In our last couple of blogs (here and here) we’ve been talking about traveling with your laptop. This week, we’ll be talking about the unique challenges that taking your laptop on an airplane can bring. [Read more…]
Traveling With Your Laptop – Part 2
Let’s face it, most of us keep our lives, the lives of our children and some of our friends on our laptops. Losing this information can be catastrophic, especially when traveling. Last week we began covering the basics of how to keep your laptop safe. This week we will continue that discussion, and talk about some things that you can do to keep your laptop safe during your travels.
Traveling with your laptop – Part 1
These days we take our laptops everywhere with us, to the coffee shop, to the library, on vacation. In our blog about safe wifi we covered how you can keep your data secure. What about moving it from place to place or worse getting it conventionally through Airport security! If you have ever traveled through one of these checkpoints with a you know what a pain it can be.
This week we will review how to keep your laptop safe from breakage and thieves and cool during your summer traveling. Let’s start with some basics: [Read more…]
Wanna Cry Ransomware
Last week a rather brutal piece of ransomware began making the rounds, impacting nearly two hundred thousand computers; private computers used in homes, computers used in business environments, and even computers used by various government agencies around the world. [Read more…]
9 Tips For Keeping your Computer Safe While Using Public WiFi
It’s almost vacation time again! That awesome time of year when a lot of us like to travel. Whether it’s off to visit relatives or just heading somewhere where we can relax in a different setting for a bit. Of course that means bringing your laptop and cell phone along. Most hotels, coffeee shops, and even restaurants offer the use of free wifi. The big question is, “How do I keep my info safe out there?” [Read more…]
Freeware
Have you ever been told that you need a piece of software, went to the store to buy it, and found that it was ridiculously expensive? Yes, there are benefits to using that over-priced software, but for the most part there is often a freeware version available. Whether it be audio editing or a word processor, they are out there and easier to find then you think. [Read more…]
Everything you wanted to know about the computer virus, but were afraid to ask – Part 3
As the old cliche goes; “An ounce of prevention, is worth a pound of cure.” Learning how to avoid becoming infected and spreading virus infections, not only makes the internet safer for you, but for everyone else you connect and share with. [Read more…]
Everything you wanted to know about the computer virus, but were afraid to ask – Part 2
Last week we talked about what a computer virus is, where they come from, and why they exist. This week we’ll take a brief look at some of the different types of computer viruses.
As cold and flu season wraps up, most of us are pretty well acquainted with the fact that many different types of viruses can attack our bodies and interrupt our overall wellness. A different sort of “virus” can negatively impact the health of our computers. That said, we can easily see how it’s probably a good idea to understand and know a little about the ones that can invade our computers. [Read more…]
Everything you wanted to know about the computer virus, but were afraid to ask – Part 1
They’re all over the news these days, those sneaky little germs that invade our computers. Just like a real germ that makes its home in our bodies, a virus’s main purpose is to make more of itself. Which can wreak havoc to our software, data, and/or bank accounts. Unlike most bugs that invade our bodies, a computer virus can’t be worked out of the system with a fistful of pills, some soup, and lots of sleep. [Read more…]
On the Importance of Planning Ahead
We all want peace of mind.
We would like to know that things are going as they should be. If the unexpected “glitch” should occur, we like to think that there is someone that can take care of the problem for us so that we can get back to our busy lives. Better yet, we would love a way to keep these occasional “glitches” from happening in the first place, or at the very least we want a way to minimize their occurrence. Perhaps even a way to keep them from happening in the first place. [Read more…]
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