Some time back if you wanted to listen to audio, you had to download an audio file. Streaming audio, however, delivers sound without you having to download files from the Internet and services such as Apple Music and Spotify make use of streaming to bring music to all kinds of devices. With streaming, there is […]
Humans experience the world around them in an analog format. This means that when you look at your surroundings when you experience the beauty of a park or a beach, you are receiving a constant and steady stream of data. Obviously, no person thinks about a park or a beach or a flying bird […]
No matter what store you go to today, be it an electronics store, a phone service store, or even a grocery store, you will see a lot of digital devices around you, including digital cameras, digital music players, even laundry machines in your local neighbourhood laundromat have digital controls. History of Digital Video The […]
In the online world, the term spam means unsolicited bulk email, an online version of junk mail that you get in your snail mail mailbox. Two of the biggest benefits of email are that it is virtually instant and free. Because of this, it is a great advertising medium. There are two ways to […]
The Internet is the largest network of personal and enterprise computers in the world. A computer network consists of a number of computers that communicate with each other. In a way, a computer network is similar to a TV network that connects broadcasters to TVs at home. The difference between a computer network and […]
Spyware is a form of a computer virus. Most computers get spyware not through email links but via in-browser downloads. Typically, you would visit a website, click on a link on the website, and then download and install the spyware. Often, spyware will promise to clean your computer from viruses. To avoid spyware, never […]
The word “phishing” is pronounced in the same way as is the word “fishing.” Phishing is when scammers send you emails and use other ways to lure you to visit a fraudulent website that looks just like a real website. For example, the real website maybe eBay.com and phishers may try to lure you to […]
Don’t install files from websites you don’t trust Many of the spyware programs mask themselves as cute little programs such as toolbars, news bars, screen savers and so on. When you install these programs, you risk getting spyware and slowing down your computer. Because of this, you should only download the software from legitimate, reputable […]
As the Internet has been growing in popularity, it has been attracting attention not only from legitimate users, businesses, and organizations but also from scammers, hackers and all kinds of unsavoury people that view honest Internet users as an opportunity to get some easy money. Even if no one steals your money, websites, businesses and […]
The word “phishing” is pronounced in the same way as “fishing,” but looks different. This is the essence of phishing on the Internet: it is something that pretends to be something that it’s not in an attempt to gain access to sensitive information such as passwords, logins, usernames and financial data including credit card […]