Gifts is the new name for donations: Thanks so much for your support. As we’ve noted in our newsletters, PayPal has changed the rules for donations and made them for “non-profits” only. So we had to take down our donations page. Since we did so, we have received many emails from those of you who wanted to… Read More »
We have been literally besieged with emails from folks who subscribe to other tech newsletters – besides ours — who want to know if a new program created to stop the Cryptolocker ransomware malware, which as featured in newsletters x, y, or z is any good. We wrote an article, a while back, about Cryptolocker and in that… Read More »
Google’s Gmail is already using https:// (secure web page technology) and has been working on encrypting all data it moves between data centers since last summer. Now, with the revelation of NSA’s spying on U.S. and citizens of other countries, both Google and Yahoo are stepping up their efforts to make sure all data in transit is secure… Read More »
We are aware that many of you living in rural areas have limited options when it comes to wireless Internet. Satellite Internet is notoriously slow and 4G is fast but expensive — if it’s even available in the rural area where you live. Google is a step closer to bringing read broadband speeds to everyone wherever in the… Read More »
Dead turkeys make lousy pets. And it’s really hard to care for something that doesn’t need anything because it’s dead. I mean, you can’t comfort it, or feed it, or nurse it back to health. But you will be surprised to learn that a dead turkey requires more care than a live one.And did you know that a… Read More »
You can bet when something becomes popular, some nefarious scumbag is going to exploit it. So it was with Windows, and so it is becoming with the wildly popular Android OS which powers tablets and smartphones — and in a slightly altered form (Chrome OS) laptops and Chromebooks. The cyber-criminals will exploit whatever is popular. And if you… Read More »