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Aug 20, 2014

Office for iPad – Major Update

Microsoft has released a major update for Office running on the iPad. It’s been a couple of weeks now, so

Aug 19, 2014

Update to Botched Windows Patch

Yesterday I mentioned that there are reports of BSOD events after installing a recent Microsoft patch. InfoWorld is now reporting

Aug 18, 2014

Recent Windows Patch Causes BSOD

You can’t win every day. Microsoft does a very good job of testing software and updates for all of their

Aug 15, 2014

Why You Don’t Want an iPhone

The biggest complaint I hear about the iPhone is the really crummy battery life. At least Apple gets decent life

Aug 13, 2014

Password Manager LastPass Goes “titsup”: Users LOCKED OUT

Just because you use cloud services doesn’t mean it’s better than having your own resources. To illustrate the point, The

Aug 12, 2014

Should You be Using Public WiFi?

Sometimes you just can’t believe that people can be so ignorant. A case in point is the 2014 Communications Market

Aug 11, 2014

Yahoo Jumping on the Encryption Bandwagon

The Washington Post reported that Yahoo is taking a page out of Google’s playbook by announcing end-to-end encryption capabilities, expected

Aug 08, 2014

Hope for CryptoLocker Victims

Security company FireEye, in partnership with Fox IT, announced decryption assistance for those users infected with the original CryptoLocker ransomware.

Aug 07, 2014

Which Cloud File Sync Service is Best?

A common question we hear quite frequently. InfoWorld has a recent article, where it reviewed several cloud file synchronization services

Aug 06, 2014

Speech Recognition Keeps Getting Better

Dragon NaturallySpeaking is a killer speech recognition application for your computer. PCWorld just did a product review for the latest

Aug 04, 2014

Zero Day Vulnerability Found in Symantec Endpoint Protection

SC Magazine reported that researchers with Offensive Security have discovered a vulnerability in Symantec’s Endpoint Protection (SEP) product that can

Aug 01, 2014

BadUSB is Really, Really Bad

You should be careful of any e-mail attachments that look suspicious, links that you are unsure of and any USB