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The weakest link in your security is generally your own password strategy. People choose really weak passwords out of laziness, or because they're easier to remember than good, hard-to-guess passwords. Sean and Andy show you some tips for making your passwords stronger, and talk about Last Pass and 1Password.

Today, we're going to show you how to use

Unlock with WiFi FREE

so that your Android phone's lock disengages while connected to a specified Wi-Fi network. This can save you the hassle of entering your PIN, password or pattern whenever you turn your Android on.

Your

Android smartphone

is capable of so much cool stuff that it's sometimes easy to forget that

connecting to the Internet

can cost you. You can

save money

by

connecting to the Internet over Wi-Fi

and even save passwords to multiple Wi-Fi networks for easy connection at a later date. We'll show you

how to set up Wi-Fi on your Android

in this episode.

In this tutorial, we show you how to

secure your Android phone with a passcode

. There are a number of

security options

available to you including using a

password, a PIN

or a unique pattern to lock your phone. All of these methods work to

protect your privacy

, so the one you choose should depend on your personal preference and the sensitivity of your data.

The

HP TouchPad

is one of the newest

tablet computers

to hit the market. In our second episode of this series, we'll show you

how to set up your HP TouchPad

including

setting the language and region

,

connecting to a Wi-Fi network

and

creating a webOS account

.

Since most people have

multiple email addresses

, you can easily add more than one email address to your

Android smartphone

as we'll show you in this tutorial.

Adding Gmail accounts

is easy but

adding a Hotmail or Yahoo account

is a bit more complicated. We'll walk you through the process for each account here.

If you're afraid of

losing your phone

and possibly falling victim to

identity theft or stolen passwords

, then you'll want to

pattern lock your Android

handset. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to

add security to your Android

handset by

creating a custom pattern lock

.

You can

sync your Facebook account

with your

Android handset

so that you can get all of your

friends' contact information, pictures

and more. We'll show you how to

set up your Facebook sync

through the

Android settings

in this tutorial.

After entering your

Windows Live ID

during your

Windows Phone 7 setup

, your device will have your associated

email accounts

ready. In this episode, we'll show you how to

add an alternate email account

, like a Gmail or work email account, to your

WP7 phone

.

The

Boxee box

gives you the ability to

play videos from the web

but also to

run files off of an external drive

. One way to do this is to use the SD card slot to plug in your SD card or to use the USB ports on the back to attach an

external hard drive

or other device. You can also

connect to a network with your Boxee

and we'll show you how in this episode.

You can

lock your iPhone

with either a

numeric or alphanumeric code

to

keep your iPhone files secure

at all times. This is great for any time that you want to

add an extra measure of security

like when you're in a

sharing space in a workplace or with roommates

and you want to be absolutely sure that your

iPhone privacy is protected

.

If you want to

share your Twitter tweets

with your

Facebook friends

, then you should know that it's a pretty easy process. In this episode, we'll show you how to do just that so your

tweets appear on your Facebook page

as soon as you update them, and your friends across your

social networks

will always know what you're up to.

With

Hootsuite installed on your iPhone

, it's easy to

keep track of your social networks

. However, before you can do that you'll first need to

add social networks to Hootsuite

through the settings menu. It's an easy process that we'll walk you through in this episode so that, once you're done, you'll be able to

manage your Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare accounts

quickly and easily.

Jay Goldman delves into the recent Gawker Media security breach and what it means to users and netizens at large. If you're among the 1.3 million users whose accounts were compromised with personal details like email address and even password leaked, you'll want to watch this. If not, you'll still want to watch and treat it as a cautionary tale.

In order

download ebooks for your Kindle

you'll need to connect to a network. In this episode we show you how to

connect to a Wi-Fi network

on your Kindle so that you can get on the Internet and

find ebooks online

.

In the latest version of the

Android operating system

,

Android OS 2.2 Froyo

, you can

password protect your Android

phone. It's a simple option in the

security settings

and will help

keep your Android secure

. We walk you through the process in this tutorial.

We're all looking for ways to

make online banking safer

to avoid having our life savings siphoned off by some distant ne'er do well. Cheryl find Zamana AntiLogger software that ensures your personal information, most especially logins and passwords, are safe. AntiLogger shuts down any key logger software that tries to take up residence on your PC.

In this episode, we show you

how to create a Last.fm account

. Once you

join Last.fm

, you'll be able to enter your

favorite music

and have

music recommendations

generated for you according to the information in your account. We'll walk you through the

registration process

in this episode.

