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May 29, 2018

Send Large Files for Free

Sometimes you need to send a large file to someone that exceeds the attachment size of your e-mail provider. You

May 24, 2018

Chrome Extension Tells if Your Password Has Been Compromised

We are still in a password driven world. Password reuse is a huge problem, but how do we know if

May 23, 2018

Five Best URL Shorteners for 2018

I don't think the year 2018 really matters, but many folks need some way to shorten those extremely long URLs.

May 22, 2018

Convert A Word Document to PDF

You don't need special software to generate a PDF from a Word document. Conversion to PDF is already included as

May 21, 2018

Duplicate Files on Your Computer? – Get Rid of Them

Unfortunately, electronic storage is so cheap that users really don't care how much extra data they store. The problem with

May 16, 2018

Google Rebranding Storage Plans

The term "Google Drive" will mean only one thing from now on since Google is rolling out new changes to

May 15, 2018

Encrypted E-mail is Not Broken Despite the Hype

The sky is not falling and encrypted e-mail is not broken. There were a ton of reports yesterday claiming that

May 14, 2018

IBM Bans USB Drives

Instead of trying to manage and control what data gets copied to external devices, IBM has gone cold turkey and

May 10, 2018

Disappearing Signal Messages Don’t Really Disappear on a Mac

I'm a big fan of the Signal app from Open Whisper Systems for sending and receiving encrypted communication to other

May 09, 2018

Microsoft Safe Links – Not so Safe

It's really, really hard to stay ahead of the bad guys. Just ask Apple how many times it has released

May 08, 2018

Facebook is Still Evil – Backdoor to User’s Account

The hits just keep on coming. As if the scandal involving Cambridge Analytica wasn't enough (forget about the FTC consent

May 07, 2018

Slack Users – Encrypt Your Messages

Slack is a collaboration app that is extremely popular. Microsoft has Teams as a competitor, but I see more people