Apple released their latest Mac operating system, OS X Mavericks, on October 22nd. The upgrade is free and touts over 200 new features. Some of the new features are definitely the result of the ‘iOSification’ of the Mac operating system. In the latest few […]
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Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday was October 8th. Microsoft released a total of eight bulletins, four of which were deemed ‘Critical.’ One of the critical patches was to patch a security exploit that was present in all versions of Internet Explorer. In addition
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Some iOS 7 users are having problems sending text messages. Apple is working on a fix but until it is available, you may want to try this: Step 1: Turn off iMessage (Settings > Messages). Step 2: Reset networking settings (Settings > General > Reset).
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**Caveat: This only works with Gmail to Gmail using Google’s Chrome browser. Recent revelations concerning the NSA and government surveillance have tended to heighten users’ awareness that email communications are generally susceptible to prying eyes. As a result, I suspect many would be seeking some
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Introduction BIOS is an acronym for Basic Input Output System definition n. – The set of routines stored in read-only memory that enable a computer to start the operating system and to communicate with the various devices in the system, such as disk drives, keyboard,
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Recently, I’ve had my name, email address and password ‘comprised’ (or, I would say, stolen) from at least three different websites, Evernote, LinkedIn and Jawbone. Technically, LinkedIn didn’t tell me that my information was comprised. I’m just guessing that it was. The other two sites
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The phone scam, where someone who professes to be from a major tech company calls and tells you that you have a virus on your computer, is apparently making the rounds again (or still). There are two flavors to this scam. The phone call seems
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My old MacBook Pro was getting kind of sluggish and I was running out of disk space fairly routinely. With Apple recently dropping the price of MacBook Pros by $200, I decided to take the plunge this weekend and buy a 13” MacBook Pro with
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I’m constantly on the lookout for new, interesting or innovative freeware, but anything labeled portable is always bound to pique my interest, regardless. Not all software can be portable of course, many programs need to be integrated into the system in order for them to
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It’s something you’ve probably heard or read many times over, I know I’ve repeated it often enough… ‘the best security starts between the ears’. It’s always been a truism and never more so than in these days of ever increasing threats and cybercrime. Getting the
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