We have rung in the new year with a major security issue being announced. Two security flaws dubbed Meltdown and Spectre have been discovered that allow processor exploits to steal sensitive information like passwords and financial information from nearly any device (computer, laptop or smartphone etc.) made in the past 20 years. Scary indeed. The […]
There are many ways that a website can be knocked offline. Most are malicious attempts to exploit a vulnerability or some sort of equipment failure. Sometimes the issue is much more simple and yet so embarrassing. Amazon is one of the largest and most profitable companies in the world and the companies that they own […]
Look at any modern keyboard and at the very top are the function keys. It seems like those twelve keys hardly get used for anything. You may have heard an older relative talking about using them on older computers or something like that but are they still needed and what do they do? Some of […]
When a car’s model year comes to an end and a new model year is introduced dealers will inevitably offer great incentives to liquidate their unsold inventory. Chances are you have heard advertisements on TV or the radio for this and you might have even taken advantage of this at some point. Did you know […]
The word hacker gets thrown around a lot. Most of us imagine some guy sitting in his parent’s basement with computers all around him breaking into bank systems or into government computers. That is in many cases how they are portrayed on TV and on the silver screen. Of course, just because you see it […]
You probably know what the keys on your keyboard do since you use them almost every day. You know what the caps lock does, what the num lock does, page up and page down but there is one key that no one is really sure what it does. It lights up when you press it […]
By adding an image to a webpage or blog post it livens the post up. It adds color or helps to explain the subject matter. That is great for the people who are reading the post and soaking in what you are offering them. Those images are also a great way to help boost your […]
We live in the Information Age and being able to share information quickly and effectively is what makes the world go around. For anyone who runs a small business this is especially important. You do not have access to millions of dollars worth of equipment and storage space along with highly paid engineers to maintain […]
Gun crime has been in the news a lot lately, both locally here in the Susquehanna Valley and nationally. It is a hot button issue in these politically charged times drawing strong reactions on both sides of the political spectrum. Could technology be the answer to reducing gun violence and putting criminals behind bars? It […]
In 1966 Captain James T. Kirk and the Starship Enterprise began to boldly go where nobody has gone before. The show was groundbreaking. Not only was it a rare case where a Hollywood studio asked for a second pilot but its cast broke racial and gender barriers. Key to what the crew of the Enterprise […]