August 6, 2014More Passwords StolenThe Bad Guys are always at it. This time over 1.2 billion passwords have been lifted. These include email addresses, social security numbers, all sorts of personal information. The article is informative, but doesn’t really say what you can do should your name be among the 1.2 billion. That’s a big number.
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How Not to Remove MalwareSomeday you may be unfortunate enough to experience a particularly nasty virus or other malware on your PC. It happens. Your next step is to decide how to remedy the situation. Taking that step is, unfortunately, fraught with peril.
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August 4, 2014Fighting ClickbaitYou won’t believe what they say in this article . . . This has to be the best thing ever . . . What he said next will shock you . . . Yeah, I’m sick of this crap, too. Click the link below (no clickbait!) to see how the online community is dealing with this odious phenomena.
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Android Image SyncOf all the ways of moving images back and forth between computer and phone or tablet, the easiest method is to use an image management program. It works just like synchronizing music. In fact, in Windows you use the same program for both activities: The Windows Media Player.
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August 3, 2014Hello, 911? Facebook is Down!Last Friday saw a massive outage at Facebook, Inc. The service was absent from the information superhighway for a staggering three hours. Not knowing what to do or how to cope in a world without Friends, Likes, and obnoxious political views, throngs of Americans turned to the government for help: They dialed the public safety emergency number, 9-1-1. Idiots.
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August 2, 2014They Love Twitter, but not the AdsI find it hilarious! Twitter’s business model depends on selling ads. Those ads are visible mostly in the Twitter app but also on Twitter’s web page. Yet it seems that Twitter’s growth is coming from users who access the online service through third-party apps that don’t show the ads! I still can’t figure out how these high-tech companies have a business model that relies upon online advertising. What is that they’re selling?
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August 1, 2014The Beta TestYep, that new game is in beta. Beta! Beta! β! What is beta or a beta test?
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