by msuthern | 11 May 2014 | Email, Facebook, Security
Yet another email phishing scam is making the rounds: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2014/05/09/beware-of-this-facebook-your-messages-will-be-deleted-email-scam.aspx Please be careful when you get any email messages. Always hover your mouse over any links... 
by msuthern | 3 Mar 2014 | Antivirus, Email, Security
You heard me. For the past month, at least, I have been receiving email messages that I have been evicted from my home, or that I have to appear in court to answer some charge. Usually the court is in California. So, since I don’t live, nor do business, outside my... 
by msuthern | 15 Jan 2014 | Computers and Internet, Security, Upgrades, XP
For those of you still using computers that run on Windows XP, here is a link to a story giving a few more details about what to expect on 8 April 2014:... 
by msuthern | 8 Oct 2013 | Uncategorized
I have been busy putting together a new website design that will be more responsive, and work across all the new devices prevalent in the world of technology today. That includes desktop computer monitors, tablets, laptops, and other mobile devices like smartphones.... by msuthern | 4 Feb 2013 | Computers and Internet, Email, Facebook, Security
I just received another message, supposedly from Facebook support. This time it was from a different email address (probably fake), and pointing to a site in Russia. Again, just mark these as junk, and get on with your life. You might also want to login to your... 
by msuthern | 3 Feb 2013 | Computers and Internet, Email, Facebook, Security
I am getting a lot of notifications these days about parcels I missed, or need to pickup; or money transfers I need to verify; or drugs I need to buy to make me more ‘manly’. Most of this c**p goes to my junk email folder because it is correctly identified as such.... 
by msuthern | 3 May 2012 | Antivirus, Computers and Internet, Security
I read an interesting article today in one of the newsletters I get. Woody Leonhard writes about a computer virus that redirects your web browsing to less than desirable web sites. The activity has been cut off, but infections remain because the virus hides so well on... 
by msuthern | 2 May 2012 | Computers and Internet
I had an interesting conversation the other day. It was about all the choices available in the computer world for getting things done. We were specifically talking about the various choices of consumer laptops available; and how the specifications were so similar at... 
by msuthern | 17 Apr 2012 | Uncategorized
I am currently at the Windows 8 Camp, in downtown Toronto, learning about how Metro applications can/will be developed for this next release of the operating system. Very cool!! A lot of emphasis placed on the process for getting an application certified by Microsoft... by msuthern | 2 Mar 2012 | Windows 8
I installed the subject operating system yesterday, as a virtual machine in my Hyper-V server. Did not have time to play with it too much, as it was bedtime for my old bones! I am now looking at it, and have installed the Windows Live Essentials applications to try...
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