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DT INSIDERYour Source for IT Tips Treasures amp More from Direct Tech

Volume I Issue IIII August 2014

Hope you are enjoying the last few weeks of this beautiful summer

We have a myriad of In-house news articles and tips to share with you this

month

With back-to-school on the minds of parents teachers principals and

students there is no time like the present to seek out our expert advice on

technical purchases for Desktops Laptops Tablets and Smart Phones as

well as security measures Wireless or Cloud Base Services Speaking of Securityhellip a topic that is

never off topic If yoursquore feeling uneasy about the latest news reports on a large security breach and

are concerned about your passwords definitely take a look at How To Create Strong Passwords in this

monthrsquos newsletter

The Direct Tech Team has grown a bit in the last year We are happy to announce our newest member

Angele Fredriksson In addition to supporting Dispatch Angele will be a great help to Customer Service

and Administration

Please be sure to welcome Angele the next time you phone in or stop by

Shayne Gilder President

Direct Tech

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In This Issue

Direct Tech Video

View our new video

Computer Bytes

How to Create Strong

Passwords

Tech Talk Made Easy

What is Ransomware

Tips amp Tricks

Windows 8 Tips

Tech Nugget

Video Picks From Our

Staff

Airport Check-in amp

Avatars

Optimism vs

Pessimism

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behind the scenes pics

La Jolla Seals amp Sea

Lions

Whats Trending

The Right Back to

School Computer

Facial Recognition for

Lost Dogs

Eat Healthy on $4 Per

Day

Jokers Corner

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Computer BytesHow To Create Strong Passwords

Treat Your Password Like a ToothbrushChoose a Good One Change it Every 3Months and Dont Share it

With all the online security concerns in recent news

articles we thought it best to provide you with details of

how to create safer passwords To protect your

computer your data and your online accounts make a

strong password your first line of defense Your

passwords are the keys you use to access personal

information that youve stored on your computer and in

your online accounts

According to an article in the New York Times to an

attacker a strong password should appear to be a

random string of characters The following criteria can

help your passwords do so

Make it lengthy Each character that you add to your

password increases the protection that it provides many

times over Your passwords should be 8 or more

characters in length with 14 characters or longer as ideal

Many systems also support use of the space bar in

passwords so you can create a phrase made of many

words (a pass phrase) A pass phrase is often easier to

remember than a simple password as well as longer and

harder to guess

Network Audit

SCHEDULENOW

Jokers Corner

Combine letters numbers and symbols The greater

variety of characters that you have in your password the

harder it is to guess Other important specifics include

The fewer types of characters in your password

the longer it must be A 15-character password

composed only of random letters and numbers is

about 33000 times stronger than an 8-character

password composed of characters from the entire

keyboard If you cannot create a password that

contains symbols you need to make it

considerably longer to get the same degree of

protection An ideal password combines both

length and different types of symbols

Use the entire keyboard not just the most common

characters Symbols typed by holding down the

Shift key and typing a number are very common

in passwords Your password will be much

stronger if you choose from all the symbols on the

keyboard including punctuation marks not on the

upper row of the keyboard and any symbols

unique to your language

Use words and phrases that are easy for you to

remember but difficult for others to guess The easiest

way to remember your passwords and pass phrases is to

write them down Contrary to popular belief there is

nothing wrong with writing passwords down but they

need to be adequately protected in order to remain secure

and effective

In general passwords written on a piece of paper are

more difficult to compromise across the Internet than a

password manager Web site or other software-based

storage tool such as password managers

FOR TIPS ON CREATING A PASSWORD IN 6 STEPS AND

5 PASSWORD STRATEGIES TO AVOID CHECK OUT

OUR BLOG OR FACEBOOK PAGE

Network Audit

SCHEDULENOW

Jokers Corner

Combine letters numbers and symbols The greater

variety of characters that you have in your password the

harder it is to guess Other important specifics include

The fewer types of characters in your password

the longer it must be A 15-character password

composed only of random letters and numbers is

about 33000 times stronger than an 8-character

password composed of characters from the entire

keyboard If you cannot create a password that

contains symbols you need to make it

considerably longer to get the same degree of

protection An ideal password combines both

length and different types of symbols

Use the entire keyboard not just the most common

characters Symbols typed by holding down the

Shift key and typing a number are very common

in passwords Your password will be much

stronger if you choose from all the symbols on the

keyboard including punctuation marks not on the

upper row of the keyboard and any symbols

unique to your language

Use words and phrases that are easy for you to

remember but difficult for others to guess The easiest

way to remember your passwords and pass phrases is to

write them down Contrary to popular belief there is

nothing wrong with writing passwords down but they

need to be adequately protected in order to remain secure

and effective

In general passwords written on a piece of paper are

more difficult to compromise across the Internet than a

password manager Web site or other software-based

storage tool such as password managers

FOR TIPS ON CREATING A PASSWORD IN 6 STEPS AND

5 PASSWORD STRATEGIES TO AVOID CHECK OUT

OUR BLOG OR FACEBOOK PAGE

Tech Talk Made EasyWhat Is Ransomware

Ransomware is malware that stops you from using your

PC - it holds your PC or files for ransom

Some versions of ransomware are called FBI Moneypak

or the FBI Virus because they use the FBIs logos

In many cases a message appears that says illegal

activity has been detected on your PC The message

demands that you perform some action to gain access to

your files again

READ MORE

Tips amp Tricks

Windows 8 Quick Tips- To take a screenshot on a Windows

8 tablet simultaneously press the

Windows button and the volume

down button on the tablet chassis

- The Windows key + Q opens a

global search menu

- The Windows key + F opens a

file and folder search

Tech NuggetWhat is a Driver

A driver is a set of software

instructions that tells the computer

how to use Interact with new hardware

As windows updates and changes

drivers have to be updated with it to

keep the devices communicating with

windows properly

Video Picks From Our Staff

Intelligent Avatars as Helpers

Your next airport check-in may be aided by a computer avatar

SEE THE VIDEO

Optimism vs Pessimism

SEE THE VIDEO

La Jolla Seals and Sea Lions at Play

SEE THE VIDEO

Whats Trending

Which Is The Right Back-to-School Computer

For Your Kids

by Micah Singleton - published in Tecca July 24 2012

How to decide whether a desktop laptop or tablet better suits

your childs needs

READ MORE

Picture It Facial Recognition to Find Lost

Dogs

by Sue Manning - published in MSN News August 6 2014

A new smart phone application Finding Rover uses facial

recognition to find lost dogs

READ MORE

This Free Cookbook Shows You How To Eat

Healthy On $4 Per Day

Eating good food thats both healthy and cheap seems to be an

unattainable golden trifecta to most people Student author

Leanne Brown took up the challenge to find a way to eat well for

$4 a day The result is a a cookbook that you can download for

free

READ MORE

Were always looking for interesting news tips jokes and puzzles for our newsletter Ifyou have anything youd like us to share with our subscribers please email us atinfodirectechcacom

Sincerely

Shayne GilderDirect Tech

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