By Shannon McCarty-Caplan “Can you hear that?” my mother shouts arm’s length distance from the phone. “What am I listening for?” I reply. “A buzzing and whooshing sound, coming from my computer,” she yells again. This is just an example of the tech support request calls I get regularly from my cute little mama. She…
Read MoreBy Shannon McCarty-Caplan Chicago is alive with preparations for its big St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations this weekend. Tomorrow morning, the day before St. Patrick’s Day, the Chicago River downtown is dyed green (now with non-toxic dye), followed by the parade, with revelry planned on both days throughout the city – everywhere from pubs and restaurants…
Read MoreIt was almost surreal watching the events of Hurricane (and then Superstorm) #Sandy unfold as it steamrolled its way through the Caribbean and up the eastern seaboard. Even with all of our capabilities and advancements in technology, we still can’t impede Mother Nature when she decides to humble us with her power. We can and do…
Read MoreIf you haven’t seen this fantastic video about online security and mind reading, it’s totally worth 2.5 minutes of your time. Brought to you by a Safe Internet Banking initiative out of Belgium, my ancestral homeland-home of waffles, lace doilies, and diamonds. The bottom line of the video is that if you put your personal…
Read MoreBy Aman Chand At Trend Micro we talk a lot about the importance of protecting our digital lives. In today’s web-enabled universe, we do so much online now that it has become second nature to jump on the Internet at a moment’s notice, but it’s easy to let our guard down and forget the risks…
Read MoreBy Vic Hargrave Keeping safe from harm can be a pretty trying task online. There’s so much great stuff on the web, but by the same token it can be a minefield of phishing scams, spam, and malware for the uninitiated. In the information security industry, we can be a little guilty of over-complicating things…
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