Posts by Warren Frush
What to do when you’ve made a mistake in social media.
InfoWorld has a good article, “Social media disaster recovery: A first responder’s guide” about what to do when there’s been a big mistake made in social media. The article is focused on business use of social media – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc., but the advice is good from a personal standpoint, as well. The article…
Read MoreFeds crack multi-million scareware ring
Some of you have experienced this misfortune of getting what we call “scare-ware” or rogueware. It is an unwanted piece of software that gets installed on your computer, without your permission (or knowledge, usually), that displays a authentic-looking screen on your computer that tells you you’re infected with hundreds of bad things, and then wants…
Read MorePhishing attacks rampant on Facebook, Twitter, gmail, others
After a lull during the summer, there is a huge upswing in phishing attacks, now on Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Yahoo mail, and others. Read the complete story at: http://lastwatchdog.com/unstoppable-phishing-attacks-blanket-facebook-twitter/
Read MoreHow to lower my carbon footprint – move all the servers to Iceland.
Here’s an interesting article in the BBC’s technical web section: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/8297237.stm The gist is this – Iceland has more electricity than it can use, and its produced from geothermal, so there’s no carbon produced by making it. Plus, the cool temperatures can help keep all those servers cool with no air-conditioning costs. Iceland is busy…
Read MoreUpdated – Abott and Costello
You have to be old enough to remember Abbott and Costello, and too old to REALLY understand computers, to fully appreciate this. For those of us who sometimes get flustered by our computers, please read on…
If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch,
“Who’s on first?” might have turned out something like this:
Read MoreThe Long Robotic Arm of the Law has grown longer!
This is interesting The Robot Arm of the Law Grows Longer by Noel Sharkey
Read MoreOpenDNS – a free way to dramatically increase your Internet Security
Use the DNS servers at OpenDNS for both your personal and business computers. It will dramatically decrease the chances that your computer will visit a “bad site.” This means less chance of identity theft or drive-by browser infections.
Read MoreUrban Legends
Urban Legends Find out what’s true, what’s not at http://www.snopes.com/ where the tagline is “Rumor has it…” Warren uses this site a lot when he gets emails that make statements that trigger his “could that really be true?” response. It’s also a fun read. Real or Fake? http://urbanlegends.about.com/ is another site that seems like they…
Read MoreIt’s a jungle out there
Internet Safety For Kids We don’t need to stoke the fires of paranoia. Who hasn’t heard enough stories about the dangers lurking out there for kids on the Internet. That said, some accurate information goes a long way towards helping kids safer when they’re parked in front of the browser. SafeKids.com NetSmartz.org The FBI has…
Read MoreNeed for Speed
Internet Speed Test Gizmos Here’s a group of links for measuring your bandwidth. Most of them use either Flash, Java or Active-X http://www.speedtest.net http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ http://www.dslreports.com/stest http://www.cruzio.com
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