Fastest Graphic Card by AMD

At AMD we pride ourselves on both the excellence of our products, and in the integrity of our messaging. Let me give you a perfect example. Two weeks ago we launched our flagship GPU, the AMD Radeon™ HD 6990. We had designed it to be a game-changer and we hit the bull’s eye. The result: The AMD Radeon™ HD 6990 achieved the highest default single graphics card score of X3303 using the industry standard 3DMark11 benchmark. And when we launched it, we issued a press release in which we proudly called it the “World’s Fastest Graphics Card” and fully disclosed the basis upon which we made that claim.

Yesterday our competitor also issued a press release, announcing the launch of what they claim to be the “World’s Fastest Graphics Card”– the Nvidia GTX 590. We combed through their announcement to understand how it was that such a claim could be made and why there was no substantiation based on industry-standard benchmarks, similar to what AMD did with industry benchmark 3DMark 11, the latest DirectX® 11 benchmark from FutureMark.

So now I issue a challenge to our competitor: prove it, don’t just say it. Show us the substantiation. Because as it stands today, leading reviewers agree with us here, here, here, and here that the AMD Radeon HD 6990 sits on the top as the world’s fastest graphics card.

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Things You Can Do to Keep Your Passwords From Being Too Social

Did you know that you might have inadvertently helped a nefarious hacker get access to your email account, your online banking or your e-commerce site information? Let's face it, today we have passwords for everything and it is becoming more difficult to remember them all. So we either write them down on a piece of paper or we use the same password for everything. Uh oh.

Until very recently, Facebook and other social media sites did not encrypt the sign-on info you use to logon to your Facebook account. This means that someone who knew what they were doing could "sniff" the Internet traffic between your PC and the Facebook servers and plainly see your email and password. Now they have access to your Facebook account and they can act as you. While this in itself may be unnerving; the real damage has yet to occur. The hacker is aware that many people use the same password for multiple services so they then try to logon to your email account with the Facebook password. In some cases they are successful. Consider your own situation, would the hacker be successful? If he is, he isn't done yet.

Since the hacker now has access to your email, he'll scan for emails from your bank, Amazon, iTunes or other e-commerce sites and see if he can hack into them with the same password. The good news is most banks have stepped up their security for online banking. If they detect a PC trying to access your account that hasn't done so previously, they will ask certain enhanced security questions or will call you on the phone to insure it is really you trying to access the account.

But the damage isn't done in many cases. With access to your email account, the hacker can now use your email account to send spam. Or if sending spam is not his thing, access to your email can be sold to someone who is. Have you ever received email messages telling you that an email that was sent from your email account couldn't be delivered? Did you then try to sift through the gobbledygook that is part of the bounce message and determine you didn't send the email? If so, it is likely that your email account was hacked.

These scenarios may seem frightening but there are some easy things you can do to help prevent you from being a victim in the future.

Make sure your Facebook password is different from your email, banking or other e-commerce sites. This will minimize the damage that can be done if your Facebook account is hacked.

If you use Facebook, change your security settings to use Secure Browsing. You do this by going to the Account tab in the upper right of Facebook and select Account settings. In the Account Security section chose Secure Browsing. Also check one or both of the boxes to send you notice when a new computer or mobile device logs into your account. These changes will do two things.

• Secure browsing means everything that your browser sends to and receives from Facebook will be encrypted. Encrypted data is extremely difficult to hack. You can tell that you have a secure session because the address box in the top of your browser will say "https://www.facebook.com". Notice the "s" after http. The "s" means secure. Being secure means everything is encrypted so you may notice that pages load a bit slower. Also if you are into Facebook apps (FarmVille, Scrabble, etc.) they might not yet be https compatible so they might not work yet. Facebook is working on these issues and should address them soon.
  
  
• Sending an email when a new device accesses your account means you'll be notified if a new computer or mobile phone accesses your Facebook account. The first time you log into Facebook after selecting this option, you get a screen that asks you to name your computer. Give it a name that you'll recognize (i.e. Den Computer or Sally's Laptop).

The most important thing you can do is make your passwords hacker resilient. According to various web sites, some of the popular passwords that people use are 123456, 12345, 123456789, Password, iloveyou, password, princess, qwerty, abc123 and rocky. Any of these look familiar?

