Almost two years ago Reliable Tech News published an article called, Those Unwanted Phone Calls! While the emphasis there was on steps to take to deal with such calls, behind that focus was a very simple reality: technology makes fraud easy. Sometimes just knowing a little bit about the technology helps to insulate you from…
Could portals link the visible world with a dark sector? I fully realize that this subject matter is outside my general understanding. Maybe yours too? However, because it fascinates me, please follow along as I make four simple observations about the concept stated in the headline. And check the links if this is your…
Why is WiFi sometimes unobtainable? Has anyone else noticed that WiFi coverage at LAX is quite poor? As number 12, they are ranked below the top half of the 20 busiest airports in the country. WiFi at the top three – Denver, Philadelphia, Seattle – is 4-6 times faster! But it’s not just airports. Restaurants…
Managed Service Provider A managed service provider (MSP) offers the service of being responsible for the technology and data infrastructure at a business. An MSP is the equivalent of in-house IT outsourced. They will proactively provide a defined set of IT services for a fixed monthly fee.
Doing it wrong without knowing it! American consumerism has produced products and packaging. Products have produced consumer debt and packaging has produced consumer frustration. Have you ever come across a package that is difficult to open and hard to use? I have! But then by accident or by rare intuition, I will either eventually come…
Does news about Russian hackers make you feel less safe? Some expert rules to safeguard your password security. The March 15 DOJ indictment of Russian hackers shows that computer users are not taking routine precautions regarding their password security. That is to say people targeted by the hackers had such poor password security habits that the…
Don’t bite on these 3 top email phishing lures Ingram Micro, wholesaler of IT products and services, headquartered in Irvine, California, recently published an article about biting on email phishing lures. That very cleverly put reality explains on a fish platter why Ransomware is doing a billion dollar business. In spite of the complex technological…
This time it was Yahoo Search Did you know that Yahoo Directory closed? The directory closed over two years ago, December 31, 2014. Forgive me for being out of the loop on that one, but I was shocked! Really. The thing that didn’t surprise me was, “Who killed Yahoo?” It was Google, plain and simple.…
Everyone’s in the cloud, aren’t they? [Check out our initial article on Cloud Computing.] Remind me. What is cloud computing? Google provides a very nice definition: the practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer. Briefly,…
Does this post header make you want to check Wikipedia or Snopes? Some technologies are so beyond our experience that we immediately doubt they are real. Someone tells you that there is a SkinGun that heals the burn using the victim’s own stem cells. What do you say? Does your mind take in that this…