I love the internet. And I love geeks. Something about watching their faces light up when they talk code just totally does it for me. It’s like watching a kid with a brand new toy.

I am also a technoblonde … and a wannabe geekchick. I have these grand dreams and schemes of one day deciphering geekspeak. Then when I hear my pretty ones babbling about buffering and networks and whatnot, I’ll be able to join their fluent geekinese.

That said, when I think about identity theft, I think about people hacking into paypal accounts and accessing my bank account or stealing my pin numbers. I imagine them buying things in my name, or draining my life savings. Pretty scary stuff, but not something I think about often, since I don’t do much cashing online. Continue Reading »

Social bookmarking websites allow you to store and share links to websites across the internet. You can share these links both with friends and people with similar interests. You can also access your links from any computer you happen to be using. This is a great way organize websites or articles that you find interesting.

So, if you come across an article on The Lily Review that you find interesting and want to save for future reference or share it with other people, simply click on one of these links (at the bottom of each article) to add to your list.
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What is RSS?
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, blogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.

Benefits and Reasons for using RSS
RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in. You save time by not needing to visit each site individually. You ensure your privacy, by not needing to join each site’s email newsletter. The number of sites offering RSS feeds is growing rapidly and includes big names like the Nation and Business Daily websites.

What do I need to do to read an RSS Feed? RSS Feed Readers
Feed Reader software allow you to grab the RSS feeds from various sites and display them for you to read. A variety of RSS Readers are available and can web-based (accessed from a website) or desktop-based (installed in a computer).  Below is a video explaining RSS in plain english.

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