Due to the recent actions of some Russian hackers, this month’s post is — once again! — about security. If you happened to be vacationing far far off in the woods, and you didn’t see this story last month, I strongly recommend giving it a read. Yep, could be time to change the passwords on your ...
In today’s world where thousands of Internet ready devices (and demand for content), are being added monthly there is an ever increasing demand on our Internet access – and ultimately on the providers supplying that demand. What usually ends up happening is congestion resulting in slow Internet speeds. Throw in a major event like the ...
Ah, the Ides of March, bad time for Caesar, bad time for your computer… This is the time of year when I see viruses, malware and Internet scams pick up. And it seems, at least for the last couple of years, that it’s the time I take my monthly post and devote it to reminding ...
Yes you did read that correctly. Effective April 8, 2014 Microsoft will no longer provide support or updates for their Windows XP and Office 2003 products. What does this mean? Well, it means that, moving forward, the above mentioned software will become increasingly dangerous to have on your network. This would be due to virus ...
January is the time I like to take a look back at my previous year’s posts and update you with news or other tidbits of relevant information I think you might find interesting. I’ve included links so you can review articles you may have missed. So without further adieu… Last year’s blog entries started out ...
Well, I did it. I updated my PC to Windows 8.1. A friend of mine upgraded his computer at the same time which was helpful as we could compare experiences. And so, without further ado, this is what we found… Installation About the only problem I had with the install was finding the actual install ...
By the end of 2013 there will be a major change coming to many of the secure web sites and mail servers on the Internet: effective January 1, 2014 all secure certificates used on the Internet will need to be upgraded from 1024 to 2048 bit encryption. For those of you who have no idea ...
Yes, the title of this month’s post may make you think of that old Monty Python bit about Spam and eggs however, sorry to say, that won’t be the case. I’ve noticed in the last few weeks a huge increase in the amount of Spam showing up in my junk mailbox. By now most people ...
With the onset of summer comes the end of another school year. For working parents this can be a tough time of year. Juggling work and keeping an eye on little ones can be a challenge for any parent. This month I am dedicated my post to all the working parents trying to balance their ...
Starting approximately six months ago Skyway West has been allowed to resell ADSL (DSL) services over 6 Mb to our business customers. At that time we were capped at 15 Mb and then, two months ago 25 Mb came available (location depending). Before these higher speeds opened up to us Telus made some significant changes ...
