by Joseph Forbes | Apr 17, 2013 | Blog Entry
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 17, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, SOFTWARE, Technical Support, Technicals
A year from now, Microsoft will stop supporting the archaic Windows XP operating system. Make haste in migrating to another OS. The one-year countdown to the end of support for Windows XP began ticking down yesterday. If you’re still using the ancient, legacy...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 17, 2013 | Blog Entry, The Daily WTF
Maurice had always found it curious that his company didn’t administer any tests to new hires. It seemed like a minimal amount of work to save the company time and money. The new “IT Systems Expert” that HR sent to his department did little in his...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 15, 2013 | Blog Entry, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, Technical Support, Technicals
The sun is shining and the bees are buzzing, which can only mean one thing: spring is here, and with that comes spring cleaning. In between emptying closets and decluttering your basement, give yourself some time to clean up your computer and smartphone, too. Here are...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 13, 2013 | Blog Entry, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals, Web Hosting
As you may know, Tuesday, a widespread “brute force” attack against WordPress sites started impacting sites across the internet. This attack is leveraging a botnet which looks to have more than one hundred thousand different computers at its...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 11, 2013 | Blog Entry
Many of the comments were written at the time (which explains why some of them are in the first person): 100 email hacks (e-book). No matter how good you are at managing email, there’ll be something useful for you in this little treasure trove, which was written by...
