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Your Laptop Battery Is Dying. Here’s Why, and What to Do About It

When you bought your laptop, the battery probably lasted most of the day. Now you’re hunting for a power outlet by mid-morning and carrying a charger everywhere you go. At some point it stopped being a laptop and started being a desktop computer with a very short...

Your Backups Were Gone Before You Saw the Ransom Note

A business owner arrives at work, turns on their computer, and sees the ransom demand filling the screen. Their first instinct is relief: they have backups. Then the call comes back from IT, and the news is not what they expected: the backups are gone, too. This is...

Malvertising: When the Ad at the Top of Google Is the Threat

Picture this: it’s ten minutes before a client call and someone on your team realizes they need Zoom. They type "Zoom download" into Google, click the top result, and follow the prompts. The page looks right, the installer runs cleanly, and Zoom opens without a...

Why Do Computers Slow Down Over Time?

Why Do Computers Slow Down Over Time? Remember the awe you felt when you turned on your new computer and it loaded in a flash? Your computer was the envy of your friends and you weren’t afraid to bathe in that glory. Button on, ready to go, those were the days! After...

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Will That Click Cost You Thousands?

Will That Click Cost You Thousands? Ransomware has undeniably been the biggest security threat of 2016. No-one was safe. Hackers targeted everyone and everything, including home PCs – and they were astoundingly successful – earning themselves upwards of $846million...

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Why You Should Never Use Free Email Address

Why You Should Never Use A Free Email Address For Your Business The message is clear: email is king. Many clients and customers choose to communicate primarily by email and as you know, it gives a fantastic ROI in your marketing strategy…unless you’re using a free...

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Quickly Become A Google Fu Master… Here’s How

Quickly Become A Google Fu Master… Here’s How There’s one thing all teens can do better than adults – and it’s not Snapchat. They’ve become experts at quickly locating information on the internet. That’s Google Fu, the ability to use search engines to whip up answers...

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Should You REALLY Click That Upgrade?

Should You REALLY Click That Upgrade? That pop up just won't leave. It’s been hounding you to upgrade your software and clearly, it has zero intention of giving you a moment's rest. That software wants to be upgraded and it wants it now. With a grudging sigh, you...

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How to Stay Safe While Being Social

How to Stay Safe While Being Social People happily share their private information online, building robust libraries that can easily become a one-stop goldmine for fraudsters. It’s not exactly the intention everyone has when they sign up, as the whole point of...

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6 Quick Security Tips To Keep Your Business Safe

6 Quick Security Tips To Keep Your Business Safe Every employee shares one inescapable flaw that is putting your business at risk. They’re human. 59% of data breaches can be traced back to something an employee did (or didn’t do), which invited a cyber-attack. The...

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How To Spot A Tech Scam Before you Get Stung

How To Spot A Tech Scam Before You Get Stung If your computer had a virus, you’d want to know about it ASAP, right? Before your important files become corrupted, you lose your photos and your digital life is essentially destroyed. Even thinking about it is terrifying....

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