Contrary to popular belief, a "Hacker" is not actually someone who illegally breaks into someone else's computer. A "Hacker" is namely someone who enjoys computers.

"Someone who illegally breaks into someone else's computer":

This is called a "Cracker"

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Stop SOPA(Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA(Protect IP Act)

You most likely heard about these two Acts... and you might agree... if you do... click on these links and read up on how THESE ACTS WILL CRIPPLE THE INTERNET AND TAKE AWAY YOUR RIGHTS! If you don't agree... read them anyways and contact your Representative.

https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

AND

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Using a Secure Browser

Using a secure web browser is important, well all want to be safe especially on the internet. For most of my life I have been using the basic "Blue 'e' ". Internet Explorer however, has become one of the lesser browsers. It's slow and doesn't offer very many features. Then comes Google's prestigious Chrome the (so called and yet to be proven wrong) fastest browser ever. Then there's Mozilla's Firefox, now for it ability to be customized. With hundred of extensions for this browser you can be almost invisible on the internet. You can block trackers, destroy those annoying cookies, and have some fun while you're at at it. If you're looking for a secure browser Firefox is best way to go.

(Check out the Links and Resources page for a link to Mozilla's site)

Monday, January 9, 2012

Finding IP adresses

So as I was reading this thing, I found this really cool website that shows you the IP address of whatever website you want.

Just go to: http://www.selfseo.com/find_ip_address_of_a_website.php
Type in the website name,(http://hackerscorneronline.blogspot.com/ for example)
Then click Get IP and there you go.