ghacks Technology News

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Aug 8th, 2009
  • Comments: 4

Internet Recovery Kit

Rizone’s Internet Recovery Kit is a fully portable Windows repair software program that addresses two issues that Windows users might experience while working with the operating system. The first issue is a broken Windows Update module meaning that the computer system will not download and install security updates from Windows Updates. This is a serious [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Categories: Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Mar 31st, 2009
  • Comments: 3

Force SSL HTTPS Connections In NoScript

SSL connections which you can identify by the HTTPS protocol in the address bar of the web browser provide additional security in comparison to the HTTP protocol. This is why many companies use SSL on security sensitive pages of their website which usually involve financial transactions or personal information. To put it bluntly: A bank [...]

Tags: , , , , , , ,
Categories: Browsing, Security, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jul 25th, 2008
  • Comments: 6

Gmail Always Use HTTPS

When I starting using Gmail I was surprised that the service would not make use of a secure connection between my computer and the service which was a pressing matter because I was using several other Google services that were requiring https to connect. It felt strange and out of place that Gmail did not [...]

Tags: , , , , , ,
Categories: Email, Security

© 2005-2009 Ghacks.net. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - About Us