Category Archives: Technology

Why cryptojacking malware is a bigger threat to your PC than you realize

Cryptocurrency-mining malware might seem like a low risk, but it rarely arrives without more dangerous baggage. Cryptocurrency mining malware has been one of the most prolific forms of malicious software distributed by cyber criminals throughout 2018, but given how some view it as relatively benign compared with other more damaging attacks like ransomware and trojans,… Read More »

Webroot Mobile Security & Antivirus Enhances App Security

Webroot is a product that acts as an antivirus, provides internet security and protects your identity. It will keep you safe when you browse, do internet banking or shop online. Webroot is capable of scanning apps for viruses and malware automatically, keeping you protected at all times. Speaking of this, you can set it and… Read More »

5 Tech Tips To Help You Prepare For Hurricane Florence

It’s been a year and here we are again. Except this time it’s not Florida in the crosshairs of a major storm, but the Carolinas and Virginia. Hurricane Florence is forecast to slam into the East Coast as with winds over 140 mph, bringing with it heavy rains, and unprecedented flooding. At the moment, you… Read More »

The Six Best Laptops for School

No matter how you prefer to crush that term paper or immerse yourself in research, these computers will help you excel. Below are some of our favorite machines we’ve reviewed this year. 1. Dell XPS 13 (2018) The winner of countless “Best of Year” laptop awards for three years running, the Dell XPS 13 remains one of… Read More »

5 Amazon obscure settings you should change now

The items we buy say a lot about our lifestyles, our finances, and our domestic lives. If you have an Amazon account, the amount of data that the retail giant collects is astonishing. Many people don’t know you get much more just free two-day shipping with a Prime account. With these different areas collecting data… Read More »

Everything New in Notepad in Windows 10 Redstone 5

Believe it or not, Microsoft is hard at work on Notepad with the Windows 10’s Redstone 5 Update. Notepad is packed with new features in Redstone 5, which will be released sometime around October 2018. Microsoft is finally adding support for UNIX-style end of line (EOL) characters to Notepad. Notepad now supports both UNIX/Linux style… Read More »

Why Counterfeit Lightning Cables Kill iPhones

Are cheap iPhone chargers safe to use with the iPhone? Here’s how counterfeit cables can destroy your phone and cause it to stop charging. Picture this: The sun is shining. The birds are serenading you from the tree you just parked under (They’re going to carpet bomb your car with crap later, but you don’t… Read More »

Is Comcast, Xfinity down in my area? Massive outage hits US

Comcast and Xfinity users across the country Friday found themselves without working internet, and some were without television as well. Thousands of reports of the outage appeared on the website Down Detector and more than half of them said users were experiencing issues with their internet, another 15 percent of reports were of a “total blackout.” Customers were… Read More »

Disaster Recovery: Ditch Your Secondary Data Center for Cloud

As-a-service and hybrid models can help organizations save significant time, money and resources on DR, while at the same time improving their overall disaster preparedness. When the concept of disaster recovery (DR) first came about, there was really only one way to accomplish it: Build it yourself. When the corporate data center was the only… Read More »