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Dec 09, 2014

You Really Should Defrag Your Solid State Drive

I was fascinated to stumble across a blog post by Scott Hanselman covering the details of solid state drive defragmentation.

Dec 08, 2014

No More SSL for Firefox Browser

It’s finally happened. Mozilla has disabled SSL 3.0 in Firefox with the latest update and also fixed several critical bugs

Dec 04, 2014

Order Confirmations Bring More “Gifts”

Any major news event or holiday is another opportunity for the bad guys to infect your computer. The latest attack

Dec 03, 2014

Low Cost Android Tablets with “Free” Extras

If you want to be cheap for the holidays, expect to get a little “extra” with your purchase. BGR reports

Dec 02, 2014

Yahoo Wins Firefox Search Traffic

For over 10 years Google was the default search engine for Firefox. Not anymore. Yahoo will now be the default

Dec 01, 2014

Another Reason to Quit Smoking

Technology impacts our lives every day. Everyone knows that smoking is bad for your health, but the latest hi-tech cigarettes

Nov 26, 2014

Password Management Software Targeted Again

I doubt the attacks will ever stop. SC Magazine wrote about another attack on password managers. It seems like the

Nov 25, 2014

Leaky Password Managers on Android

Ars technica posted a very scary bit of information last week. In early 2013, security researchers discovered that some password

Nov 24, 2014

Tech Toys for the Holidays

I would be remiss if I didn’t plug the podcast that Sharon does with Jim Calloway dealing with technology toys

Nov 20, 2014

Keep Your Security Software Subscriptions Up to Date

A recent report from Microsoft states that nearly 10% of Windows 8 users are running expired anti-malware software. Apparently, Microsoft

Nov 19, 2014

A Must Install Critical Patch for Domain Controllers

Microsoft just released a patch for a newly discovered security flaw in the Windows implementation of the Kerberos authentication scheme.

Nov 18, 2014

Is the iOS 8.1.1 Update for You?

Apple just released a new version of iOS that is supposed to speed up operations on the older iPhone 4S