunning clarity.
By itself the GoPro is simply a light, durable, and compact camera. In order to make full use of its features and durability, it is important to invest in a few versatile accessories. You do not have to buy a lot of accessories – just aim to buy rugged, durable accessories that can match the kind of quality of video footage you aim to shoot with the camera. With a small backpack of GoPro accessories and your GoPro, you can be ready at a moment’s notice to shoot underwater, on the road, and even in the air.
On March 19th, Matt Cutts announced that Google took action against a large guest blog network. It didn’t take long for people to figure out it was MyBlogGuest – a popular site for writing and publishing guest blog posts. Ann Smarty, the found and owner of MyBlogGuest, confirmed Google’s action against her site. The proof was that entering “MyBlogGuest” in Google didn’t have her site in the results.
Matt Cutts had talked about Google taking action against guest posting a few weeks back, but that they moved so quickly and so fiercely against the guest posting network was still a shock for most people. The penalizing of MyBlogGuest, as many of Google’s actions, has divided the blogging community, with some speaking out against the penalty, while others thought MyBlogGuest had it coming.
Once the first shock was just settling among bloggers, Google decided take action against the blogs that participated in using the MyBlogGuest service.
Smartphones are the number one method for taking photos these days. They have technically replaced the point-and-shoot camera as the main way of easily taking snapshots. The most popular way of sharing those photos remains the online route – through social networks and blogs. Printing such photos, however, can be more of a pain than simply using your phone to upload the photos.
If you do want to print photos, you can easily print them with a portable smartphone printer from LG called the PD239. This small, portable smartphone printer may change the way you share some of your photos, since you can now easily give out physical photos to your friends and family, without waiting for those photos to be printed at a photo lab or at home.
Most people have many logins for many sites. The problem is managing all the user IDs and passwords, at least keeping track of them in a secure way. For me, I store all my login information in LastPass. While it can be difficult to trust a service that stores my login information on the cloud, I understand how LastPass keeps my data safe, so I’m not worried about security.
As with most things about security – you can never be too careful. With that in mind, I have compiled a list of some options that I have set within my LastPass account that will help give even more peace-of-mind relief about storing my passwords online with LastPass. The following are my tips for keeping your passwords safe with LastPass.
If you’re looking into buying one of Apple’s prime selection of computers or already have one, you might be surprised to know that you’re still not reaching the peak of what a computer can do. All that can change with the purchase of some simple accessories.
In this article we look at what goods you’ll need to really get the most from your Mac device, whether it’s professional work or throwing it in your bag for some on-the-move computing. Even these powerful computers have gaps in their functionality that need to be filled, so don’t be caught out. The MacBook Air is the device of the moment, and you can browse a huge range on sites like ebay.co.uk if you need inspiration on which one to plump for.
Here are some popular items you can use to accessorize your Mac.
Android, YouTube, Motorola, Waze: these four companies have all been bought by Google and now work under the search giant’s massive umbrella. Most recently, Israeli start-up SlickLogin has joined that list as Google works to improve the security of its pages, and the security of the Internet as a whole.
With Google’s acquisition of SlickLogin, Google can potentially be signifying a change in login procedures for their products in the future.
If you are like me and have weak spots in your wireless network coverage, there are a few options that you can try to increase your network coverage. The first is to add repeaters or signal boosters in various locations in your home to increase your wireless coverage. Second, you can run Ethernet cables throughout your house. The third is to use powerline adapters to send network data through your house over your home’s electrical wires.
For me, I chose the third option. To carry out the task I bought a Actiontec Powerline Network Adapter kit that would give network connection to an area of my home that had a weak wireless signal. I have used the powerline adapter kit for the past several months and have tested out the device mostly with streaming content from the Internet.
When you buy a wireless router – any wireless router – you must make sure you properly secure the router and your wireless network. If you don’t secure both the wireless router and the network, you allow unauthorized users into either your router, your network, and possible any device attached to your wireless network.
While securing the Linksys EA2700 (N600) wireless router may sound complex, there are only a few setting changes that you need to change to secure both your router and network. Below are the steps that you need to take to secure your wireless network.
Logging into the Router
Open a Web browser and type “http://192.168.1.1” (without quotes) in the address bar. Press ENTER.
When a login windows appears, enter “admin” (without quotes) in both the username and password boxes.
If a warning windows appears, check the “Do not show me this again” checkbox and click the “OK” button.
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If the IP address of the router has changed, or 192.168.1.1 doesn’t work you can look up the IP address of your router by using the steps outlined in How to Get the IP Address or Your Router.
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If the username and password have been changed before, and you can’t remember the login credentials, you can reset the router back to factory defaults and then continue with securing the router. To reset the router you can follow the steps outlined here: How to Reset the Linksys EA2700 (N600) Wireless Router.
Securing the Administrator User
Before securing your wireless network, you will first need to secure the administrator account to your router’s setup. That is the account you logged into in the previous section.
All router default username’s and passwords can easily be found online, so it is important to change the login credentials to protect your router and wireless network.
Log into your router, and then click the “Administration” option from the top menu.
In the “Router Access” section, enter a long and strong password in the “Router Password” box.
Enter the same password in the “Re-enter to Confirm” box.
At the bottom, click the “Save Settings” button.
Changing the Linksys EA2700 (N600) router’s administrator password.
When prompted, enter “admin” as the username, and then your new password to re-access the setup to your router.
Securing Your Wireless Network
Now that your router’s setup is secured with a new administrative password, you can go ahead and secure the network.
If you haven’t done so, log into your wireless router.
Click the “Wireless” menu option at the top.
Click the “Disable” option beside “WPS” and then click the “Manual” option just above it.
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While Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) may sound like an easy way to secure your router, it is a major security vulnerability (please read Why Your Wireless Network May Not Be As Secure As You Think. While there are more steps to manually securing your router, and then connecting devices to your wireless network, you will have a more secure network.
The Linksys EA2700 has two frequencies – 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz. You can set up a single wireless network on each, but it would be best to have both frequencies used by one wireless network. Beside “Network Name (SSID), give your wireless network a name. Ensure you enter the same name in both the 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz sections.
For “Security Mode”, select the “WPA2 Personal” option. Do the same for both frequency sections.
Beside both “Passphrase” options, enter a long and strong passphrase. This is what you will enter when you connect a device to your wireless network.
Click the “Save Settings” button.
Wireless settings to secure the Linksys EA2700 (N600) wireless router.
At this point your wireless network is secured. To connect a device to your network, you simply select your network from the list and then enter the passphrase you created.
If you forget your passphrase, you can simply connect a computer into the router with an ethernet cable and then re-enter the setup by entering “192.168.1.1” into a Web browser.
Additional Security Settings
While the preceding sections are enough to have a secured wireless network, there are a few other settings you may want to look at to fully secure both your network and your router.
Log into the setup of your wireless router using a Web browser.
Click the “Administration” menu option at the top – the “Management” section should be displayed.
In the “Remote Management Access” section, make sure the “Remote Management” option is “Disabled”.
In the “UPnP” section, click the “Disabled” option next to the “UPnP” option
Click the “Save Settings” button.
Changing additional security settings on the Linksys EA2700 (N600) wireless router.
At this point your wireless router is secured and you can feel confident that only authorized devices can connect to your network.
