Fake Call Centers Being Busted in India
In what is an early Christmas present for many around the world the New York Times reported that police in New Delhi, India have raided several call centers that were involved in fake tech support calls. Chances are you have seen the messages or were called by one of these people as their calls were […]
Microsoft warning Windows users not to install Chrome or Firefox
Do you use Windows? Probably. Do you use Edge? Probably not. That is something that has troubled Microsoft for awhile and the problem predates Edge going back to Internet Explorer. While Edge has been a dramatic improvement other browsers like Chrome or Firefox have surpassed it, not only in features and usability but in performance […]
Microsoft’s new data center is all wet
You hear the term data center thrown around a lot. Everyone seems to have one. When you think of them you think of just massive rows of computers and servers for data storage as data and information is now one of the most valuable assets that a company can have. These data centers consume a […]
What happened to the toolbar?
A staple of nearly every web browser even up until a few years ago was the toolbar. It seemed like every company had their own toolbar. Microsoft had one, Google had one, Comcast had one and so on and so on. They were everywhere but in just a few short years it seems like they […]
GDPR and some new privacy policies
You may have noticed that you received a lot of email notifications that companies were changing their privacy policies or terms of service. If you have paid attention to the tech world you know that this is in response to the GDPR regulations enacted by the EU on May 25. It may have seemed like […]
What is the Cloud?
The cloud has changed the way the Internet works. No we don’t mean those puffy cumulus clouds or stratus clouds that stretch as far as the eye can see, no we mean Cloud computing. This used to be the domain of the uber geek but in recent years it has been made available to the […]
The Great Browser Wars
Some today have said that we are in the midst of a great meme war. This is a war where no one will (hopefully) be killed, no decorations will be awarded and no government benefits earned. This is not the first so-called war relating to modern technology. AC vs. DC, Betamax vs. VHS, Blu-ray vs. […]
What is a bot?
We’ve all had to go through a CAPTCHA test at some point while on the Internet. You’ve probably figured out why you have to do this (to make sure that it is a human entering in information) and you’ve gotten used to it. Some even have a box to click that says “I am not […]