Please change your password!
Much fuss has been made about electronic security breaches in the news lately. Whether it be someones bank card being compromised, email hacked or identity stolen, most of them have one thing in common, they could have been prevented with stronger passwords. I know, passwords are a pain. We pick ones that are easy to remember, but that leaves us vulnerable. Memorizing one good password is hard enough but do we really need a different password for each site? What makes a good password? As more and more of our lives are online from pictures,...
read moreWhat a Geek!
The date was August 24, 1995. I was sitting on my girlfriends couch doing what all guys are doing with their girlfriends at that age when in crashes her father threw the front door like a raging bull. I immediately jumped up from the couch mustering up the best “we weren’t doing anything” look I could, only to watch him dart off to the right and go flying up the stairs carrying a small blue box. “What the hell was that all about” I asked. “Oh, he’s going to his office to install this thing he has been...
read moreHow to help keep your child safe online:
Thought my 7 years in business I have been approached by many parents that are worried about their Childs “online health”. I have compiled a few basic pointers to help guide parents threw this mucky and sometimes treacherous water. I have also posted answers to some of the more common questions I receive. These answers are a combination of my experience, lots of studying as well as procedures outlined and approved by the OPP Cyber Crimes department. Tips for healthy computer use: Use Common Areas. I can’t stress this one...
read moreGoogle… the operating system!!
. . . On July/7/2009 Google announced two things. One, after five years Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Docs would finally be coming out of Beta, and 2010 would be the year we see Google release their new operating system. Hold it… what? An Operating System by Google? I almost shot coffee out of my nose when I read this. Here is the official announcement on their blog. So, what are we talking about here? Will this be an Operating System to rival Microsoft? Will it’s simplicity and ease of use finally kill Apples struggling...
read moreBrowser Wars – But Don’t They All Do The Same Thing?
First lets start off with the basics. What is a Browser. Every time you visit a website, check your email online or check Facebook, your using a browser. A browser is a software application that translates all the crazy code people who make websites use and makes them into an easy to read, eye pleasing format. For example, if you look above you will see my wonderfully constructed header image. Its nicely placed and sized, but the code needed to put that there looks like this: <img title=”browser wars”...
read moreWindows 7 Overview
Many of you may have heard about Microsoft’s new operating system (due out October 22) called Windows 7. While there has been a lot of Hype (and I mean a lot!!) not many people in the main stream media have actually used it. Here is a quick overview from someone who has been using Windows 7 exclusively for a few months now. Windows 7 has been called by many “Microsoft’s best Operating System ever!” and I would have to agree. Windows XP is fast and stable, but it is also 8 years old. Windows Vista received a bad...
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