Summer Presentation 3

Summer Technology Series Week 3 Session 1: 10:00 – 10:25 “ Who’s There?” Skype and Google Voice Session 2: 10:30 – 10:55 (hands on) Computer Security: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid Session 3: 11:00 – 11:30 "What's Your Backup Plan?" Developing and Maintaining a Safe, Rational Backup Plan for Your Data WELCOME!

Website of the Week
Classroom 2.0
Social Network Site
www.Classroom20.com

Podcast of the Week
Quick and Dirty Tips
quickanddirtytips.com
Also: Don’t forget the ToTechasJesusDid podcast on the website and itunes (new episode available!)

Phone Applications on the internet
The Great Confluence
Skype
Google Voice

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The Great Confluence Analog Phone Service Analog Audio Records/Tapes “ Analog” Writing Handwriting Typing Analog Pictures & Video Film Digital Phone Service VOIP Digital Recording .wav .mp3 Digital Documents Digital Images .jpeg .avi Computer/Internet

Skype Free (well, mostly) Internet Phone
VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) Originates from a computer and travels over the Internet to another computer
Free calling from one Skype account to another
Calling regular phone lines (skypeout is charged
Also accessible to a mobile phone or device via a wi-fi connection

Other Free Skype Features
Video Calls
Conference Calls
File Transfer
Instant Message Service
LIMITED EMERGENCY SERVICE

Google Voice Free Internet Phone Management System
New service (currently in a closed beta)
Assigns a single number for all phones (your Google Voice Number)
You control how the service handles calls/callers

Google Voice Features
Managed call forwarding
Call screening
Voicemail
Visual voicemail
Call Recording
Phone Changing
411 Service

Computer & Internet Security
What Do They Want from Me?
Anti-Virus Hardware/Software
Your Behavior Is Key!

What do they want from me? Major Security Threats
Malicious mischief
Identity/data theft (keystroke logging)
“ Zombified” computers (bot-nets)

Software/Hardware Solutions
Firewall (hardware/software)
Anti-spyware
Windows
Spybot
Anti-virus
Paid: Norton/McAffee
Free: AVG, Panda

Your Behavior (and your kids’ behavior) Is The Key
Good Strong Passwords
Windows Updates
Change email behavior
BitTorrent and other sharing sites

Data Backup
Why Do It?
Methods of Backup
Backup Schedule

Why Do It?
Because you aren’t an idiot
Hard drives crash/infected with viruses
Computers are lost/stolen
Data must be carried forward in a viable form
One copy = zero copies

Backup Media
Removable Disks (cd, dvd, thumbdrive, etc)
External hard drive
On-line storage
Microsoft Skydrive
Mozy
Carbonite (paid)
Amazon S3 (paid)

Backup Plans
Types of Backup
Ghost
“ Big ball”
File backup
Backup Programs
Synctoy
Bonkey
Backup Schedule

Summer Presentation 3

by Greg Dhuyvetter on Jul 23, 2009

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