October 1, 2016

How To Set the Default Email Client on MacOS High Sierra, Sierra & El Capitan
Wondering how to set the default email client on MacOS Sierra or El Capitan? The steps are easy (but not intuitive). Here's how!
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July 13, 2016

MALWARE WARNING: EMAILDOMAIN plus “_contract.doc” has a Malicious Word Macro – Analysis & Details
Warning about a malicious Word macro that comes as an email attachment with "_contract.doc" as part of the file name. Also contains analysis about threat.
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December 18, 2015

Asking for Children’s Email Addresses in Stores – Bad Practice or Even Illegal?
Should brick & mortar stores be allow to ask for children's email addresses or should laws similar to COPPA apply? A concerned father's thoughts.
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September 16, 2015

Tip: How To Add Attachments in iOS 9 Email
Steps on how to add attachments in iOS 9 email - the process to set up is easy and the benefit to being able to attach files to email is huge!
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July 29, 2013

Review: Inky – An Email Client with a Refreshing New Approach to Filtering & Management
Despite all efforts by Social Media, text messaging and other communication protocols, email is not going away. And, it seems to be growing instead of shrinking. The good think is, email service providers like Google (Gmail) and Microsoft (Outlook.com) seem to be trying to keep up with the times and integrating "intelligent" features within their web-based clients. Things like smart…
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March 22, 2013

15 Top Cloud Computing Use Cases
Cloud computing is established. And it has been proven by small and large businesses alike. Over the past 5 or so years, I have seen all types of companies adopting cloud computing as both primary and secondary sets of on-demand compute. Some cloud computing use cases are pretty traditional (e.g., a simple web presence) while others become extremely complex and…
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July 28, 2012

Phishing for Your Olympic Spirit – Buyer Beware!
With the Olympics right around the corner, the last thing that you want to think about is security. Well, let me rephrase that, there is plenty of security at the Olympics itself and I'm one of many who sincerely hopes that the 2012 Olympics in London goes smoothly and safely. Go Team USA! But, if you are traveling or thinking…
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May 10, 2011

Ooma VoIP Adds Innovative Feature to Assist in 911 Notifications
Today, I learned that Ooma, a VoIP company who I recently reviewed, has added a pretty interesting feature to their telephony service. In the past, there has always been a bit of a question around the reliability of 911 calls using a phone service that uses an Internet connection for it "digital dialtone". Advances have been made and now most…
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November 17, 2010

Fix It: Re-enabling Email Delivery of “Back to Sender” in Public Google Groups if Using Google Apps
Well, that definitely is a cryptic title, isn't it? Hopefully this post will help to clarify and provide a fix (that DID work for me). Let's cut to the chase! History I was subscribed to a Public Google Group (let's call it "Dads R Us"). I had my primary email address (lets say it's me@my_domain.com) subscribed to this Public (the…
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April 8, 2008

Warning: Watch out for "Evacuation process…San Clemente Nucklear Power Station" email
Just a quick note. Watch out for an email coming in from various news sources (mine came from "foxnews" and a buddy's from "google news" that claims there was an issue at the "San Clemente Nucklear Power Station." This is most obviously a fake, especially if you are not signed up to receive email notifications from news sources. (If you…
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November 7, 2007

ALERT: LogMeIn Phishing Scam claims New Encryption
I just received an email supposedly from "[email protected]" claiming that LogMeIn.com is moving to 1024 bit encryption from 128 bit. I am an avid user of LogMeIn and love their service. This seemed a bit odd to me so I decided to investigate this a bit further. As it turns out, it is a Phishing Scam that is now trying…
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November 16, 2006

Track who is selling your Gmail email address
There is a nice little thing that you can do with your Gmail address (only) that can help you find out what sites have been selling your gmail address. Kudos to PCBGuy and the post they made on Hedir Review here. But here is the post if you don't want to traverse the net to get there: When you give…
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