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World Still Clings to Windows XP
If you thought you were the only one still using Windows XP, you are still in good company despite Microsoft’s widely publicized plan to end official support for the operating system in April of this year. NetMarketShare.com’s January 2014 report on installed desktop operating systems shows that an estimated 30% of the world’s computers are
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New Top Level Domains Coming Next Week
Late last year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that they were opening up registration for more top level domains on the internet. Starting next week, the familiar “.com”, “.edu” and the other 20 well-known TLD’s maybe joined by as many as 1900 new domains over the course of the next
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Microsoft Employees get Hooked in Phishing Scam
In case you are feeling like the only one under constant cyber attack, Microsoft has recently admitted that the Syrian Electronic Army has successfully hacked some of its employee email accounts, apparently in pursuit of documents pertaining to ongoing law enforcement surveillance requests. As is typical with these types of breaches, Microsoft has yet to
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Stop Using Weak Passwords
Password manager app maker SplashData released it’s annual report on the worst passwords of the year, and despite all the hype cybercrime is getting even in mainstream media, it seems that many, many people still don’t take passwords seriously. For better or worse, passwords are one of the few security measures we have in technology
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Keep Your Hard Drive Clean
“Keep your area clean.” You’ve been hearing it all your life. First, no doubt from your mom or dad, and then from your teachers. You’ve probably heard it throughout your professional career, and possibly offered it as guidance yourself to others. Regardless of how tidy you are in your physical space, I’ve only encountered a
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Ten Ways to Be Safer in 2014
Though it sounds crazy to hear it, I’m pretty sure I’m not the only technology professional who wishes computer security was as easy as flipping a switch. Fixing broken technology is a major part of how I make a living, and nothing breaks technology like security breaches. In fact, I don’t want anyone to get
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