Once you have a

Pandora account

, you'll want to know how to

change your account settings

. By clicking on account, you can

change your information

like your

email

,

password

and

profile information

. You can also upgrade to a

pro version of Pandora

for a fee.

Remember to never forget your online passwords or failing that, forget about remembering them altogether (whoa) with Sticky Password. This handy password keeper remembers your passwords for you so you'll never again be stuck trying to get into your email, online shopping or banking sites.

Many Mac users take advantage of a little program called 1Password to

manage their passwords

. Fortunately for iPhone users there is now a version of

1Password for the iPhone

as well. There is a free version located on the Apple App Store or a paid-for Pro version. We'll show you how to get started using 1Password in this tutorial.

To unlock the power and potential of The Knot online wedding planner, you'll need to sign up. Molly McDonald kicks off a video tutorial series about planning your wedding online, where we'll learn about how to buy a wedding dress and send wedding invitations online, featuring an overview of The Knot and a walk-through of the signup process.

Most mobile devices today, especially smartphones, have a way to lock them. Generally this is done with a four-digit pass code. How do you secure your device by

choosing a solid password

? Michael "Doctor File Finder" Callahan explains.

We continue our

in-depth look at the Nexus One Google Phone

by choosing our

privacy and security settings

. We'll

set a lock pattern on the Nexus One

, opt in our out of location based services and do our best to ensure that if we ever

lose the Nexus One

, we'll be able to get it back.

There's a lot of personal information on your iPhone. Email, documents, photos and more. If you're concerned about others accessing that information you can

lock your iPhone with a passcode

. You can even make it so that data is wiped from your iPhone after a certain number of failed access attempts. Here's how.

Password protecting all or part of your web site

is a great way to ensure that only people who should be accessing portions of your site are able to do so. For example, if you have pictures of your kids posted online and you want to make sure only people who you specifically want to be seeing said pictures can view them, you might want to password protect the photos portion of your site. If you need to protect customers' personal information on your site, the same logic applies. HTML Password Wizard is a great and simple way to secure all or a portion of your site.

Ubuntu Linux is very secure. If you want to keep it secure you should use good passwords. If at any time you want to

change your password or the password of another user on your system

, there's an easy way to do it. With this method, you can also

recover a lost Ubuntu password

.

Entering a username and password every time you

start Windows XP

can seem like a waste of time, especially if you're the only one who uses your computer. We'll show you

how to disable the Windows XP login screen

so you'll

go straight to your Windows desktop upon starting your computer

.

You have a lot of things on your iPhone. Email, documents, pictures, and lots more. To

keep that data safe

you may want to

password protect your iPhone

to keep others out. You can even

factory reset your iPhone

after a given number of failed password attempts. While it won't soften the blow of a

lost iPhone

, at least you'll know your data, passwords and email are safe.

Today it seems we have a

password, PIN, or passcode

to access just about everything. From banking to shopping we need to remember an ever increasing number of these things to get through our day. So, today we're going to look at

five free password managers

that make it easy to

choose secure passwords

and just as easy to

remember all those passwords

. And they're all

free Windows downloads

to boot.

The first step in

securing your home network

is to familiarize yourself with your

router's control panel

. First, you'll want to

find your router's IP address

and

login to your router

. There are some

common router passwords

that manufacturers use so if you haven't changed your router's password, you'll find it in the documentation that came with it.
In this 10-part series is to take some of the mystery out of the router and allow you to be comfortable with it... it's not as hard as you may think to

set up your own home network

.

Is there anything on your hard drive or USB key you'd rather no one knew about? Perhaps important business documents, sensitive presentations or your resume. Perhaps private photos or movies or, you know, other stuff. Sean and Andy take a look at the open source TrueCrypt software, explain what it does, and show how (and why) to use it.

Your BlackBerry is much more than just a phone. It holds all your contact information, documents, your email and much more. To protect that data it's wise to put a password on your BlackBerry so only you can access it.

It's a good idea to change the passwords you use every so often, especially if there's any chance your password has been compromised.
We'll look at changing the password associated with your user account in Windows Vista.

Creating a User Account for other people who use the home computer has two main benefits. It allows you, the computer administrator, to dictate what other users can and can't do; you can limit their access to certain drives or folders and you can allow or disallow people from installing or uninstalling software. User accounts also allow each individual user to customize Windows to his or her liking, from screen saver to desktop wall paper, default web browser and more.

Windows user accounts allow Mom and Dad to set access privileges for the kids while also protecting their own personal and private information. User accounts also allow each registered user to set his or her own Windows preferences including everything from color scheme to default browser, music and picture folders and desktop background.

Andy and Sean show you how to conceal your secrets from the bad guys.