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Paul Bauer is the author of the mildly successful technology blog Bauer-Power. Paul has a degree in Computer Networking, as well as several certifications including A+, Network+, Server+, MCP, and WCSE. You can subscribe to Bauer-Power's RSS feed by clicking here:(RSS)

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Is There Such a Thing as a Digg Strategy?
I have been using Digg.com for quite a while now, and have only recently begun to understand how it is that Digg really works. So many times I have submitted a blog post, only to get one or two diggs, then have it fall off into oblivion. Read
By: Paul Bauer | 27/11/2007 | Blogging

Is Google's Gmail Secure?
If you browse to Google's email interface, you may noticed that it defaults to http://mail.google.com and not to httpS://mail.google.com. What does that mean? You may ask. It means your e-mail is not secured. Read
By: Paul Bauer | 12/11/2007 | Email

Securing Unsecure Protocols
Do you have an FTP server running? Maybe you still use telnet for something on your network. Perhaps, you are a VNC user. Maybe you host your own web server, or POP3 e-mail server. All of the protocols used to make the services on those server work, are unsecured, and can easily be intercepted and/or monitored by third parties. Read
By: Paul Bauer | 12/11/2007 | Security

Open Source E-mail Encryption
PGP, or more specifically OpenPGP is a great, and more importantly FREE method of securing your data and your e-mails. You don't want "The Man" reading your e-mails, and neither do I. Read
By: Paul Bauer | 11/11/2007 | Security

Common Issues With Wireless
Everybody wants to get on wireless these days. It is sort of "the thing to do." Funny thing though is, nobody seems to know what they are doing when it comes to wireless. They think they crack open the box plug in some cables and away they go. Well, it isn't really quite that simple. Read
By: Paul Bauer | 11/11/2007 | Networks