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Wondering why am I writing such a post…….Its really important to be protected, rather than feel frustrated after your account is hacked.

Its very important for you to protect your e-mail account from being hacked……just like you don’t give out your credit card number to anyone that you don’t trust or giving it out to a stranger.

You’d probably be wondering, “what the heck more is needed other than my password…”.

Yes…Password is important, and having a long and complex password is “recommended”, but only a password cannot protect you fully.

GMail has now come up with a 2 step verification process……just in case your account is accessed from a location that Google thinks is “not legitimate”.

Check your Account activity by scrolling down the GMail Page and click on Last Account Activity :: Details

By default, GMail alerts users if their account has been accessed from an Unknown location, but offers no protection unless you complete the 2-step verification.

You need to provide your mobile phone number in order to verify your identity…….and in case of misuse, you phone number is asked along with the verification code, which is sent to you over an SMS or phone call by Google…..

The above action will strengthen your account security.

And….. You must also use the latest version of browser and Operating System must be up-to-date……Also please scan your computer and remove any viruses or malware.

For Google’s 2-step Verification Process ::  >>CLICK HERE<<

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Stay Protected & Secure…..”Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year”,  from Tech-How.com/Blog and Tushar Gaikwad (TuX)…. 

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We have already seen OpenDNS, a free DNS service which is fast and reliable and here is another name which speaks of reliability….Yes its Google.

Google’s DNS servers claim that they resolve DNS queries quicker to provide a faster browsing experience.

Google has introduced a free DNS service, but it does not provide any customization and filtering as OpenDNS does.

The IP addresses of Google DNS Servers are:

Primary DNS    8.8.8.8
Secondary DNS    8.8.4.4

Some people confuse it with Level3 DNS servers because the IP range of Google’s DNS servers fall within the IP address rangle allocated to Level3 Communications.

But Google runs its servers themselves and says that users will be protected by DoS Attacks (Denial of Service) which sometimes happen through DNS servers. Also Google claims that the servers are fast and are located at many places around the world which provides fast access to users in many countries.

I must remind you that changing your DNS servers DOES NOT MEAN faster DOWNLOAD SPEEDS.

If you want to use Google DNS servers, simply point your connections Primary and secondary DNS servers to the one which have been given above.

A detailed guide is given in my earlier post on how to use OpenDNS servers for better browsing experience.

>>Click here to see how you can change your DNS Servers. Read More on DNS<<

Read more on Google DNS Official Site. >>Click Here<<

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About DNS :

It can happen that you have a good connection but the websites don’t open as quickly as you had expected. This can happen due to slow DNS ( Domain Name Service ) which has to “convert / translate” the names of the website to the numerical address of the server which is something like xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and connect to the server.

If the server responds with good speeds then probably you can get a lot faster browsing experience……I stress on “browsing” because download speeds are not affected by changing your DNS servers….

OpenDNS claims they have the fastest DNS servers (and free!!!) which are spread in many locations in the world to speed up your browsing. They also provide many other services like content filtering and ip / website banning. This can be helpful if you want to ban a specific category of sites like adult or nudity etc. The filter works great and the speeds are also good. You can even change the error message whenever  it notifies the users that the site is blog. You can even implement the filtering and use OpenDNS service for more than one IP’s.

If you are on dial-up or do not have a static IP, then you can download a small utility called OpenDNS Updater, which updates your current dynamic IP to the openDNS servers to effectively implement your filtering rules and for a better browsing experience.

So….if you need to change your DNS servers then foloow this simple procedure.

1. Go to Control Panel —> Network Connections.

2. Then select the connection which you use to connect to the internet and right click it and then click on Properties.

3. Then select the Networking tab…

4. Select Internet Protocol and Click on Properties.

5. Then Change the DNS servers. Primary DNS : 208.67.222.222
Secondary DNS : 208.67.220.220

6. Click on Ok and close all the tabs. The changes will not take place until you reconnect to the Internet.

For more information go to :
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www.opendns.com
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Do you notice that the battery of the laptop runs lesser than before……

Well this happens due to the Li-Ion battery chemistry and electronic circuitry which limits the amount of charging after a certain period of time….

Lets look in more detail……

The laptop has an advanced system to monitor the charging levels and to monitor that all the small cells inside the battery unit are functioning properly…

After many charging / discharging cycles, some cells start to die (they cannot be charged). But, sometimes (or rather mostly) the electronic circuit on the battery unit incorrectly marks some *good* cells as *bad* and this, eventually results in the decrease of capacity of tha battery and your laptops runs for lesser time on the battery.

Hence, you can get the cells to charge by Conditioning the battery once in atleast 30 charge / discharge cycles to keep the battery in good shape.

Conditioning your battery is  so simple:

1. Charge your battery fully….

2. Then, go to Control Panel –> Power Options –> and disable all options which put the laptop into standby or hibernate. So that when the laptop battery is at critical level, the laptop won’t sleep….

3. Let the laptop battery run out of juice and then after sometime, the laptop will automatically turn off, when the battery is empty.

4. If the laptop battery gets hot, then let it cool for sometime.

5. Charge your laptop fully before using it.

6. You will atleast gain 5% more battery capacity… (I gained 15% on my Compaq Laptop).

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You can check your battery capacity by Installing Everest Ultimate Edition (It displays information about your computer) and checking in Power Options within the program…

Download Everest Here –>

http://www.lavalys.com/products.php?lang=en&page=11

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