Amazon Fire Stick is a major competitor to Google Chromecast and Roku, with Amazon diving ever deeper into the digital content creation pool. There is so much to watch on Amazon alone, and using the Fire Stick you can access all other streaming services. Of course, the content you have access to depends on where you are in the world. If you're not in the US, you may have a … [Read more...]
3 Common Online Scams People Still Fall For In 2018
It’s 2018 and you'd think humanity would have stopped falling for online scams. After all, when you get an email from a Nigerian prince, you send it straight to your trash, right? Unfortunately, the truth is that if no one was still falling for that particular scam, you wouldn’t still be receiving those emails. But even those more savvy among us, there are still common … [Read more...]
Methods of Network Transition from IPv4 to IPv6
With almost no inventory left of a vast number of IPv4 addresses, many organizations have prioritized migration to IPv6. However, it is close to an impossibility to switch to IPv6 without a complex transition process. This is because IPv6 has never been backward-compatible. This means that when hosts and routers are changed to IPv6, the old system still works with a new one … [Read more...]
Deleted Partition Recovery – Using Disk Drill File Recovery Tool for Windows
Data loss is something most people have had to deal with. Two types of cases are often brought to professional tech support. One is when a user has lost a file (or several files) and the other is when a whole disk partition is lost. There is a number of reasons for such occurrences. A power outage, data corruption or a simple push of the wrong button - can all lead to data … [Read more...]
Securing Open Source Components (it’s different)
Introduction In today’s article we will discuss one of the misconceptions when it comes to understanding the difference between open source and proprietary software — with a special focus on the context of security. Let’s start with a bit of background of the clear difference. One of the key factors which differentiates open source and proprietary software comes down to how … [Read more...]