The well-known and much documented Storm botnet is at it again. This time, just over a year after its first round of SPAM, the Storm botnet is once again sending out mass amounts of email to unsuspecting recipients. These emails have subject lines similar to “You’re the One” and “Falling in Love with You” and […]
Is it true that you get a lifetime membership to Facebook when you sign up for an account?
According to this New York Times article, this is the case.
By default, when deactivating your user account with Facebook everything works as you would expect. However, instead of deleting all of your personal information and the information that […]
How long does it take Internet Explorer to open on your computer? One of the things that I see often when I go to a customer’s office is that it takes 4-5 seconds at a minimum to open their web browser. Everyone is looking for ways to make their computers run faster without investing more […]
Does anyone remember when Intel had to recall their new Pentium processors in 1994 because they did not add correctly? It seems that Microsoft may have a similar issue on their hands. According to a recent Associated Press article, whenever you have an equation that multiplies numbers, and their result is either 65,535 or 65,536, Excel […]
In one of John C. Dvorak’s latest columns, he was talking about how easy it is to sabotage Google’s search results. As a result, there are a few things that you need to make sure of when you are searching Google for information that you need to ensure that you keep your PC safe.
Websites everywhere use the ubiquitous PDF format for their documents. PDFs are portable across multiple operating systems and almost anyone is able to view these documents that are stored in the PDF file format. How does one create a PDF? In the past, you would need to buy Adobe Acrobat before you could create PDF documents. […]
All of us has heard stories of the unfortunate employee that forwarded an email to everyone in the company that should have been private, and how that same employee was either fired or disciplined for that action. For those of us that sometimes are less than diligent about ensuring that we only click “Reply” instead […]
Ever wonder if your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is monitoring how much bandwidth you are using? Well, there is one that not only monitors your usage, but also will discontinue your usage if you utilize too much bandwidth. The even more insidious thing is that with this particular ISP, you never know what the limit is […]
If you are anything like me, then you may not always have all the phone numbers you need stored neatly in your phone. For a long time, the solution for this issue has been to dial various non-free information services. The problem that I have with these services is that you are charged to call […]
When you are working at your computer do you ever have to sit and wait for the computer to respond? Does it seem like no matter what you do, it takes forever for your computer to respond. Keep reading for steps that you can take to speed up your sluggish PC.