Ten ways to use Technology

1
Secure your PC In the near future, you will,
perforce, share more personal information of
every kind with that box of yours than with
anyone or anything else on the planet. So keep
the lowlifes out with anti-virus and anti-spy
ware programs. You don't want to share your
account passwords with the rest of the world, do
you?
2
Go Solar Abundant. Free. Nobody can keep the sun
out of your life. Use it and avoid big power and
fuel bills. Incur the initial costs of setting up
solar heating and lighting systems. Your power
and fuel savings will cover the installation
costs in three years or so.
3
Ride, don't Drive Fossil fuels will get dearer
and fuel bills bigger. So ride? bicycle or bus or
train? if you can. Renewable energy tech is
likely to be deployed on public transport before
personal vehicles. So you can cut your carbon
footprint too.
4
Get a Tech Career Despite whatever anyone says
about IT companies getting hit by a strong rupee
or the sub-prime crisis, it is still one of the
best-paying industries. With 1's and 0's likely
to continue ruling your life more and more,
there's no way you can lose.
5
Stay Connected with Network Websites, phone,
email, Internet messaging, SMS, there's no
shortage of ways to stay connected. Being on
people's top-of-the-mind recall list opens up
opportunities you never thought of. Don't forget
it's people who still make the world go round.
6
Automate Banking The banks have gone and fixed
their end. Time you fixed yours. Most people lose
money either because it lies idle in savings
accounts or due to penalties from delayed
payments. Creating a sweeper account to deploy
idle balances and automating payments improves
the payback.
7
Talk over the Computer With everyone you care to
know having a machine at home and an always-on
connection to boot, it makes sense to load a
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) software such
as Skype that allows you to talk over Internet
lines and keeps your phone bills down, especially
the international calls.
8
Surf, Surf Surf With the Internet, at any time,
someone, somewhere in the world is likely to have
a deal going on whatever it is you want. Don't
forget to check the import duties before a buy.
9
Milk that Mobile There are more uses than
talking. Tell your bank and card issuer to update
you on big transactions or alerts on payments
due. That way you can keep track of the bits that
add up.
10
Dump Tech Most people pay a lot for tech they'll
never use, e.g. Microsoft Office. Even for
unbundled products, people pay more because it is
the ?best', though it would be 'outdated'
tomorrow. So, know your actual needs before
buying a tech product .