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Toshiba?s Portege Z835, (?Hostels in Sevilla?) which debuted in November of last year, dipped in price to $699 (after a $200 rebate) at Best Buy. Competing ultrabooks include the Hewlett-Packard Folio 13 and the Acer Aspire S3, which both run for about $900. The entry-level MacBook Air is $999. (?Hostels in Sevilla?)

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Most people these days have password-protected networks at home,? (?Hostels in Sevilla?)so it?s unlikely that anybody is able to snoop on your data as it passes between your device and your router. But when you?re surfing the Web via a free public Wi-Fi (?Hostels in Sevilla?) at a cafe, library or airport, you should be suspicious of everyone, says technology consultant Leo Notenboom (?Hostels in Sevilla?) of Ask-Leo.com (?Hostels in Sevilla?). ?It?s trivially easy for any of them to be watching your unencrypted information flying by.?Hostels in Sevilla

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If your smartphone or tablet connects to Wi-Fi (?Hostels in Sevilla?) networks, require it to ask your permission before joining any network. A lot of people never change the default network name, so if you logged on to your friend?s ?linksys? (?Hostels in Sevilla?) network, your device will remember that and could automatically join any network of the same name in the future ? (?Hostels in Sevilla?)- unless you tell it to ask your permission first.

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Your email. (?Hostels in Sevilla?)

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Consider a VPN (?Hostels in Sevilla?) service. VPN (?Hostels in Sevilla?) stands for virtual private network and encrypts everything you send and receive. You can download free mobile VPN (?Hostels in Sevilla?) software from such a site as Hotspot Shield and everything ? (?Hostels in Sevilla?)- instant messages, passwords, emails and websites ? (?Hostels in Sevilla?)- will be virtually impenetrable to prying eyes whenever you?re using a free public Wi-Fi connection. Or if your employer offers its own VPN (?Hostels in Sevilla?), always connect to it through your computer or mobile device.

?That guy in the corner of Starbucks with his laptop ? (?Hostels in Sevilla?)- do you trust him with your private data?? asks Notenboom. Follow these Wi-Fi safety tips, and you won?t ever have to ever wonder.

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