by Brian Haines | Nov 15, 2012 | Computers
Okay, don’t trust your phone. I just heard of a problem where a printer manufacturer (a big one) had their phone system hacked and the calls were diverted. It happened multiple times over a few days. The people who answered pretended to be support for the big...
by Brian Haines | Jul 4, 2011 | Computers
Why should I backup my computer(s)? Hard drives fail. That is it, plain and simple. They don’t need a reason to fail, a certain percentage of hard drives are going to fail at some point in their life and in most cases there is no advanced warning. Everything...
by Brian Haines | Nov 3, 2010 | Price Alerts
http://www.buy.com/prod/IBM-LENOVO-GRAND-SLAM–Refurbished/q/loc/101/217573743.html...
by Brian Haines | May 13, 2010 | Price Alerts
This is a very good deal on a refurbished laptop. MSI is not well known but most of the personal computers I have built have MSI motherboards in them. This is a great laptop for the price. I can hardly keep from purchasing it for myself. Core 2 Duo T6600 2.2GHz 4GB...
by Brian Haines | Apr 13, 2010 | Computers
More and more people are having their Facebook, or Email account hacked recently. I use a few weak passwords myself, but I know many people who use pathetically weak passwords and I think it is well past time to strongly encourage everyone to strengthen their...