Hackers have tools to help them crack your password using the most popular passwords. If that doesn't work they use password generators that start trying various combinations. You can make their task much more difficult by creating a STRONG password which is at least 8 characters long, a combination of upper case and lower case letters with numbers and special characters ($, #, &, *!, <, etc.) Using these makes it more difficult for hackers but it also makes it harder for us to remember as well.

So here is a tip: think up a phrase you can remember. For example, "My birth place was Chicago and I was born in 1965". Now take the first letter of each word in the phrase MbpwCaIwbi1965 and you have created a strong password. Add a "!" or "$" at the beginning and/or end and your password is even stronger! While this is much more difficult to type in than 123456 it is even harder for a hacker.

It is important that you chose a phrase that you can remember so you don't have to write it down to remember it.

The most secure practice is to have a STRONG password for every site you visit but this can become quite unwieldy. Rather than having a single password for every site that needs one, I would suggest having different groups of passwords. For example having 5 Password Groups could give you:

1. A password for Social Media Sites
   
2. A password for your banking or brokerage accounts
   
3. A Password for your email accounts
   
4. A password for sites that do e-commerce
   
5. A password for sites that require you to sign up to gain access.
   
6. This means you need five phrases but if the phrases are something personal about your life; you are more likely to remember it.
   
7. If you do have to write down your passwords, DON'T write them on a sticky note that is affixed to your monitor or easily spotted on your desk. If you are ever robbed, not only will the thief steal your PC, but you will have given him access to all your websites and your personal information.

Passwords are the keys to grant access your electronic information. Since passwords are the first line of defense against hackers gaining access to your digital information; it is essential that we protect them like we do our home, car, wallet or Passport. Hackers are a clever bunch of people; so make sure you are doing your part to NOT to help them!

If you have questions about passwords or properly securing your digital information, leave us a support ticket or contact us and we will get back to you with an answer.

Andy is Webmaster for ToTheRescueDFW.com. For other articles of interest or information on the Computer and IT Support that we offer go to ToTheRescueDFW.com

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Why Is Facebook Running Slow, How to Fix It

A time when we want to open and check out our facebook but what we see going in to the Facebook site very long, it makes us a little frustrating. What's the solution? We all know that Facebook gets immense traffic from all parts of the world. Due to its highly dynamic nature, sometimes Facebook loads slow even though users are sure that they do not have anything wrong with their internet speed. What to do if you ever become a victim of this problem?

In this article, we are going to find out simple ways to optimize the performance of Facebook.

1. Disable third party toolbars installed in your web browser
   
2. Use Internet Optimizer Tool
   
3. Reset Settings
   
4. Clean the Internet Cache
   
5. Disable Browser Extensions
   
6. Clean and Defrag the Registry

Disable Third Party Toolbars Installed in your Web Browser
Many websites offer free toolbars for your web browser as per their marketing strategies. These toolbars slow down your web browser performance and thereby Facebook slow speed is experienced. You have to disable these toolbars so as to make your Facebook load faster.

Use Internet Optimizer Tool
The sole objective of an Internet Optimizer tool is to optimize your internet by making change in the operating system configurations. It modifies various types of settings which are directly and indirectly related to your internet performance. Download a System Utilities software that includes Internet Optimizer feature. Follow its instructions. If your Facebook is running slow, using an Internet Optimizer tool will be of great help.

Reset Settings
By resetting your web browser settings, you may fix Facebook slow speed. Here are the steps to do so:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
   
2. Click Tools | Internet Options.
   
3. Click Advanced tab.
   
4. Click Reset | Reset.

Clean the Internet Cache
Facebook slow speed occurs when the contents stored in the internet cache are corrupted. You can delete these contents using a System Cleaner application, or otherwise, through below steps:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
   
2. Click Tools | Delete Browsing History.
   
3. Click Delete button.

Disable Browser Extensions
The term browser extensions denote various add-on objects installed for your web browser. Many of us install the third party extensions to avail certain features. This problem often results in Facebook slow speed.
Disable third party browser extensions as instructed below.

1. Open Internet Explorer.
   
2. Click Tools | Manage Add-Ons.
   
3. Disable the extensions which you do not wish to have enabled.
   
4. Click Close button.

Clean and Defrag the Registry
Using a System Cleaner application, clean these entries. In addition to this, defragment it completely.

