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Jan 29, 2015

Are Passwords Dead?

I’ve never been a big fan of passwords, although if that’s the only available authentication method, the password should be

Jan 28, 2015

Hide Your Unsightly Computer Equipment

Have you had one of those hand smacking forehead moments recently? I have. A recent lifehacker post made me wonder

Jan 27, 2015

Office 2016 Preinstalled on Mobile Windows 10 Devices

Some people call preinstalled software bloatware. Typically, we see bloatware installed on mobile devices by the cellular carriers and you

Jan 26, 2015

Who Makes the Most Reliable Hard Disk?

Who better to answer that question than backup cloud provider Backblaze, which uses tens of thousands of consumer grade disks

Jan 22, 2015

iPhone Not Secure? Say It’s Not True.

According to Edward Snowden’s lawyer, Snowden will not use an iPhone because of security issues. Snowden claims that the iPhone

Jan 21, 2015

Annual List of Top 25 Worst Passwords

SplashData just released their list of the worst passwords of 2014 and it isn’t pretty. Folks are still using the

Jan 20, 2015

Cloud Security Concerns Executives

SC Magazine summarized the “Cloud Adoption, Practices and Priorities Survey Report,” which was released by the Cloud Security Alliance. The

Jan 19, 2015

Stupid Is As Stupid Does

It isn’t just something from a Forrest Gump movie, people can still be dumb as dirt. As if it isn’t

Jan 15, 2015

Can You Keep Your Business or Law Firm Operational Following a Technology Failure?

SC Magazine posted an article revealing the results of a survey conducted by Evolve IP that addresses how confident businesses

Jan 14, 2015

Windows 7 Exits Mainstream Support

On January 13, 2015, Windows 7 exited the classification of mainstream support and moved into extended support. Some believe that

Jan 13, 2015

Another Lesson – Throw Out the Trash

Perhaps you are hearing your mother bellow those historic words . . . take out the trash! I’m not just

Jan 08, 2015

Premium Price for 1TB SSD

Samsung has just announced a 1TB SSD drive that is the size of a credit card. The new drive has