Techie Avenger

Solid tech advice.

Hey folks, a little heads up that LogMeIn is offering "LogMeIn will be providing free Emergency Remote Work Kits for Health Care Providers, Educational Institutions, Municipalities & Non-Profit organizations, and current LogMeIn customers."

Might be super helpful for that fundraiser that is now a virtual one! https://support.logmeininc.com/coronavirus

I have a vision of them thinking they are putting in the nuclear codes, but it's really just Oregon Trail and the world dies of NUCLEAR dysentery.

US military will no longer use floppy disks to coordinate nuke launches US Strategic Command has finally replaced the 8-inch floppies used for nuclear missile launches.

Techie Avenger remembers...

In my sternest nerd voice: If you are a Mac user and use Zoom, uninstall until this security flaw is addressed.

https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/7/9/20687689/zoom-mac-vulnerability-medium-jonathan-leitschuh-camera

Heh heh heh

Teenagers React to Windows 95, Can't Imagine the Hardships | Digital Trends None of today's teens were alive for the launch of Windows 95. Watch a few react to that operating system, and mid-90s technology, in this video.

Comcast is having a nationwide outage.

Here's why you may have had internet problems today A "configuration error" impacted some internet service.

just got an invoice from a hosting with this in the upper right. doesn't make the company look particularly reputable.

Friendly reminder for PNW folks who aren't used to hot weather.

Here is the order of NOT leaving things in cars:
Children
Animals
Plants and all other living things
Computers

Computers don't like heat! If you are leaving your car for 10+ minutes, take it with you.

We offer Security Awareness Trainings for your staff to avoid fall prey to Email Pranksters or Email Fraudsters!

An email prankster pretending to be Reince Priebus got a very real rise out of Anthony Scaramucci The anonymous Twitter user duped several White House officials.

Careful out there this weekend Windows users. It's a good weekend to turn off your PC.

NSA's arsenal of Windows hacking tools have leaked The latest dump of hacks and exploits target most versions of the operating system.

Beautiful. Big 'em, everyone. Democracy is not a spectator sport.

An App That Makes It Easy to Pester Your Congress Member Joe Trippi pioneered the use of social media as a fundraising tool. As campaign manager for Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean in 2004, he started a trend that has reinvented that way politicians run for office. But he believes that many politicians are still missing out on the power of t...