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You share music, rip DVDs, make Hitler whine about your first world problems and much more in the course of your regular online activities - and more often than not, you do these things without giving a thought to the fact that you're actually breaking the law. Here's a look at how you're inevitably circumventing copyright law, and what you can do to protect yourself.

"Here's a closer look at how network snooping works and how to protect yourself from it."

a handful of beautiful settings shortcuts, from designer Jeff Broderick, that allow you to quickly access your iPhone's specific settings directly from your home screen-and it doesn't even require jailbreaking. The installation process is very simple .. 

"Even if you're not a programmer, you can easily create tiny, time-saving applications that breeze through repetitive tasks-renaming large groups of files, executing terminal commands, and much more-with the simple, code-free, drag-and-drop interface of OS X's built-in tool, Automator."

Nice article that explains how to automate tasks using Automator, a built in tool for the Apple OSX platform.

Sometimes disobedience is necessary and good when rules fail us, and it's at the core of why we hack. Hacking is a means of expressing dissatisfaction, confounding the mechanism, and ultimately doing better. Here's why it's so important.

"If you feel like you're working long and grueling hours with no personal time, you're not alone. Carve out vital personal time and continue climbing the ladder with these tips from career management professional Penelope Trunk."

Some good advice on this page about juggling your school and private time.

"If you've edited a few videos but have always wanted to step up your game and learn to edit with professional software, now's your chance. We'll be taking a dive into the basics of professional video editing software all week. First up: a look at editing environments, the purpose of everything on your screen, and how to do a few basic operations."

Nice tutorial that explains the basics of professional video editing with FinalCut Pro.

"Nowadays it's easy to put together a web presence using social media and a personal landing page, but if you want to actually make your own web site you're going to need to learn HTML and CSS. Fortunately, we can help."

Good, quick intro to HTML. See part 2 for CSS.

"But as we use the Internet for "free," we have to remember that if we're not paying for something, we're not the customer. We are in fact the product being sold - or, more specifically, our data is. So here's a tricky question: Who owns all that data?"

"You can easily download OS X Mountain Lion from the App Store any time after purchasing it, but if you want your own physical copy of the installation, here's how to make your own Mountain Lion install DVD or USB drive."

ShouldIChangeMyPassword.com has been created to help the average person check if their password(s) may have been compromised and need to be changed. This site uses a number of databases that have been released by hackers to the public. No passwords are stored in the ShouldIChangeMyPassword.com database.