With the recent security breaches on celebrity accounts on Apple’s iCloud I wanted to see if anything has changed with problems that I experienced with setting up Apple’s 2 step authentication. Apple’s 2 step authentication is an extra layer of security that you can add to your AppleID. In addition to having to use your […]
Recently eBay announced that hackers managed to gain access to login credentials for eBay employees. These credentials allowed access to eBay user information such as name, address, birthday, phone number. The eBay account passwords were encrypted but people are strongly advised to change their eBay passwords. Other than having to enter your account name and […]
When Google announced their Google+ service almost 3 years ago I immediately signed up. I used it every day for about 2 years. I put up with frustrating quirks in the web interface thinking that Google would get around to fixing them. Instead these bugs continue to fester with Google being more content to initially […]
What is Heartbleed? The coverage of Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL recently varies in its usefulness of the information presented in the articles. Some skim over the actual flaw and do not go into much detail what is involved in the flaw. The Heartbleed vulnerability is NOT a virus. It is a flaw in software running on some […]
On April 8th, 2014 Your XP Computer Will Become a Target for Hackers What’s Going To Happen? Windows XP is over 12 years old and Microsoft will be retiring Windows XP on April 8, 2014. Circle that date on your calendar because that is the day Microsoft will no longer be providing critical updates or […]
Steve Gibson’s Security Now podcast #427 had a segment on CryptoLocker malware that encrypts your data files with 2048 bit encryption. The infection can occur by you either downloading and opening a file from the internet or opening an attachment even from someone you know. There are clean up tools to remove the virus however […]
On October 17th Microsoft released the upgrade to Windows 8.1. The upgrade was free to those users who were using Windows 8.0. If one was not already using Windows 8.0 then 8.1 had to be purchased. In the past large updates to Windows were done through the user of SP or Service Packs. These service […]
For a company the size of Google I am frustrated and disappointed what appears to be the piecemeal approach that Google has taken in new versions of Google Maps both on the PC and iOS. The new Google Maps on the PC desktop still relies heavily on the OId(Classic) Google Maps for many key tasks. […]
I have been using Google+ since it was first offered to the general public back in late June 2011. At times the service has had its problems so I put up with it thinking that Google would improve the service. I submitted numerous bug reports regarding problems that I saw and suggestions on how to […]
Microsoft recently released their next version of Office. Office 2013 is available now in various forms. One can purchase a retail version from a big box store. This can take the form of say Hone and Student for $139. However there is a couple of gotchas. In the past MS had offered Home and Student […]