| Breaking free from a traditional working | | | | for a full-time mobile office owner. |
| environment to fly alone with a mobile office on | | | | Moving on to data protection, I was reading at |
| their back was a long-time dream of the Baby | | | | the Spy Gadget Blog how Self-Destructing Laptop |
| Boomers who were born in the early 1960's and | | | | Aims to Protect Confidential Data works by |
| grew old watching how science and technology | | | | protecting the confidentiality of your data through |
| began to skyrocket but limited to the imaginary | | | | different levels, truly interesting but somewhat |
| of television shows and films portraying the | | | | expensive because of being a £10-monthly |
| wonders of gizmos and gadgets that became a | | | | subscription service. Although there are also |
| reality for the Generation X and Y, the wired | | | | tracking software that ping security centres, this |
| teens of today. | | | | is also a subscription service so my budget |
| Age does not really counts when it comes to | | | | solution is a piece of software (Laptop Alarm) |
| mobile technology and you and I know alike that | | | | that enables an alarm centre which not only |
| in a every-day changing world like this who does | | | | triggers bells and whistles, but freezes four basic |
| not get involved in the latest technology trends is | | | | functions that make unreachable your data in the |
| simply living in the past. We have seen how | | | | event of theft. |
| personal computers took over a place in most | | | | On the hi-tech end, some laptops come with |
| households all over the world, but portability would | | | | biometrics capability, meaning that your fingerprint |
| be the focal point in the 1990s bringing handhelds | | | | can be used as identification to logon in order to |
| and mobile phones. | | | | access your data. Even though the risk of get |
| Amidst this technology's commotion, laptops | | | | your data exposed to a hacking attempt make |
| remained in the dark as the long sought-after | | | | the information vulnerable to be retrieved by |
| dream to carry on a light tool to create and | | | | means of viruses, Trojan horses, worms and |
| personalise our work on the go. Yes indeed, this is | | | | other forms of malware sent to your laptop by |
| my personal approach to introduce you to tech | | | | an open port or imperceptibly retrieved during |
| secrets to safeguard your portable computer, but | | | | your regular online activities. |
| nonetheless interesting realising how the turn of | | | | I will never visit websites in which my sensitive |
| the century made of laptops our daily companion | | | | data would have to be disclosed without activating |
| after an obscure startup in the early 1970s, | | | | a Firewall. This simple measure integrated in most |
| followed by a slow evolution from notebook to | | | | Operating Systems by default helps to stop |
| the actual device's format between the 1980s | | | | hackers attempting to connect to your laptop. |
| and early 1990s. | | | | Listen to me when I say you must not simply |
| If you are like me, your laptop is being used as | | | | install an anti-virus, you must make sure to |
| multipurpose device at home and going to the | | | | update its virus pattern o a regular basis since |
| school, at work or just having fun in the outside | | | | hackers are always seeking new forms to |
| world. For each of the different stages in which | | | | retrieve or destroy your data. |
| your laptop performs the principal role in your life, | | | | Luckily most anti-virus software comes with an |
| there is a safeguard measure to bear in mind. Like | | | | auto-update feature so do not turn it off. |
| with PCs, laptops are susceptible to data-stealing, | | | | Anti-Virus, anti-malware and anti-spyware are |
| data-loss and hackers attack, though the small | | | | useful applications to protect any computer but |
| size and portability of this device makes it | | | | they might be annoying during scanning or |
| vulnerable to physical thieving , that is why I am | | | | updating processes. If your laptop slows down |
| going to summarise some of the methods to | | | | simply adjust the settings to keep them running |
| protect it. | | | | as a background process and, if you are working |
| If you are a College student you might know | | | | with a Windows Operating System with enhanced |
| some security basics to protect your laptop, | | | | security measures, make of them a valuable tool |
| whether posted on your campus or passed on to | | | | to protect your laptop's traveling data. |
| you as a flier from other students. For those who | | | | In my personal experience I'm always trying to |
| ignore these preventive measures, they focus | | | | add some protection to my data by encrypting or |
| generally on keeping your laptop personalised by | | | | password protecting sensitive information in |
| means of a unique sticker applied anywhere on its | | | | addition to the safeguard measures described |
| surface, try laptop sleeves, a light-weight | | | | above. You can find more information on this |
| alternative to laptop cases protecting your mobile | | | | matter by paying a visit to popular downloads |
| computer from exterior damage and keep it | | | | sites such as ZDNet. |
| safely embraced when you are going from one | | | | We have learnt basic laptop safeguards but, what |
| place to another. Jotting down in a safe place | | | | if everything fails and your laptop is stolen? First |
| your laptop's serial number and making instead a | | | | of all, read carefully the manual to find any |
| permanent marking on its surface are also two | | | | manufacturer's remark on this matter. Do you |
| useful measures that we will discuss later. | | | | remember I told you that writing down you |
| Even though, there are also gizmos specially | | | | computer's serial number will help you?. This is it, |
| designed to prevent your laptop from being stolen | | | | now you can report the theft to both the laptop's |
| while you are carrying on your device and they | | | | customer care centre and the police station. |
| are relatively inexpensive including cable locks that | | | | Along with the laptop's serial number you will be |
| secure your laptop against casual thieves by | | | | questioned about any physical characteristic that |
| means of a built-in USS (Universal Security Slot) | | | | might identify your computer from others. While |
| available in most modern mobile computers. When | | | | stickers can be removed or overlapped, if you |
| it comes to work with your laptop on a desktop, | | | | opted for drawing o applying a permanent |
| I would suggest a docking station that locks your | | | | marking on the laptop's surface this will help the |
| device to the surface you are working on. Going | | | | officials to report it and even get it back in no |
| farther, have a look at this Car Safe for Valuable | | | | time with a little luck. |
| and Laptop Computers which might be a must | | | | |