How to Watch for Identity Theft Using Google Alerts

Google Alerts is a great way to set up a virtual personal watchdog that will constantly look for attempts at identity theft. This is much better than checking these values by hand periodically, since Google Alerts lets you set it and forget it. You'll be notified as soon as a thief posts your data online for others to use. Steps Know how to set up Google Alerts. Read How to Use Google Alerts if you don't know what to do yet Set up Google alerts for your key personal data. Here are some of the alerts you might consider running: Your...

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How to Update Your Computer's BIOS

A computer's Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) is embedded software on a motherboard that will control attached hardware. It provides an operating system with information about hardware, and is designed to support a specific range of components. The BIOS itself is typically an EEPROM, or Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory, that is programmed with "firmware" and has the ability to save small amounts of information specific to user configurations. BIOS components are often soldered to the motherboard and therefore not serviceable...

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