Why do I always have to change my password?
We know, you're all tired of changing your passwords and hearing from IT that you've got to pick a new one you haven't used before every 30 nanoseconds. The reason might not be what you think.
Skip the Christmas Specials
This time of year all the electronics seem to go on sale, except for Apple's -- why do you think that is?
Windows Update 1809: Just Don't
At JM Addington Technology Solutions & Kairos Digital Dynamics we're usually a tad bullish on Windows Updates: they're put out for good reason(s). However, Microsoft's latest "Feature Update" (read: a big one, the Fall Creators Update or 1809) has been plagued ...
Chinese Money and You
The South China Morning Post, one of the continent's premiere English newspapers, has an article out this week via Bloomberg on the Yuan's (CNY) value against the US Dollar (USD) over the next 12 - 15 months. Why should you ...
Website Hacked: You're the Target
Politico's Cybersecurity Newsletter from October 10th, 2018 references a report on hacking that has two golden nuggets in it.
The Easiest Cons
A university just paid $12m to a fraudster. Prevention would have been easy.
15 Minutes
There is nothing more valuable that any of us have than time. 15 minutes can be a lot, it can also be life changing, for us and for others.
Fall Windows Update Stopped
Following "isolated" reports of users' files being completely erased during upgrades Microsoft announced a "pause" of the Windows 2018 Fall Update. Microsoft has gone so far as saying that if you have a copy of the upgrade already, you should delete ...
WiFi Gets New Name
Starting with the next generation of WiFi devices, WiFi will finally have a comprehensible naming scheme. In the past, different versions of wifi went by various letters, that were hard to keep track of even if you were in the industry. ...
Old Computer Donations
A local residential Knoxville IT firm is leading an effort to collect used but working computers to give to the recently and near homeless. "Techies Give Back" is the brain child of Charlie Harbin, of TechNav, a local traveling IT ...
