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Beware when updating
All internet users should beware when updating their systems. Business people should push back against busy work. Busy work is the part of business that makes more work but does not get you nearer to your goals. All kinds of busy work are a drain on good energy needed...
Great content: what that means
Great content: What that means This man is not Weird Al’s Father In July on a simple mission - find a better language resource I searched many sights. There are millions of good blogs and web sites. Most have genuinely fine information and stories that have an...
Reputation risk preparedness
Reputation risk A security breach is a big reputation risk. Reputation risk is the number one concern of members of boards of directors at medium and large businesses. This statistic is the same for the second year in a row. It actually increased. According to the...
Net Neutrality
Net Neutrality EFF to FCC: Defend the Neutral Internet: Agency Must Abandon Dangerous Traffic-Discrimination Plan The Internet is a network of networks. People often talk about it as the cloud today, but that is a marketing term. It is the same Net we businesses and...
Mac PC War Rages
The anti-Microsoft attitude is curious. The Mac PC war rages on even though both are less dominant brands than they recently were. The anti-Microsoft approach is especially interesting when expressed by people and companies whose practices are built around PCs and...
PST File Hell Missing emails
PST File Hell Make Missing email a thing of the past... The problems with holding on to the old instead of going through the learning curve are many. The most frustrating is that we tend to get caught repeating the problems of yesterday. Missing emails shouldn't...
Made With Code Initiative for Girls
Things to know about a new initiative Google is launching this week called: "Made with Code." WHAT IS "MADE WITH CODE?" The Google-led version of this initiative is getting a lot of coverage in the national press. It's an effort to get more girls involved in computer...
New Malware Exploit Spreading: requires more user attention to the basics
Another New malware exploit spreading calls for renewed vigilance. A new malware exploit spreading the Zeus Trojan via phishing messages is at work on the internet. It was discovered by researchers early Wednesday. People launching these malware and viruses are...
Reset the net
Reset the Net for safer browsing Reset the net is an initiative to take back privacy on the internet. It was a day targeting privacy and security on the net. The mission statement: We can't stop targeted attacks, but we can stop mass surveillance, by building proven...
Privacy in search engines
Privacy in search engines is rare. This is just sad but true. Mostly, because the best results from the hyped information super highway turned out to be selling focused ads. One reason Apple announced DuckDuckGo as a default browser choice in new Safari releases...