Internet plugins are a wonderful way to add additional functionality to your web browsing experience.  For example, many sites depend upon Adobe Flash for video or Acrobat Reader for viewing a PDF within your web browser.  There are also plugins for audio, remote connectivity, Microsoft Office, and more. But the side-effect of having all these [...]

Windows 7′s Backup and Restore feature is one of the best and easiest to use versions of Microsoft’s free backup utility yet. And from my perspective, the more folks keeping their data safe through backups, the better. However, Backup and Restore doesn’t automatically “groom” (automatically delete) older backups as your backup drive fills up, so [...]

As more and more cell phone manufacturers build devices with all glass front panels, it’s inevitable accidents will occur.  And when accidents happen, it can be frustrating — not to mention dangerous to our finger tips! — to continue using a broken display, because shattered glass could lead to an unresponsive digitizer (the part that [...]

Adobe issued a critical security advisory for Adobe Flash Player and Acrobat Reader on Monday that warns of a zero-day exploit found in Flash Player for Windows, OS X, Linux, Solaris, and Android, as well as the authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat X for Windows and Mac. This vulnerability could cause [...]

Primarily for their well-publicized security and privacy issues, I’ve never been a big fan of Facebook for business.  In fact, it’s for those reasons specifically, that I’ve all but abandoned my personal Facebook account too. Don’t get me wrong, Facebook can be a great tool for personal use like keeping in touch with old friends [...]

The FDIC issued a warning on Wednesday, January 13th, that consumers are receiving emails purporting to be from the FDIC that falsely claim that “FDIC deposit insurance is suspended until the requested customer information is provided.” These emails are scams. Included in the fraudulent messages are warnings that “due to account activity that violates the [...]

This time of year always brings out the scammers, and if you own a domain for your small business, be wary of any notices coming through email or postal mail concerning the “renewal” of your domain that are sent by anyone but the company you originally registered the domain with (Network Solutions, GoDaddy, etc). A [...]

There have been a rash of email messages appearing in email inboxes in recent days claiming to be notifications of updates to Adobe Acrobat and Skype.  Similar messages have appeared in the past claiming to be from Microsoft, Apple and others. These notices are ploys to trick the recipient into following a link to a [...]

It doesn’t take much for scammers to come crawling from the woodwork, but never is there a better time to be on alert than during the holidays.  Internet Con-artists know we’re often rushing around trying to get the best deals and not necessarily always paying close attention to the little things that might tip us [...]

If you use LinkedIn for your small business, CIO.com has 5 tips that can help keep your LinkedIn profile secure: “5 LinkedIn Privacy Settings You Need to Know“