Highly Recommended
Use a globally recognized software that includes system cleaner, internet optimizer and registry clean/ defrag features.
One such good software is Intel Software Partner, RegInOut. Download it directly from the official web site for performing a free instant scan to fix slow internet speed: http://www.reginout.com

So little of my solution, hopefully usefull to the reader.

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A Guide on RSS Tool

RSS is abbreviation that has evolved into the following, depending on their versions :
• RDF Site Summary (also known as RSS 0.9; the firs version of RSS)
• Rich Site Summary (also known as RSS 0.91; a prototype)
• Realty Simple Syndication (also known as RSS 2.0)

Today, RSS stands for ‘Really Simple Syndication’, and it has the following 7 existing formats or versions :

• 0.90
• 0.91
• 0.92
• 0.93
• 0.94
• 1.0
• 2..0

RSS tools refer to a groups of file formats that are designed to share headlines and other web content (this may be a summary or simply 1 to 2 lines of the article), links to the full versions of the content (the full article or post), and even file attachments such as multimedia files. All of these data is delivered in the form of an XML file (XML stands for eXtensible Markup Language), which has the following common names :

• RSS feed
• Webfeed
• RSS stream
• RSS channel

They are typically shown on web pages as an orange rectangle that usually has the letters XML or RSS in it.

RSS feeds can be used to deliver any kind of information. Some of these ‘feeds’ include:

• Blogs feed – each blog entry is summarized as a feed item. This makes blog posts easier to scan, enabling ‘visitors’ to zoom in on their items of interest.
• Article feed –this alerts readers whenever there are new articles an web contents available.
• Forum feed – this allows users to receive forum posts and latest discussion topics.
• Schedule feed – this allows users (such as schools, clubs, and other organization) to broadcast events and announce schedule change or meeting agendas.
• Discounts or Special feed – this used to enable users (such as retail and online stores) to ‘deliver’ latest specials and discounted offers.
• Ego or New Monitoring – this enables users to receive ‘filtered’ headlines or news that are base on a specific phrase or keyword.
• Industry specific feed – used by technical professionals in order to market, promote, or communicate with current (and prospective) customers and client within their specific industries.
RSS feeds enable people to track numerous blogs and news sources at the same time. To produce an RSS feed, all you need is the content or the article that you want to publicize and a validated RSS text file. Once your text file is registered at various aggregators (or new readers), any external site can then capture and display your RSS feed, automatically updating them whenever you update your RSS file.

RSS tools are useful for sites that add or modify their contents on a regular basis. They are especially used for ‘web syndication’ or activities that involve regular up dates and/or publications, such as the following:

• News websites – as use by major news organization such as Reuters, CNN, and the BBC.
• Marketing.
• Bug reports.
• Personal web blogs.

There are many benefits to using RSS feeds. Aside from being a great supplemental communication method that streamlines the communication needs of various sectors, RSS tools and feeds can also have tremendous benefits in your business, particularly in the field of internet marketing.

RSS tools and feeds provide Internet users with a free (or cheap) and easy advertising or online marketing opportunity for their businesses. Below are some of the RSS features that can help make your internet marketing strategies more effective.

1. Ease in contents distribution services. With RSS, your business can be captured and displayed by virtually any external site, giving you an easy way to ‘spread out’ and advertise them.
2. Ease in regular content updates. With RSS, web contents concerning your business can now be automatically updates on a daily (and even hourly) basis. Internet users will be able to experience ‘real time’ updates as information in your own file (such as new products and other business-related releases) is charged and modified simultaneously with that of the RSS feeds that people are subscribed to.
3. Custom-made contents services. With RSS, visitors can have personalized content services, allowing them total control of the flow and type of information that they receive. Depending on their interests and need, visitors can subscribe to only those contents that they are looking for (such as real estate or job listings).
4. Increase in (and targeted) traffic. With RSS, traffic will be directed to your site as readers of your content summary (or 1 to 2 lines or your article) who find them interesting are ‘forced’ to click on a link back to your site.

These are just several of the many things that you can do with RSS. The possibilities are endless, and they are all aimed at providing you with an effective internet marketing strategy for your business.

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About The Author.
Terry Leslie is a very successful and world renowned authority figure in both on and off line marketing, and rapid business creation. A much sought after global speaker in the areas of internet marketing, business development, self-improvement and human peak potential training.

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