by Joseph Forbes | Apr 25, 2017 | Blog Entry, Cloud Apps, TECHNOLOGY
What DLNA Is DLNA stands for Digital Living Network Alliance. The DLNA is a trade organization that was founded to set standards and guidelines via a certification program for home networking media devices, including many PCs, Smartphones/Tablets, Smart TVs, Blu-ray...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 17, 2017 | Blog Entry, EDUCATION, HACKING, INTERNET, SECURITY, SOCIAL ENGINEERING
A hacker is a tech-savvy user who manipulates and bypasses computer systems to make them do the unintended. Sometimes this manipulation is noble, with the goal to create something beneficial. Other times, hacking is harsh and done with the wicked goal to hurt people...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 11, 2017 | DATA, Emailed, Technicals, Troubleshooting
If your inbox is suddenly getting filled with emails from “mailer daemon”, here’s what you can do. To be clear, what’s happening is (we’ll go into more detail below): Email has been sent out and the recipient can’t be found (or...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 7, 2017 | Blog Entry, HARDWARE, MONEY, REVIEWS, TECHNOLOGY
Deciding which laptop to buy can be tough, with hundreds of laptop models to choose from and prices ranging from under $200 for Chromebooks to over $2,000 for high-end laptops. In addition to your budget, the kind of work and play you plan on doing on your laptop...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 1, 2017 | Blog Entry, MONEY, TECHNOLOGY
Sometimes offers for desktop and laptop computers seem to be priced too low to be real. In the description of these products you might find the term refurbished. Both manufacturers and retailers may be offering these systems below what a normal PC costs, but what is a...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 27, 2017 | Blog Entry, DATA, HACKING, PRIVACY, SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY
The Cyber Division of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert to warn the healthcare industry that malicious actors are actively targeting File Transfer Protocol (FTP) servers that allow anonymous access. According to the law enforcement...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 26, 2017 | Blog Entry, DATA, INTERNET, KnowledgeBase (KB), TECHNOLOGY
This list describes common causes of slow Internet connections in homes. A poorly performing connection can be caused by broadband router configuration errors, wireless interference, or any of several other technical issues with your home network. Use these tips to...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 19, 2017 | Blog Entry, DATA, INTERNET, KnowledgeBase (KB), Malware Reports, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY, Web Hosting
Websites getting blacklisted is a very extensive problem faced by businesses. When it happens, web masters panic and the vendors face an interruption in their daily business as they struggle to assist their concerned consumers to clean their websites and return...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 14, 2017 | Blog Entry, DATA, HACKING, INTERNET, KnowledgeBase (KB), SECURITY, Technicals
Several small and midsize businesses are susceptible to Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. What would be the best way for such businesses to handle this problem? Plan ahead – this is what security experts suggest based on their experiences in the past! A...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 10, 2017 | Blog Entry, DATA, KnowledgeBase (KB), Technicals
The term Denial of Service (DoS) refers to events that render systems on a computer network temporarily unusable. Denials of service can happen accidentally as the result of actions taken by network users or administrators, but often they are malicious DoS attacks....