I got an e-mail from a client recently that was forwarding me an e-mail that they had received. A paste of the e-mail text below:
<snip> Dear President,
Hello! Sorry to trouble you!
We are a domain name registration and dispute organization in Asia, which mainly deal with the global companies’ domain name [...]
We have been hard at work on getting our new website design “release ready”. This is a big milestone for Teklogic that has been quite a while in the making. We are excited to announce our new site is live!
I encourage you to review the new site and provide any feedback that you can think [...]
A distribution list is basically a collection of contacts.It provides an easy way to send messages to a group of people. For example, if you frequently send messages to the marketing team, you can create a distribution list called Marketing Team that contains the names of all members of the marketing team. A message sent [...]
Like many other e-mail users I get jokes, news articles, chain letters and other promotional “stuff” coming to me from vendors and friends alike. Every now and then I run into an e-mail someone forwards me that just doesn’t sound right – I recently got forwarded an e-mail that claimed that Obama’s Whitehouse was now [...]
Malware, spyware, and other junk software makes it onto your computer for a number of reasons:
You installed something you really shouldn’t have, from an untrustworthy source. Often these include screen savers, toolbars, or torrents that you didn’t scan for viruses.
You didn’t pay attention when installing a “reputable” application that bundles “optional” crapware.
You’ve already managed to [...]
PDFs are everywhere these days – like pirates in the high seas!
If you have ever looked at the price of Adobe Acrobat Standard or Professional Editions – its pretty ridiculous. I mean c’mon $299 for Adobe Standard Edition?!? – that just seems like burglary; especially considering the ubiquity of the PDF format these days. [...]
Often I am asked what people do with their old, unwanted computers and computer equipment. Unfortunately most people just chuck them in the trash can. Computers are filled with lead-based solder that can be harmful to ground water, as well as numerous plastic and silicon parts that aren’t biodegradable. According to the EPA, consumer electronics [...]
The Internet began revealing its dangerous side more than a decade ago. As one veteran business analyst remarked, "Personal information on the Internet started turning into asbestos, becoming highly toxic. People started discovering a lot of it around."
Identity theft emerged, of course, and began ruining lives. Now, the analyst notes, "There are more obligations than [...]
It amazes me that the $399.00 computer is more prevalent than ever and as the PC price wars continue, large PC manufacturer’s take any means available to lower the cost of their PCs. One of the ways that manufacturers are lowering this cost is to sell what I can only refer to as "PC real [...]
I have always been a fan of network appliances; that is, a purpose-built computer made to be a device of some sort on your network. While most of the home-brew appliances are not very well advised to be used in production, I still enjoy building something I may be able to use in my lab. [...]
