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We have already shown you how to protect your network with OpenDNS.

Now we will show you how to use Untangle to secure your business network and use it in conjunction with OpenDNS.

First off a little about what Untangle is and why it is best for you.

Untangle provides a powerful suite of Internet management applications for small-to-medium businesses and education institutions.

The Untangle Server is a multi-function firewall. It simplifies and consolidates the many network and security products that businesses need at the gateway to the Internet. Untangle comes as standard with these free, open-source applications:

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What is Windows XP Mode?

Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 makes it easy to install and run many Windows XP productivity applications directly from your Windows 7-based PC. It utilizes virtualization technology, such as Windows Virtual PC, to provide a virtual Windows XP environment for Windows 7.

Although Windows 7′s “XP Mode” has been a welcome feature of the new operating system, there’s been a fair bit of confusion brought on by the virtualization layer’s hardware requirements.

To work, XP Mode has required a PC processor that supports hardware virtualization, and that feature had to be turned on in the computer’s BIOS (basic input/output system). Those requirements caused some problems, as PC owners didn’t always have an easy way to tell if their system fit the bill.

Well, those requirements are no more. As part of a wave of virtualization announcements on Thursday, Microsoft said people running Windows 7 will now be able to use XP Mode without having to know whether their PC processor supports hardware virtualization.

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The best protection for you and all your computers in your house is layered protection.

We have shown you the best Anti-Virus software to run and how your computer can get infected with spyware.

Today we will show you how OpenDNS adds another layer of protection to your network and speeds it up a little bit.

A little brief explanation of what OpenDNS is and why you need it:

• Parental Controls
  Keeping your family safe online has never been easier. OpenDNS gives you more than 50 filtering categories to choose from. Simply check the boxes of the categories you want to block and watch your filtering take effect within minutes.
• Faster, More Reliable Internet
  Rid your household of annoying, intermittent Internet outages. Switch to OpenDNS and immediately notice a faster, more reliable Internet experience. Join the millions who’ve already unbundled their DNS service from their ISP’s Internet connection.
• Phishing Protection and Security
  Take the guesswork out of identifying phishing Web sites with OpenDNS’s industry-leading anti-phishing service. We’ll tell you when the site you’re trying to visit is fraudulent.
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Ever notice that when using Chrome to view some RSS feeds it works ok and on others it just displays the Raw data as a bunch of lines of text?

I didn’t think so but for the one person out there who does, this is for you.

So when you click on an RSS feed like this one http://lucas719.info/?feed=rss2 you get this:

Now this is caused by Google Chrome not autodetecting the RSS feed.

We can use this extension for Google Chrome to support the ability to autodetect RSS feeds. https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/nlbjncdgjeocebhnmkbbbdekmmmcbfjd

and now instead of just seeing Raw text data we see this: