Email in 2020
Just saying the year sounds like the opening of a science fiction movie, “In the year 2020, human technology had long outgrown the archaic communication medium known as ’email’…” To be fair, quite a few famous sci-fi films were wildly off on where we would be in 2020. Instead of interstellar travel by 2016 (Blade
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Microsoft Forces Password Reset on 44M Accounts
Given the number of accounts included in this recent action, it’s highly likely you were one of the 44 million people with a Microsoft account that were recently subject to a forced password reset. Sadly, the number of accounts affected is no longer considered unusual – it doesn’t even crack the top ten in terms
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Exploited Android Vulnerability Still Not Patched
Since Android OS version 6, the widely used smart phone platform has been vulnerable to an exploit of a feature that Google touts as a competitive advantage over its chief competition – multitasking. Without getting down into the technical weeds, the vulnerability takes advantage the operating system’s inherent ability to do multiple things at once,
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Black Friday Recommendations
Every year clients ask us what they should be watching for on Black Friday and lately, Cyber Monday as a possible replacement for their aging desktop or laptop. As online shopping has steadily stomped out brick-and-mortar outlets in the electronics and technology market, finding a good deal is a combination of vigilance, internet savvy and
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Two-fer Tuesday
It’s late and we’re fighting through a rather difficult month of technology challenges for our clients, but I wanted to make sure you got a heads-up on two important news items that happened this week. The first one actually happened months ago, but we are only hearing about it now, after the companies involved were
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Advanced Troubleshooting Tips Anyone Can Use
Many of my clients, even the ones that I’ve worked with for years, view my tech troubleshooting skills as supernatural. While some of this is attributable to the perverseness of mechanical devices, “It was doing the thing until you walked into the room, and now it’s working,” the rest of the time it looks easy
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