I am fortunate to work in an environment where we are not really prohibited from surfing the Internet for personal reasons. We spend time on Facebook, reading the local news, searching for product information or buying items online, or emailing…
One of the fabulous features of Firefox, and now Internet Explorer, is the ability to use tabs inside the browser. I have a complete routine upon starting up my computer each morning at work, loading up tabs that I will…
Some news reports out today are leading the public to believe that the April 1st threat of Conficker has been a whole lot of nothing. Yes, the worm had a trigger date to take over machines on the 1st, and…
Tomorrow is April 1st. Besides being the Conflicker worm deploy date, it is also a “square day.” We had a square day already this year, March 3, and another on March 5. A “square day” is one in which, with…
How many of the geeks out there are safe from Conflicker, a nasty little worm set to go all doomsday on us on April 1st? Hopefully, 99.9% of us are (there’s never a 100% guarantee). I know I am, as…
Okay, I’m having a little panic attack, which may turn into a big panic attack shortly. I came home from work and opened up my laptop (that had just been at work with me), and it rebooted itself (!!) and…
Facebook pushed out a serious update to its interface last week, much to the anger and upset of its users. I’m one of those people. I lost access to one of the things I use the most, the News Feed,…