Important Information Heartbleed If you haven’t heard by now, there is a very serious security threat on the internet. It is a vulnerability in OpenSSL. Initially the suggestion was to change every password you used. If you change your password before a site is fixed, you would then have to change it again after the […]
Read MoreApril, 2014
Smart Idea! Getting rid of unused applications The way in which computers are now sold, PCs and Macs come pre-loaded with many programs and utilities that you will never use. Chances are also that many of the programs that you aren’t using, but are installed, aren’t being patched with any security updates and therefore […]
Read MoreMarch, 2014
Please forward any interesting topics that you would like to see addressed to me at emtenzer@gmail.com! Alerts! Security Flaw Found in Apple’s iOS 7 Operating system A security flaw has been found in iOS 7. Download the update/bug IMMEDIATELY! You can do it from Settings – General – Software Update. If you would like […]
Read MoreFebruary, 2014
Please explain… What is a data plan for your smartphone? Understanding your data usage on your phone plan isn’t as easy as counting text messages or minutes. Here is a little bit of information to help. A megabyte is a unit of measure. When you send an e-mail, download a photo or view a web […]
Read MoreJanuary, 2014
Great Idea! Scan Your Photos Into Your Phone Do you have an old box of 35mm negatives in the closet? With a $59 SmartPhone Scanner from lomography.com, you can digitize those memories! You simply feed the negatives into the compact smartphone scanner and a companion app (Lomoscanner) transforms them into picture – perfect digital images. […]
Read MoreDecember, 2013
Important Warning There is a very dangerous new virus/malware out called Cryptolocker. It is considered ransomware as it absolutely can encrypt all of the files on your computer so they are unusable unless you pay a $300 ransom within a period of time – about 96 hours. From all that I have read, there […]
Read MoreNovember, 2013
Web Search Tips To search for a phrase, use quotation marks around the words. So instead of searching on civil war and getting results which include civil or war, type in “civil war” and you’ll see pages that only include the whole phrase. Be more specific – if you want to find articles on creating bookmarks in […]
Read MoreOctober 2013
In the News Microsoft’s iPad trade-in Microsoft is offering a $200 incentive to help customers switch from an iPad to its Surface tablet. They are giving anyone who trades in an iPad a $200 gift card that can be used toward the purchase of a Surface or other products found in the Microsoft store. […]
Read MoreSeptember 2013
Great Idea! Password Managers Password Managers can alleviate your frustration of trying to remember ever password you’ve needed to set up. Since it is strongly recommended that you don’t use the same password twice, how are you supposed to remember every password? If you use a password manager, the only big decision you will need […]
Read MoreAugust 2013
Best free stuff PCWorld comes out with a yearly list of the best free stuff on the internet. I will point out a few of them, and give you a link to the entire list. The best thing about this list is that PCWorld has already spent thousands of hours testing and researching for you. […]
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