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A lot has been written on how consumers that shopped at Target in the past few weeks can protect themselves. There has been a small amount written about how hackers pulled off the Target hack. Very little has been written about how small business owner’s can protect themselves and their business reputation. If your unfamiliar…
Occasionally you might get an app that just refuses to work correctly on your iPhone or iPad. Under iOS versions 5 and 6 you could double-click the home button and just press the app until is would wiggle. You could then push the X and close the offending app. This does not work in iOS…
As we head into the active part of hurricane season here in Central Florida and our brush with Tropical Storm Debbie telecommuting looks a real alternative. It does take some preparation technically, though. Some things to consider… How are you securely going to connect to your office? An open wifi at a coffee shop…
On many occasions I am setting up multiple contacts with in one company in Outlook 2010 contacts folder. Typically there is common data across these contacts such as the fax number, web site, and mailing address. It is easy but not obvious how to create a new contact with the common information filled. Here is…
For many years there has been a promise of online file storage. There has been some false starts by many providers. Probably the most successful serious contender was Dropbox. They made a name for themselves for having an app for just about any platform and they rewarded referrals generously with additional free storage. Recently Dropbox has…
Hat tip to Steve Gibson of Gibson Research Corporation for recommending this network analysis tool from the International Computer Science Institute at Berkeley. This small Java applet tests your connection to the rest of the world by examining your DNS provider to even the size of the buffer in your router. Believe it or not…
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