Google Cardboard is a virtual reality (VR) platform developed by Google for use with a head mount for a smartphone. Named for its fold-out cardboard viewer, the platform is intended as a low-cost system to encourage interest and development in VR applications. Users can either build their own viewer from simple, low-cost components using specifications…
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Preparing For Disaster
With hurricanes, tornados and the zombie apocalypse on the verge of destroy your happy home I’m sure you have a plan to survive this kind of disaster. If not Patrick Norton and Father Robert are here to help you.
What is a Chrome OS?
Chrome OS is an operating system designed by Google that is based on the Linux kernel and uses the Google Chrome web browser as its principal user interface. As a result, Chrome OS primarily supports web applications The first Chrome OS laptop, known as a Chromebook, arrived in May 2011. Initial Chromebook shipments from Samsung and Acer occurred in July 2011. Chrome OS is only available pre-installed on hardware from Google…
Get Windows 10 For Free
If you never got around to installing the free Windows 10 Upgrade I’ve got news. You can still get Windows 10 for free with no hack necessary. The trick is; when asked to enter product key skip it. Also when prompted to register don’t. As the video below shows; there seems to be no repercussions…
New CloudReady – Build A Chromebook
CloudReady is an operating system built and maintained by Neverware. Based on Google’s open source Chromium OS, CloudReady uses web apps and cloud storage instead of traditional software and local storage. Neverware is a venture-backed technology company that provides a service to make old PCs and Macs run like new. In February 2015 the company…
Enigmail for Thunderbird
Enigmail is a data encryption and decryption extension for Mozilla Thunderbird and the SeaMonkey internet suite that provides OpenPGP public key e-mail encryption and signing. Enigmail works under Microsoft Windows, Unix-like, and Mac OS X operating systems. Its cryptographic functionality is handled by GNU Privacy Guard.
What is PGP?
Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) encryption program provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication. PGP is used for signing, encrypting, and decrypting texts, e-mails, files, directories, and whole disk partitions and to increase the security of e-mail communications. Phil Zimmermann developed PGP in 1991.
CryptUp: Gmail Encryption in 60 Seconds
CryptUp is the simplest PGP application for Gmail. This application makes it extremely easy to create encrypted email within Gmail. There’s no need to understand how PGP works. CryptUp just works. CryptUp adds a new button in Gmail called SECURE COMPOSE. It lets you send encrypted emails to anyone. Just click on in, write your…
Encrypt Your Gmail With Mailvelope
Mailvelope is a free software for end-to-end encryption of email traffic inside of a web browser (Firefox or Chromium) that integrates itself into existing webmail applications (“email websites”). It can be used to encrypt and sign electronic messages, including attached files, without the use of a separate, native email client (like Thunderbird) using the OpenPGP…
Don’t Run As Administrator
As the sixth tip says, “Don’t run as Administrator”. Any program you run while using an admin account has those same privilegdes this includes malware. UAC (user access control) has limited the danger some but it is far better for you to not have those privilegdes at all. Of course you will not be able to…
Good-N-Free Meetup 