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Windows XP zero-day under attack; Use Microsofts “fix-it” workaround | ZDNet
Just five days after Google researcher Tavis Ormandy released details of a critical vulnerability affecting Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, malware authors have struck, exploiting the flaw to plant...
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Mozy vs Carbonite – Off-site Backup Thoughts
In the past, I’ve recommended options for backing up your important files, since we all know that at some point in time, your computer or hard drive is going to die. One of the options I’ve mentioned...
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Computer Security for Teens and Their Parents Too.
Ran across a nice, free, security e-book from Microsoft that is written for teens, to keep them safe while on the internet but it is a great e-book for parents to read as well. You can download it...
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Shopping Online Safely
With the upcoming holidays, there will be many of you who will be doing your shopping online. It’s convenient, often times cheaper, and you can have items wrapped and delivered directly to the...
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Latest News | T-Mobile | Q&A: More Information About AT&T Acquisition of...
An agreement was announced under which AT&T will acquire T-Mobile USA. The agreement is the first step in a process that, including regulatory approvals, is expected to be completed in...
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OMG! LOL: Internet Slang Added to Oxford English Dictionary
By Daniel Ionescu, PCWorld Mar 26, 2011 5:59 AM Time-saving online abbreviations like LOL, OMG, and IMHO are now part of the official English language. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) announced...
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Ah, Cookies
Tracking cookies The other day I noticed that I was running out of space on the hard disk of my computer. I went through and removed some programs and moved some data to an external drive to free up...
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Maybe My Password Isn’t As Strong As I Thought It Was
For years, we in the computer industry, have been telling people to create cryptic passwords that include upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters. We’ve been saying that if you...
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Email: Spam, Virus or Clean?
Not sure if you’ve noticed, but there are a lot of emails being received that have a few lines of gibberish followed by a hyperlink, and often times a nice motivational quote. Many times, these emails...
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Internet Explorer Compatibility with Chrome
If you use Chrome as your primary browser, you may have run into an internet page that works best under Internet Explorer, or actually requires Internet Explorer. I ran into this the other day when I...
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News Overload? Have You Heard of Flipboard?
By nature, I don’t watch the news. Often times it’s filled with nothing but bad news and then when I finally hear something I’m interested in, I never really get enough information since the...
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Is This Email from a Friend Safe to Open?
With all of the spam email being delivered, here are a few tips that will help you decide if the email you’ve just received are spam.The To: field has email addresses in it that are obviously fake (you...
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Did You Know You Could Do This With Your Apple iOS 8+ Device?
Now that Apple seems to have gotten the bugs worked out of their 8.+ update, I started to find various changes that are pretty cool. The more I searched, the more I found. I’d like to share them with...
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How Can I Check My Email to See if it’s Spam?
Every day it seems there is more and more spam coming to us in our email. Some have links that we’re tricked into clicking on. Some have attachments we’re pushed to download and “view”. Most have a...
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RANSOMWARE – What is it? How to Avoid it!!!
Perhaps you heard of the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center that recently had to pay $17,000 to hackers who had seized control of the hospital’s computer systems and held them for ransom? They...
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Setting Your Browser to Open Multiple Pages When You Start
With more people using web-based email programs, like Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Outlook Online, and also needing to do searches or view the news, they find themselves opening up multiple tabs once they open...
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