Phishing messages to your work email can be costly if the wrong person replies with confidential information. If you use Outlook for your email client, it can help identify those messages from outside senders to make sure they stand out. Having some context before opening a message will help prevent falling for the phishing scheme when you know it is coming from an outside … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2017
Will future houses have a VR room?
Homes tend to have their generational trends like the outdoor kitchen, whirlpool tub in the master bathroom, and movie rooms set up for a projector. Will the next trend be a room dedicated for VR or at least compatible with enough open area? Virtual reality is still in its early stages but is proving its ability to entertain and to survive the market demand. The top three … [Read more...]
Synology refreshes 5-bay and 8-bay desktop NAS
While cloud services have increased in popularity for storage options, there are still reasons to appreciate fast, local storage on the network. Synology's latest refresh is proof that there is still some demand out there but the question remains if Synology met those needs with the DS1517+ and DS1817+. To break down the naming convention of the DS1517+, the D indicates … [Read more...]
This Tuesday marks the last updates for Windows Vista
Hopefully this message is not of importance to many of you. Fully patched Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 will receive its last updates this Tuesday as the Extended Support for the generally disliked operating system ends on 4/11/2017. From the Product lifecycle website, we can see Vista with Service Pack 2 left mainstream support on April 10th, 2012 and five years later … [Read more...]
Video: History of the Power symbol
Lazy Game Reviews gets a little off topic with an explanation of the universal symbol for power. Short answer: It's actually the Standby symbol from the IEEE made up of the binary 0 & 1. It has seen widespread adoption because it takes up less room and means more to non-English speakers than the words 'On/Off'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKCFDBPvJ74 … [Read more...]