The hard drive has been through many changes over time. The earliest ones being the size of a small apartment. Today’s computers store data on hard drives as small as a three or four credit cards stacked on one another, with a storage capacity that was unheard of even 15 years ago. To give you…
DetailsReposted, with permission, from Webroot Community Apart from grounding your kids or having the awkward “we need to talk” talk, there are some serious risks for kids who are connected all the time. The truth is, even if parents trust that their kids are making the right decisions online, threats such as online predators, inappropriate content,…
DetailsForget cyberbullying, cybercriminals are beating up your finances – right under your nose. Posing as legitimate companies, cybercriminals send out phishing emails to compromise your accounts. Knowing that we are a generation of compulsive clickers, spammers count on 10% of recipients to click on malicious links sent to them in super sophisticated, convincing looking emails.…
DetailsCloud backup company, Backblaze, has just released their updated Hard Drive Reliability Report. They have over 34,800 hard drives, and store over 100 petabytes (1,000 gigabytes) of data. As a result, they need to keep track of reliability for their internal purposes. They also make this information available to their customers and partners to help…
DetailsAs of September 2013, a new and vicious form of malware has been wreaking havoc. CryptoLocker belongs to a family of malware called “ransomware”, which is designed to extort money from victims by denying them access to their personal files. It targets all Windows Operating Systems, from Windows XP to Windows 8, and typically remains…
DetailsMy wife watches “Sex and the City” as often as she can. Sometimes I watch also, sometimes I do everything to ignore it. One particular episode stuck out this week. In it, the main character (Carrie,) has her computer crash, and hard drive fail. This is a problem, as she is a writer, and her…
DetailsI’m always serious and don’t call me Shirley. As much as it pains me to admit, the much lauded era of Apple invulnerability is coming to an end. “But Mike”, you say, “Macs don’t get viruses.” Unfortunately, they do. Since 2009, Apple computers have been purchased by more and more customers. We are not here…
DetailsBy: Kyle Diggs The Rundown If there is one type of app that doesn’t catch your eye when browsing the Google Play or iOS App Store these days it is Productivity apps, namely calendar apps. Personally, I have grown in the habit of trying to manage my day to day life to not only become…
DetailsOver the past year, there have been a lot of tech articles on Net Neutrality, and why people are angry that it may be going away. There is plenty of outrage and indignation from the tech community, as shown by the comments section the FCC put up on their website. As of July 15, so…
DetailsOr How to Understand Tech Talk The easiest way for people to be taken advantage of is for the tech to speak over their head and overcomplicate things. This little guide should give you a beginner’s list of term. You should become familiar with these terms as a way to convey issues with your computer,…
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