The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has just released a new draft computer security publication that provides guidance for vendors, as well as security professionals, while they work on protecting personal computers as they start up. Computer safety is becoming an increasing priority around the world as “hacktivist” groups like Anonymous are becoming ever more persistent in their hacking campaigns.
Oct
28
Don’t Get Scammed by a Computer Repair “Professional”
Whenever there is a computer problem involved, the average user is about as useful as a snowball in Miami. Computers are complex pieces of machinery and the slightest wrong move could take your troubles from bad to worse in no time. Many PC “repair specialists” use this as a way to jack up prices and install a lot of useless things on your computer that will inevitably have you calling them again.
Jul
27
Colleges Unite to Create Faster Computer Networks
A coalition of around 29 universities across America are throwing their weight behind a plan to create ultra-high-speed computer networks in the communities surrounding their campuses. These networks would also have internet service several hundred times faster than what is now available commercially.
Jul
06
Businesses Catching Up to Consumers in Terms of Cloud Computing
TweetShare Much of the work of the people in your corporate IT department may be moving to the cloud soon, but is that necessarily good news? If reports end up being true, the computer that you have been working on for years in your office may be a few steps away from becoming a glorified screen. … Continue reading »
Jun
29
Not Everyone is as Excited for Office 365 as Microsoft Is
TweetShare Microsoft officially launched Office 365 yesterday with a big fancy New York City event hosted by CEO of Microsoft Steve Ballmer. However, while enthusiasm was high with Microsoft execs, engineers and partners, not everybody was looking at this as a “glass half full” development. A lot of real concerns exist for partners over profit, compatibility with Line-of-Business apps … Continue reading »
Jun
24
People’s Choice Stevie Award Given to PGi’s iMeet
TweetShare Earlier in the week, PGi was awarded a People’s Choice Stevie Award for its latest service, iMeet, at the 2011 American Business Awards (ABA) reception. iMeet walked away with the award of Favorite New Computer Service category. In addition to that, iMeet also earned a finalist nod in the New Product or Service of … Continue reading »
May
16
Computer Outage Slams Michigan
TweetShare So, computer outages are seriously a pain in the derrière, in my opinion. I live and die by my computer as it is my primary source of income so a computer outage is never something that needs to happen to me. The good news is, residential computer outages are few and far between. You usually … Continue reading »
May
12
New Patch Fixes Three Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Problems
TweetShare If you are one of the many people out there that is currently having problems installing Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, then your problems may soon be solved as Microsoft has just released a patch that is designed to fix all of those problems and make it smooth sailing. … Continue reading »
May
02
Ohio City’s Hard Drive Disposal Could Pose Risk of Data Theft
Columbus, Ohio, may be placing a lot of sensitive data in danger of theft when it retires old computers, according to one security expert. Columbus’ Department of Technology receives guarantees from its computer disposal vendor that all of the hard drives and other parts that may contain sensitive data have been destroyed. However, city technicians have not kept any record of exactly what they have taken out of service and sent for destruction.
Apr
28
HP Receives $2.5 Billion Computer Contract from NASA
NASA has just awarded HP, one of the largest computer companies in the world, an enormous $2.5 billion contract for desktop computers, devices and services according to a report from HP today.
