Windows 7 End of Life January 14, 2020

Windows 7

End of Life January 14, 2020 In just about three months, Windows 7 will have it’s “End of Life” event, Microsoft announced this earlier this year. What this means is that between the time you read this newsletter/blog post and January 14, we need to have some concept of an upgrade path to Windows 10…

Equifax – What You Need to Know!!

Equifax – What You Need to Know!! The story broke last week that Equifax, one of the major three credit reporting agencies in the U.S., was hacked. Well not just hacked…they stole lots of data. 143 million customers have been affected, with an unknown financial toll for those affected. That’s HALF of the population of…

Smart Toys & Privacy – Are You At Risk?

Smart Toys & Privacy – Are You At Risk? Two weeks ago some nutcase attempted to kidnap a 9 year old girl at Gelson’s in Rancho Mirage. He didn’t succeed when the store employees and the mom held onto the girl. He was caught after a police chase. That’s just downright crazy and very scary.…

Disaster Avoidance 102 – External Hard Drives

Smart Toys & Privacy – Are You At Risk? 30 years. That’s how long I have been in the computer business. In that time, I have seen many products come and go, companies absorb smaller companies and the change of the computer retailer from a specialty store into a commodity dealer. Remember WordPerfect? I have…