Christmas Reflections It seems like yesterday when we were celebrating Christmas and welcoming a new year. Now the ghost of Christmas past has taken last Christmas and we have all committed it to memory. Some of us have happy memories and some of us have sad memories; the most unfortunate among us have no memories of last Christmas… Read More »
Yahoo Hacked Again… Time to Run Away From Yahoo Two days ago we wrote an article advising all Yahoo users to close their accounts due to Yahoo’s lack of security and apparent inability to deal with it. Just when we thought it could not get any worse with Yahoo … it just got worse. This time, Yahoo admits that… Read More »
Mute Those Noisy Browser Tabs! This tip is for Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge Users Many sites, especially news sites, have delayed auto-start videos (or audio ads) on their pages. When surfing multiple pages, you may suddenly hear the audio, but finding which page it is coming from use to mean going through each open tab trying to… Read More »
The Magic Of Christmas The Christmas lights glowing in the rain do not look like Christmas lights to me. They look old and hazy and out-of-place; oddly out of time. I feel as though I have suddenly been thrust into the middle of March and people have forgotten to take their Christmas decorations down. It doesn’t seem much… Read More »
Online Remote Computer Repair Scams Are Everywhere Every week, we get several emails from people who have fallen for a computer repair scam. They have given their credit card information and access to their computers to criminals — and it usually always starts with a phone call. It goes like this. The phone call comes unexpectedly, out of… Read More »
It’s Time to Close Your Yahoo Accounts Yahoo has been a failing company for more than a decade. They’re the foster child nobody seems to want. Yahoo’s ownership has changed hands several times over the years. It’s no secret that Yahoo has fallen on hard times. With an aging infrastructure and a technical support team that seems to… Read More »