by Joseph Forbes | Feb 19, 2013 | NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals
Security pros warn about believing everything you hear about malware, zero-day attacks, compliance and more They’re security myths, oft-repeated and generally accepted notions about IT security that…simply aren’t true. Security Myth #1:...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 19, 2013 | NERD NEWS
from the only-if-they-knew-how-to-play-nice-with-others dept. Microsoft is leaving billions of dollars on the table by not porting Office to the iPad, according to a new analyst report. That analyst, Morgan Stanley’s Adam Holt, believes that Office for iOS would...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 19, 2013 | Blog Entry
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 18, 2013 | Blog Entry
Here’s an attempt: Web Browsing use the [1] https everywhere browser extension.Thanks to this the content of your web traffic to a particular website is encrypted. someone reading your traffic only learns what sites you are browsing. when needed, use [2] Tor....
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by Joseph Forbes | Feb 18, 2013 | Blog Entry
Security expert Michael Messner has posted details of vulnerabilities in a number of different routers on his blog. Routers from Linksys, Netgear and repeat offender D-Link are affected. Some of the vulnerabilities can be exploited to inject commands remotely. Linksys...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 17, 2013 | NERD NEWS, Technical Support, Technicals
from the is-7-prime? dept. Windows 7 users will have to install Service Pack 1 if they want to continue to receive security fixes and other support beyond April 9th. With the release of a Service Pack, Microsoft’s policy is to support the old version for two...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 17, 2013 | Blog Entry, MONEY
from the don’t-sign-your-cover-letter-in-blood dept. Not using standard job titles, not tying your work to real business results and not using the right keywords can mean never getting called for an interview, even if you have the right skills to do the job. I...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 16, 2013 | Blog Entry, Technical Support, Technicals
Sometimes, you just need to do a clean install. Unfortunately, the Windows 8 Upgrade doesn’t always allow for that, throwing you an error when you try to activate after a clean install. If you do a clean install using the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant, you...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 16, 2013 | Blog Entry, NERD NEWS, Technical Support, Technicals
from the just-what-users-were-clamoring-for dept. With the launch of Office 2013 Microsoft has seen fit to upgrade the terms of the license agreement, and it’s not in favor of the end user. It seems installing a copy of the latest version of Microsoft’s...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 15, 2013 | Blog Entry, HARDWARE
from the internal-struggle dept. When it comes to RAM, as every geek knows, 1 GB does not mean 1 billion bytes.. it means 2**30 (1,073,741,824) bytes. However, several decades ago “they” decided that GB, MB, and KB would be interpreted differently when it...
