Google Glass Today Becomes Available to Everyone: How to Buy It Today at 9 a.m. ET, everyone in the U.S. will be able to buyGoogle Glass. Google announced the plan last week. “Every day, we get requests from those of you who haven’t found a way into the program yet, and we want your feedback too,” the… Read More »
Heartbleed kicked off a new chapter in the rollicking discussion of privacy, digital security, and the role of government in protecting its citizenry from threats both real and imagined. News of Heartbleed broke early last week, starting a soul-searching bit of Internet-scrambling by services large and small to examine their own networks and products to see if they… Read More »
Let’s Play the Password Game With all the brouhaha over the Heartbleed Bug and other known and unknown threats, the only thing you can do is make sure you’re using nothing but strong passwords — and change them frequently. Yes, it’s a hassle, but not nearly as big of a hassle as having your bank account cleaned out… Read More »
The Heartbleed Bug Some of you have heard about the Heartbleed Bug on Cable and Network news and if so, you should know, that sensationalism prevails again. It’s no wonder that so many computer users find it so difficult to find out the truth about anything. According to new sources the Heartbleed Bug is brand new and affects… Read More »
Windows XP Support Has Ended! As most of you know, Microsoft has pulled the plug on Windows XP and those of you still using XP will not receive anymore Windows Updates. Without security patches and critical updates, Windows XP will become more and more vulnerable to exploits – the more time passes, the more newly discovered security flaws… Read More »
CHDSK is a handy tool included with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Window 7 and Windows 8 you can use to check your hard drives for errors. Most of the time CHKDSK can times fix the errors it finds. You should run CHKDSK every couple of month or so to check the integrity of your hard drive(s) and to fix any… Read More »