by Joseph Forbes | Apr 24, 2018 | Blog Entry, Data Recovery, HAPPINESS, HARDWARE, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
Information Technology (IT) professionals have recognized the importance of disaster recovery for decades. High-profile Internet worms, natural disasters, and other high-profile security breaches all serve as reminders of the need to plan properly for disaster...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 15, 2018 | Blog Entry, INTERNET, REVIEWS, TECHNOLOGY
One of the most convenient aspects about the Web today is that tasks that formerly used to be somewhat tedious – such as filling out, creating, or editing PDF forms – can now be done within the Web browser, rather than purchasing proprietary software that...
by Joseph Forbes | Oct 25, 2017 | DATA, NERD NEWS, SOFTWARE, TECHNOLOGY
As outlined in the Adobe Support Lifecycle Policy, Adobe provides five years of product support from the general availability date of Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader. In line with that policy, support for Adobe Acrobat 11.x and Adobe Reader 11.x will end on October 15,...
by Joseph Forbes | Oct 2, 2017 | Blog Entry, DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, KnowledgeBase (KB), Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
The latency of a network connection represents the amount of time required for data to travel between the sender and receiver. While all computer networks possess some inherent amount of latency, the amount varies and can suddenly increase for various reasons. People...
by Joseph Forbes | Jul 13, 2017 | Blog Entry, DATA, EDUCATION, HAPPINESS, INTERNET, JOBS, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, TECHNOLOGY
Internet or ‘Net’ Neutrality, by definition, means that there are no restrictions of any kind on access to content on the Web, no restrictions on downloads or uploads, and no restrictions on communication methods (email, chat, IM, etc.) It also means that...
by Joseph Forbes | Jun 10, 2017 | HACKING, INTERNET, Internet Scam Notices, KnowledgeBase (KB), SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY
Check Point Threat Intelligence and research teams recently discovered a high volume Chinese threat operation which has infected over 250 million computers worldwide. The installed malware, Fireball, takes over target browsers and turns them into zombies. Fireball...