by Mike | Sep 10, 2012 | TechAlert, TechNews, TechNotes
Internet plugins are a wonderful way to add additional functionality to your web browsing experience. For example, many sites depend upon Adobe Flash for video or Acrobat Reader for viewing a PDF within your web browser. There are also plugins for audio, remote...
by Mike | Jul 1, 2011 | TechNews, TechNotes
Windows 7’s Backup and Restore feature is one of the best and easiest to use versions of Microsoft’s free backup utility yet. And from my perspective, the more folks keeping their data safe through backups, the better. However, Backup and Restore...
by Mike | Jun 20, 2011 | TechNews, TechNotes
As more and more cell phone manufacturers build devices with all glass front panels, it’s inevitable accidents will occur. And when accidents happen, it can be frustrating — not to mention dangerous to our finger tips! — to continue using a broken...
by Mike | Mar 15, 2011 | TechNews
Adobe issued a critical security advisory for Adobe Flash Player and Acrobat Reader on Monday that warns of a zero-day exploit found in Flash Player for Windows, OS X, Linux, Solaris, and Android, as well as the authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and...
by Mike | Feb 18, 2011 | TechNews
Primarily for their well-publicized security and privacy issues, I’ve never been a big fan of Facebook for business. In fact, it’s for those reasons specifically, that I’ve all but abandoned my personal Facebook account too. Don’t get me...
by Mike | Jan 13, 2011 | TechNews
The FDIC issued a warning on Wednesday, January 13th, that consumers are receiving emails purporting to be from the FDIC that falsely claim that “FDIC deposit insurance is suspended until the requested customer information is provided.” These emails are...
