Things You Should Know About Using Images From the Web The general rule about copyright is that if you made it then you own it. Copyright – as soon as an original work[…]
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Online Image Use: Fair Use vs. Creative Commons
Online Image Use: Fair Use vs. Creative Commons Fair use essentially means that you can use someone’s copyrighted material without permission and they can’t do anything about it BUT there are four things that[…]
Image Copyright Infringement Scam
Image Copyright Infringement Scam When blogging or making a website we like to use images to give interest to our website or for illustration purposes. Frequently those images are found online. This is the[…]
Keeping “Open Tabs” in Google Chrome
Keeping “Open Tabs” in Google Chrome I do a lot of work using Google Chrome and there are things that I use over and over like my email, Facebook, my blog sites, my work[…]
Bank Phone Phishing Scam
Bank Phone Phishing Scam This month I received a call that was supposedly from my bank. Correct bank, used my name and phone number was reasonable. The woman introduced herself as Tiffany from Compliance,[…]
Scam: “This is the Return Call You Requested…..”
Scam: “The Return Call You Requested…” Another day another scam, this one is interesting. The caller ID lists unknown and that immediately makes me suspicious. It is a robo (an automated call made by[…]
What Are Meta Tags?
What Are Meta Tags? Metadata is a word that has been floating around the news lately and it simply means data (information) about data. One type of metadata that you may use every day[…]
It’s Back! New and Improved Browser Scam
It’s Back! New and Improved Browser Scam Just when you think it’s safe to go back into the water, sorry, web the scams start rolling in again. Each time they appear they have been[…]
Still Have Dial-up? Some Things You Should Think About
Still Have Dial-up? Some Things You should Think About It recently came to my attention that there are still a significant percent of the population that use dial-up internet and don’t really understand the difference[…]
Don’t Believe Everything You See on Facebook
Don’t Believe Everything You See on Facebook Facebook can be fun, interesting and educational but you really need to be careful because not everything you read is true or accurate. I have noticed a number[…]