May 2, 2021 | business, Privacy, security
You know the big three credit bureaus, right? It’s always entertaining to watch the gyrations of the random number they assign to each of us called a “credit score.” It’s the credit bureaus that cause your blood pressure to spike when you find out how inaccurate their...
Apr 19, 2021 | Apple, business, Microsoft, news, web_services
If you’re an old-timer like me, you probably have memories – maybe fond memories, maybe not – of Dragon Naturally Speaking, for many years the only dictation software for Windows that was even remotely useful. Dragon was quirky, buggy, and...
Feb 28, 2021 | Box, business, Dropbox, file_sharing, OneDrive, Windows tips, Windows10
I just learned about a OneDrive feature that might be a bit of a game-changer, especially for small businesses. Shared folders in OneDrive for Business can be displayed in File Explorer and browsed naturally, just like your own OneDrive files. That allows a small...
Feb 21, 2021 | Android, Apple, business, Chrome, LastPass, security, web_services
We’re at about the midpoint of the LastPass remake of Breaking Bad, where its misdeeds are starting to be glaring and it’s hard to be sympathetic. We’ve seen the show. We know how it ends. See, LastPass is following a path that was first blazed by its corporate parent...
Feb 11, 2021 | business, Microsoft, news, Politics, security
Quiet, isn’t it? We learned a couple of months ago that the Russians are embedded in almost every network that matters in our country, and nobody is talking about it. My guess is that tens of thousands of IT and security experts are crying themselves to sleep every...
Feb 7, 2021 | business, news, Politics, security
This is mostly about scary Russians but don’t skip it – there’s also an important lesson for you about your own security. The Russians hacked into Solarwinds in September 2019. (You didn’t know that. It’s six months earlier than all the reporting about this hack...