You must be diligent to prevent randsomeware or any other malware from get on your computer or network. Here are some important security tip: Your first line of defence is to keep your operating system up-to-date. If all of those computers in Europe had updated their operating systems those machines would never have gotten infected. Make…
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What is WannaCry?
The world has gone paranoid since last months ransomeware attacks in Europe. Banks and Hospitals transactions have been shut-down do to a soficticated piece of malware called WannaCry. “WannaCry” is a software package when ran on a out-of-date Windows machine it encrypts all of the file on that computer or computer network. The only apparent solution is…
On Demand Internet TV
The most popular video services are totally on-demand. Their low cost and ease of use makes them ideal for the active watcher. Netflix is the world’s leading Internet television network with over 93 million members in over 190 countries enjoying more than 125 million hours of TV shows and movies per day, including original series,…
Best TV Antennas
You can get local and major network programming absolutely free. That’s right you don’t need cable or satellite! Just like in the old-days all you need is an antenna. You don’t necessarily need a special antenna. What you might already have may work as well as anything. If your already have the old rabbit-ears or even…
Streaming Players
There are really only three kinds of streaming media players: Apple TV is a streaming play from Apple and works with your iTunes media. It supports the usual apps Netflix, Hulu and many others. No “Amazon Prive Video” and no “Google Play Video”. Roku has all of the apps with the one exception of iTunes….
Use an Alternate DNS
Recently my Spectrum Internet became extremely unreliable. The WiFi seemed to be working and the modem seemed to be connecting. The only thing that worked was restarting the modem every hour. Finally when it happened again I deployed a Ping Test of Google (ping google.com). This to said there was no connection. I did a new Ping…
Live TV Programming Services
This is a class of streaming service that is similar to cable TV. The difference is programming is transmitted over Internet protocol IPTV. This is a few of these services: Sling TV starts at $20 PlayStation Vue starts at $29.99 Hulu with Live TV $39.99 DirecTV Now Starts at $35
Creative Cloud for the Photographer
Adobe Creative Cloud is a software as a service offering from Adobe Systems that gives users access to a collection of software developed by Adobe for graphic design, video editing, web development, photography, and cloud services. In Creative Cloud, a monthly or annual subscription service is delivered over the Internet. Software from Creative Cloud is…
Office 365 by Subscription
If you use Microsoft Office and you can’t use a substitute an Office 365 Personal subscription might be for you. What you get: 1-year auto-renewal subscription For 1 PC or Mac, 1 tablet including iPad, Android, or Windows, plus 1 phone Fully installed versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and more Also includes Publisher…
Is LastPass Still Safe?
Once again Tavis Ormandy has found some flaws in LastPass. Once again we are asking the question, “Is LastPass safe to use?” Here’s Steve Gibson to tell you what to do..
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