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Miles Associates LLC » jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com Jim Miles - Information Technology & IT Security Consultant Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:08:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Your Complete Guide to Facebook Timeline http://www.miles-assoc.com/2012/your-complete-guide-to-facebook-timeline/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2012/your-complete-guide-to-facebook-timeline/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:08:16 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=551 Facebook has been rolling out Timeline slowly since December, after first introducing it at its F8 developer conference in September. The project is one of Facebooks most ambitious and significant redesigns to date, as it seeks to become your digital … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2012/your-complete-guide-to-facebook-timeline/feed/ 0 “Someone tried to steal my identity” – CSO Mag http://www.miles-assoc.com/2012/someone-tried-to-steal-my-identity-cso-mag/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2012/someone-tried-to-steal-my-identity-cso-mag/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:52:10 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=548 A cautionary tale regarding Facebook profile privacy: Someone has spent the last three months trying to get prescription drugs using my name.I learned of this when I got home last night to a note on the kitchen table with a … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2012/someone-tried-to-steal-my-identity-cso-mag/feed/ 0 You practice safe computing, so why do you still see malware? http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/you-practice-safe-computing-so-why-do-you-still-see-malware/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/you-practice-safe-computing-so-why-do-you-still-see-malware/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:15:04 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=545 …just being connected to the internet and using email or doing some web browsing especially if you do image searches is likely to expose you to this darker side of computing. Second, a number of these pieces of malware point … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/you-practice-safe-computing-so-why-do-you-still-see-malware/feed/ 0 iPad 2 vs. business class tablets http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/ipad-2-vs-business-class-tablets/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/ipad-2-vs-business-class-tablets/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:32:00 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=536 iPad2 is the gold standard, but Fujitsu Stylistic and GammaTech Durabook are strong contenders Tech lovers have been flocking to the iPad 2 and other tablets in order to watch movies, read books, surf the Web and make video calls … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/ipad-2-vs-business-class-tablets/feed/ 0 Bad Siri! She lets anyone use a locked iPhone 4S http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/bad-siri/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/bad-siri/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:04:52 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=531 The voice-activated feature on the new iPhone 4S will let anyone use the phone to send e-mails and text messages and make calls even if it is passcode locked….. There is an easy fix for this situation… In the Passcode … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/bad-siri/feed/ 0 Reduce Friction, Increase Happiness http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/reduce-friction-increase-happiness/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/reduce-friction-increase-happiness/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:36:13 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=529 Brenden Mulligan, entrepreneur: There has been a reoccurring theme on my mind recently… It revolves around the goal of reducing friction. Reduced friction in a product leads to less user frustration, high conversion, and overall user happiness. I’d like to … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/reduce-friction-increase-happiness/feed/ 0 What’s new in iOS 5 http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/whats-new-in-ios-5/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/whats-new-in-ios-5/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:27:21 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=527 Since I am an iPhone user, articles like this are of great interest to me. I would love to see comments from anyone who has done the upgrade… Start here to learn the most useful new features and enhancements for … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/whats-new-in-ios-5/feed/ 0 Google hacking 2011 http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/google-hacking-2011/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/google-hacking-2011/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:49:44 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=525 An interview with Johnny Long, “regarded as a leading authority on Google hacking. Between his speaking engagements and returning to Uganda, Long found time to straighten out my misperceptions”. via Google hacking: It’s all about the dorks | TechRepublic. Related … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/google-hacking-2011/feed/ 0 Microsoft falsely labels Chrome as malware http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/microsoft-falsely-labels-chrome-as-malware/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/microsoft-falsely-labels-chrome-as-malware/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:24:32 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=523 “Wow, that’s certainly one way to win the browser war,” said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Security, over on Network World. Google has released a new version of Chrome after Microsofts antivirus software flagged the browser as … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/microsoft-falsely-labels-chrome-as-malware/feed/ 0 Romance scams plague UK: 200,000 victims http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/romance-scams-plague-uk-200000-victims/ http://www.miles-assoc.com/2011/romance-scams-plague-uk-200000-victims/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 02:35:38 +0000 jmiles http://www.miles-assoc.com/?p=521 Research out of the UK today says that perhaps as many as 200,00 people in that country have been victims of online romance scams and the same study says over 1 million people personally know someone who has been scammed … Continue reading →

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