PC Magazine - 2009 04.pdf - Libertad Zero - Blog
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Solutions<br />
problems solved this issue<br />
42 at Work<br />
• Learn how to set up accounting<br />
software<br />
44 office<br />
• Learn hidden tricks in OpenOffice.org<br />
46 security<br />
• Keep your smartphones secure<br />
keep it private Before you start posting anything, go into<br />
your privacy settings and decide whom you want to be able to<br />
see your photo albums, videos, profile, status updates, and so on.<br />
Staying Safe on Facebook<br />
Grown-ups, take note! Here is what you need to know before “friending” your first<br />
Facebook connection. By Bill Dyszel<br />
Recent news stories have reported a litany<br />
of Facebook horror stories from geriatrics—you<br />
know, people over age 30—who<br />
dented their dignities, if not their careers,<br />
through careless social networking. Some<br />
people think that the post-collegiate crowd<br />
is simply too fuddy-duddy for Facebook.<br />
Others insist that the site is now as essential<br />
as e-mail and phone service, if not air<br />
and water, and nobody of any age should<br />
be discouraged from squandering time on<br />
40 <strong>PC</strong> MAGAZINE DIGITAL EDITION APRIL <strong>2009</strong><br />
48 tips<br />
• Find your toolbar in Word for Mac<br />
• Align image in Word<br />
• Tweak default start times in<br />
Outlook’s calendar<br />
• Improve Power-line performance<br />
• Turn your cell phone into a modem<br />
• Take shortcuts to Internet searches<br />
Facebook. Even Bill Gates is reported to<br />
have a half-hour-a-day Facebook habit.<br />
A typical Facebook humiliation scenario<br />
involves having someone post something<br />
questionable to your “wall,” the public<br />
Facebook page, and then having that item<br />
inadvertently and automatically blasted<br />
to everyone you know via Facebook. That<br />
group often includes business associates<br />
and other people with whom you’ve cultivated<br />
an illusion of respectability. Horrors!<br />
• Use Speed Dial in Firefox<br />
• Get the best HDTV image quality<br />
• Choose the right HDTV ports<br />
• Properly place your speakers<br />
• Calibrate your camera’s monitor<br />
Because the Internet offers so many<br />
paths to public humiliation, it’s not entirely<br />
fair to single out Facebook. In the site’s<br />
defense, you have to be a Facebook member<br />
to see all of the truly embarrassing items on<br />
another member’s page. Besides, Google<br />
can reveal more dirt about a person than<br />
Facebook does, and that includes material<br />
over which an individual has little control.<br />
But if you have a professional reputation<br />
to protect, a Facebook account creates