WOO ON TECH

If you’ve used a computer – Windows or Mac – in the past 20 or so years, you’ve probably used a handy product called Malwarebytes. Once consider a scrappy bit of software us techs could whip out during the early days of malware infections, Malwarebytes has since “leveled-up” into a very successful security platform that

Much of what I learned from my father about being handy around the house was from watching him work, and then, once I was old enough to be more useful than distracting, from actually doing the work while under his careful supervision. His style of instruction was typically hands-off and non-verbal, letting me experience the

I’m sure many of you celebrated the passing of last year with no small amount of relief, and if you were one of the 190M people in the US who purportedly resolved to improve themselves this year, I’m going to bet at least some of you put “Get better at technology” on that list. While

Reuters reported on Dec 13, 2020 that several high-profile government departments have been hacked, and had been compromised as far back as March of this year. Early research points to Russian military-backed advanced persistent threat group known as “Cozy Bear” who utilized what’s known as a supply-chain exploit to penetrate the US Commerce, Treasury and

It’s hard to see how the pandemic could bring about anything positive that wasn’t gained at the cost of over a million dead (worldwide), but the change it has wrought is irrefutable. Certain industries like food services and hospitality have had to reshape their entire business model, and many that couldn’t change fast enough succumbed

Now that a lot of you are working regularly from home, you’ve probably gotten most of your technology (that you can control) working more or less reliably, but I’m willing to bet there’s at least one hunk of plastic and sand that is regularly giving you fits. Yes, we’re looking at you, laser or inkjet