The morale of the story? Have someone you TRUST wipe your data before it leaves your possession. Man’s Personal Information Left on Returned Tablet for Months – WGHP.
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Man’s Personal Information Left on Returned Tablet for Months
by Roberta Piket on December 17, 2011
The Importance of Good Passwords
by Roberta Piket on October 26, 2010
Good article in today’s NY Times about why it’s so important to create hacker proof passwords, and not use the same password for all your logins. Good tip on how to do it easily as well. http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=686135&f=94
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Hacked hotmail accounts
by Roberta Piket on October 12, 2010
It’s time for MS to admit there is a problem with hotmail accounts being hacked. So many of my clients have had this problem, and I’ve only seen it with hotmail. It is clearly not an issue of account holders using easily guessable passwords or unintentionally disclosing their passwords. By googling this issue, I found [...]
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We'll let you know when you need maintenance
by Roberta Piket on August 6, 2010
Service notification is a new service we’ll be offering soon. Sign up and we’ll contact you every few months to check your anti-virus status, back-ups and system performance. Usually we can check these items remotely, making this service very economical. In the long run we believe it will save our clients money because they will [...]
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Beware of Malware-infected screensavers for Mac
by Roberta Piket on August 4, 2010
Here’s an interesting article on how some third-party screensavers can infect your Mac. Free isn’t always free. http://m.zdnet.com/blog/security/malware-watch-free-mac-os-x-screensavers-bundled-with-spyware/6560?tag=leftCol;post-533
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Why can't more companies treat their customers like Adesso
by Roberta Piket on July 10, 2010
I am a bargain hunter. I’m one of those people who brags about how cheaply I got something on sale, whether it’s a sweater or a piece of computer hardware. I inherited this from my mother, who will not purchase an item unless the store is practically paying her to buy it. Once in a [...]
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Dell has recently stopped shipping operating system CDs with many of their consumer-level computers. Dell was the last major PC manufacturer to ship actual CDs (as opposed to a “recovery partition” which is useless if your hard drive crashes). So I was disappointed when I heard the news. I’m a Dell partner/reseller. This doesn’t affect most [...]
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A netbook is a class of laptop. They are cheap and light (about 2.5 – 3.5 lbs.) but don’t have much power. They are great for emailing, casual web browsing, and word processing. Unlike full laptops, they have a few disadvantages you should be aware of: No built-in CD drive. You can purchase an external USB drive [...]
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More on Outlook 2010
by Roberta Piket on June 22, 2010
If you download Outlook from the web as part of a free trial from MS, be aware that you may be installing a “click-to-run” version of the product. If so you won’t be able to run add-ins. More on this later.
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MS Office 2010 is finally out for retail sale. Be warned: if you have a Blackberry, the Blackberry Desktop Manager will NOT sync with Outlook 2010 unless you install it over Outlook 2007. Another option is CompanionLink which will allow you to sync Outlook 2010 with the BB. However, it costs $50. Hopefully RIM will [...]
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