by Joseph Forbes | Apr 11, 2013 | Technical Support, The Daily WTF
The latest fad among free-wheeling startups may be BYOD, but government offices tend to be far more conservative. Government offices handling confidential data even more so. When Miguel started his contract with a state office, they issued him a laptop. For security...
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by Joseph Forbes | Apr 9, 2013 | DATA, Technical Support, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
There’s nothing like digging into your first Linux distribution, whether you’re a tech-savvy user looking to branch out or whether you’re installing it on a friend’s computer. But which distribution is actually better for beginners?...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 7, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, Technical Support, TECHNOLOGY, Troubleshooting
A recent survey by the Pew Internet and American Life project found that 72% of Americans experience some form of dropped calls, and 32% experience dropped calls at least a few times per week or more. Like it or not, dropped calls are still a major problem for a large...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 6, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, PRIVACY, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the why-you-always-smash-them-with-a-hammer-before-reselling-them dept. To probably no one’s surprise, wiping a smartphone by standard methods doesn’t get all the data erased. From an article at Wired: ‘Problem is, even if you do everything...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 31, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, INTERNET, KnowledgeBase (KB), PRIVACY, SECURITY, Technical Support, TECHNOLOGY, Web Hosting
from the like-soapy-water-for-your-inner-tube dept. I’m a ‘prosumer’ website builder, have a few sites that are mainly hobbies, but I would like to know that they’re at least fairly robust. I’m thinking of the equivalent of a...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 30, 2013 | Blog Entry, ENTERTIANMENT, HARDWARE, KnowledgeBase (KB), NERD NEWS, Technical Support, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
The iPhone and iPad are fantastic gaming devices, but unfortunately a lot of games still try to emulate gamepads with onscreen buttons on the touch screen and it just doesn’t work that well. Thankfully, a jailbreak app called Blutrol lets you turn a handful of...
