February 2014

Happy National Change Your Password Day! How Did You Celebrate?

Posted on February 14, 2014 by

February 1st was National Change Your Password day. Did you mark the day by evaluating and updating your insecure passwords? According to a recent study, after all of the media coverage of recent massive data breaches, the most common computer password for 2013 was still our old friend “123456” with close runners up of “letmein”,

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Yes, It’s Okay to Shut Down Your Computer With the Power Button – Reposted from HowtoGeek.com

Posted on February 10, 2014 by

We saw this article posted by HowtoGeek.com by Chris Hoffman and thought that it was worth sharing. Many computer users were trained never to turn their PCs off by pressing the power button on their desktop PC’s case. This used to cause problems in the previous millennium, but it’s now perfectly safe to shut down

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TechRec: High-Quality Video Conferencing on the Fly with Logitech’s cc3000e

Posted on February 5, 2014 by

As common as it is for businesses to meet and collaborate with people in remote locations, it’s surprising to know that 95% of conference rooms lack the ability to do video-conferencing. Most organizations have opted to forego the expense of installing expensive wiring and equipment and have settled for voice-only conferencing systems. While this is

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