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For the past 3 days any texts sent from an AT&T Wireless account that contained a word that started with a number (ie: 1, 2PM, 4.0, 3:00) was not delivered. Even though it appears to have been sent, it was filtered and not delivered. Happy to report that this has been fixed!!

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Windows 95 is 25 years old today!

Microsoft Windows 95 Launch Video - Start me Up The classic promotional launch video and then commercial for the first 32bit operating system for PCs by Microsoft (not the first overall though. IBM OS/2 ca...

Our AntiVirus. If only the world was digital, we could scan, clean or restore from backup! Stay well.

How to Check and Update Windows Systems for the Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaws A simple, dumbed-down, step-by-step article on how to get these updates and navigate Microsoft's overly complicated announcement.

MarVac has always been a great resource.

Father and Son Team Try to Save Santa Barbara Electronics Store Ken and Andrew Alker purchase MarVac Electronics and set up shop near Santa Barbara Airport

Channel Data Systems. 2pm Friday.

This is why it is important to keep up with updates and patches. Happily, most of our clients were already patched before the KRACK was made public. 🤓

Your Wi-Fi is Vulnerable to Attack—Update Your Devices to Fix It A serious Wi-Fi vulnerability was revealed today, affecting nearly every Wi-Fi network and device using WPA or WPA2 security encryption. The Wi-Fi exploit, first reported by Ars Technica, takes advantage of a particular security flaw in the WPA2 wireless security standard, allowing attackers to inte...

Something’s phishy: How to detect phishing attempts Phishing has evolved from the days of the Nigerian prince, taking on many forms and mediums. Learn how to detect today's sophisticated phishing attempts.

Hello Neighbor!

Nextdoor is the free private social network for your neighborhood community. Over 128,000 communities across the U.S. are using Nextdoor to strengthen their neighborhoods.

So much for our "Stealth Advertising". Yes, we now have an Ad, but we were built by referrals from happy clients like you! Thank you!

Channel Data Systems | Computers in Santa Barbara Whether you are a home user, or a business network, Channel Data Systems has the answers to your Computer and Network needs. Since 1975 Channel Data has been serving the Santa Barbara area with local professional IT Support. Whether it’s a repair, network issue or general question, Channel Data Syst...