Techie Avenger

07/23/2020

Solid tech advice.

03/24/2020

Hey folks, a little heads up that LogMeIn is offering "LogMeIn will be providing free Emergency Remote Work Kits for Health Care Providers, Educational Institutions, Municipalities & Non-Profit organizations, and current LogMeIn customers."

Might be super helpful for that fundraiser that is now a virtual one! https://support.logmeininc.com/coronavirus

10/18/2019

I have a vision of them thinking they are putting in the nuclear codes, but it's really just Oregon Trail and the world dies of NUCLEAR dysentery.

US Strategic Command has finally replaced the 8-inch floppies used for nuclear missile launches.

10/15/2019

Techie Avenger remembers...

07/09/2019

In my sternest nerd voice: If you are a Mac user and use Zoom, uninstall until this security flaw is addressed.

https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/7/9/20687689/zoom-mac-vulnerability-medium-jonathan-leitschuh-camera

03/04/2019

Heh heh heh

None of today's teens were alive for the launch of Windows 95. Watch a few react to that operating system, and mid-90s technology, in this video.

11/07/2017

Comcast is having a nationwide outage.

A "configuration error" impacted some internet service.

09/26/2017

just got an invoice from a hosting with this in the upper right. doesn't make the company look particularly reputable.

08/02/2017

Friendly reminder for PNW folks who aren't used to hot weather.

Here is the order of NOT leaving things in cars:
Children
Animals
Plants and all other living things
Computers

Computers don't like heat! If you are leaving your car for 10+ minutes, take it with you.

08/01/2017

We offer Security Awareness Trainings for your staff to avoid fall prey to Email Pranksters or Email Fraudsters!

The anonymous Twitter user duped several White House officials.

04/14/2017

Careful out there this weekend Windows users. It's a good weekend to turn off your PC.

The latest dump of hacks and exploits target most versions of the operating system.

01/06/2017

Beautiful. Big 'em, everyone. Democracy is not a spectator sport.

Joe Trippi pioneered the use of social media as a fundraising tool. As campaign manager for Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean in 2004, he started a trend that has reinvented that way politicians run for office. But he believes that many politicians are still missing out on the power of t...