Is your data in the Cloud secure?

April 24th, 2013 by mgarretson

When you upload data to your Cloud service, where exactly does it go? It is Secure? There are a few things to consider while looking for the best cloud solution for your company. If you’re already using one, you be interested to know that there are options available that can let you keep your data on
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Spamhaus vs. “The Largest DDos Attack in History”

March 28th, 2013 by mgarretson

Anti-spam organization Spamhaus has recovered from possibly the largest DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack in history. A massive 300Gbps was thrown against Spamhaus’ website in an attempt to bring their systems to their knees, but the anti-spam organization was able to recover from the attack and get its core services back up and running.
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How Facebook Got Hacked

February 16th, 2013 by AITS News

Zero-Day Exploit Bypassed Java Protections to Install Malware
By Eric Chabrow, February 16, 2013. Follow Eric @GovInfoSecurity

Even the most savvy information technologists aren’t immune from cyber-attacks. Just ask Facebook. The social-media tita…

Microsoft Office 2013 – Free Release Preview Download and some changes to expect.

December 28th, 2012 by mgarretson

Microsoft recently announced the completion of development work of Office 2013 and compilation of RTM build of Office 2013. As of mid-October, this new version of their productivity suite has now been released to manufacturers. General public’s availability is set for the first quarter of 2013, but customers who buy a retail copy of Office
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Replace your Windows PC with Zorin OS

November 29th, 2012 by mgarretson

Over the recent years, switching to a Linux Based OS has become more and more of a viable option for most PC users.  Thanks to supremely user-friendly systems like Ubuntu Linux and Linux Mint, Linux has made an art form out of becoming the leader of the “user-friendly experience”.  Out of all the varieties, there’s
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GoDaddy Goes Down.

September 10th, 2012 by mgarretson

Popular domain name registrar and Web and email hosting provider GoDaddy is experiencing a severe outage, one that appears to have taken out not only its hosted services, but even those websites that have registered their domain names through GoDaddy. In a YouTube video, secretive hacking group Anonymous has taken credit for the outage, claiming
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Why is the FBI collecting Apple Device IDs?

September 10th, 2012 by AITS News

posted by Christina DesMarais on September 08, 2012in Blog, News, Computers and Software, Phones and Mobile, Cell Phones :: 0 comments

This week the hacker group known as AntiSec released a list of one million UDIDs—Unique Device Identifier numb…

Dropbox got hacked again

August 1st, 2012 by AITS News

A couple of weeks ago Dropbox hired some “outside experts” to investigate why a bunch of users were getting spam at e-mail addresses used only for Dropbox storage accounts. The results of the investigation are in, and it turns out a Dropbox employee?…

How to log in directly to the Windows 8 desktop with Start8

July 20th, 2012 by AITS News

Start8 can help you bypass the Windows 8 start screen and go directly to your desktop.

July 20, 2012 10:27 AM PDT

Start8 brings back the Start button in Windows 8 and can automatically load the desktop after logging in.
(Credit: Screenshot by Ed …

Windows 8: A review of the features you can expect from the Windows 8 release

July 19th, 2012 by AITS News

Various sources have now confirmed an October 26 2012 Windows 8 release date. Here are some of the key features you can expect from Windows 8.
With every new release of the Windows operating system, one of the most significant elements is the introdu…