Everyone is familiar with cars. Whether you are a car buff who can take an engine completely apart and put it back together or a casual driver who just wants to run to the store now and then, cars are everywhere. Let me make a proposal to you.

Let's say there is a new car company out there, and they want you to buy their cars. And boy do they have a deal for you.

Every year around this time, I am constantly amazed at how little the people in the United States know about the founding of our country. There are lots and lots of myths and legends that are taken as absolute fact. Here is a list of a few myths about Independence Day that I will attempt to set straight.

Back in October, Microsoft released a security patch for Windows XP and Windows Vista that was out of the normal patch schedule to fix a huge security problem that had been recently discovered. There were web articles, newspaper articles, TV news stories, magazine articles, and several other methods to get the word out to get people to install the patch and protect their systems.

Anyone who didn't patch right away should have gotten their patch with their monthly updates, which are sent out the second Tuesday of each month.

Almost every program that is installed on a computer has a “EULA”, or “End User's Licensing Agreement”, that the user has to agree to.

While it is common to simply click on the “OK” button and go on, it is important that you realize what you are doing.

“By installing or otherwise using this software, you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA. If you do not agree to the terms, do not install, copy or use the software.”

Passwords are a pain of the computer world. Everything needs a password. From an email newsletter to your favorite store to your bank, everything needs a password.

But there are problems with passwords. Make them too simple and easy to remember, then they are easy to break, allowing someone to get into your important data. If you make them difficult but write them down, then you run the risk of someone reading your notes. If you have one difficult password but use it everywhere, then if someone happens to find out somehow, they can get into all of your accounts.

In the last couple of months, major computer security holes (and exploits) have been uncovered.

Back in October, Microsoft broke it's usual pattern of only releasing security updates on the second Tuesday of the month by producing a patch two weeks early.