Get A Student Discount On Microsoft Office Professional 2010
In: Discount
29 Jul 2010
Office 2010… It’s Here!
If you’re a student, you probably need Microsoft Office …but please don’t pay full price!
Before you spend any money, consider the Free Trial of Office 2010.
Then, if you really want to buy Office 2010, there several sources where you can find Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access at an extreme student discount.
How To Download the Free Trial Version of Office 2010
If you’re thinking about buying Microsoft Office 2010, but aren’t sure that you really need it — or, if you do need it but don’t have the cash to buy it today — you can get a free trial version that you can use for 60 days.
For best results, choose Microsoft® Office Professional 2010. (If you are planning to use your software for CIS 1A, be sure to get the Professional Edition of Office).
To download your free 60-day trial from Microsoft.com, you’ll need to have a Windows Live ID (in other words, a user account from Windows Live, MSN, or Hotmail); RCC students can use their free RCC student e-mail account.
You’ll also need a fast Internet connection, because you’ll be downloading about 750 MB.
Be sure to make a note of the product activation key you will receive during the download process. You’ll need to use that key to activate your software.
Once your free trial is over (typically in 60 days), the software operates in “Reduced Functionality mode” and behaves similarly to a viewer (in other words, you can’t save changes to existing documents or create any new documents).
As you near the end of your evaluation period, you’ll receive offers to buy the product at full price. Ignore those offers — if you want to buy the Microsoft Office 2010, be sure to take advantage of special student pricing.
How to Buy Office 2010 at a Student Discount
If you are ready to buy, you should check out one or both of these sources: Read the rest of this entry »
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Secure Your Online Email
In: Internet
2 Apr 2010
Third In A Series: A recent post featured true stories of people who had their email accounts hijacked, and what happened to them as a result.
A follow-up explained how webmail services like GMail, Yahoo Mail, and Hotmail can be exploited by using the password reset feature.
A hacker without any sophisticated skills can burglarize a web-mail account by using the same password reset feature that is provided for the legitimate user who forgets their password.
If your account gets hijacked, you’ll be locked out of your own email. You may realize what has happened, but by then it is too late. The attacker has had access to your personal information, possibly using your email address to gain access to other accounts, such as Facebook or your online banking.
There are three simple things you can do to improve the security of your web-based email. Let’s take a look at how to make the password reset feature in Yahoo Mail more secure. Read the rest of this entry »
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How Online Email Gets Hacked
15 Mar 2010
Second In A Series: In a recent post, I described several situations where web-based email accounts were compromised. Probably the best known incident involved Sarah Palin’s Yahoo e-mail account, which was burgurlarized a few months prior to the November 2008 presidential election.
Could this type of attack happen today? Yes.
Should a non-celebrity, average person be concerned about their email security? Absolutely.
Everyone needs to be concerned about email security
Even if you’re not famous …even if you’re not involved in anything illegal or embarrassing …even if all your email is really, really boring …you need to keep your email account secure. Here are three reasons: Read the rest of this entry »
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How Secure Is Your Email Password?
13 Mar 2010First In A Series: Pay your bills online? Do any online banking? If yes, you probably keep your bank account password secure.
But what about your e-mail password?
This article will give examples of what can happen when someone gets unauthorized access to your e-mail account. In an upcoming post, we’ll take a look at a couple of reasons why your e-mail password may not be as secure as you might think. After that, we will examine some methods for keeping your e-mail account private and secure. Read the rest of this entry »
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