Remember when the telegraph was replaced by the telephone, or when the adoption of the “automobile” rendered real live horse power obsolete?….OK maybe not in your life, but there have been a FEW significant changes to the “activities of daily living” in our lifetime.  😉 Well, here comes another big one.  As a “tech geek” […]

The origin of the computer term “boot” as in “my computer is taking a frustratingly long time to “boot” is sometimes attributed to Rudolf Erich Raspe’s story “The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen”, where the main character pulls himself (and his horse) out of a swamp by his hair (specifically, his pigtail). The term “boot” […]

Ahhh! The infallible Apple. Think apple is hack proof, virus proof? Think again. Movie star Kirsten Dunst publicly criticized Tech giant Apple after nude photos she “privately” stored on online via Apple’s ICloud were stolen.  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2740034/Kirsten-Dunst-leads-criticism-company-actively-investigates-claims-hundreds-stars-nude-images-stolen-iCloud.html A major reason Apple hasn’t had as many hacking/virus issues (yet) is because of minimal computer market share. Yes….they dominate market […]

Welcome to my newly redesigned site.   I am still working on adding a few things, editing and tweaking, so don’t be too hard on me if you notice some issues, errors.  Just to busy helping my loyal customers! The new design is based on the popular windows 8 metro theme.    My goal as […]

The 3 most important things you can do to protect your data. Backup! Backup! Backup! BUT SERIOUSLY, DO YOU HAVE A BACKUP OF YOUR DATA?  The one thing I like to ask my customers to ask themselves: “If your computer just DIED (including but not limited to: dropped, run over by a truck, stolen, burst […]

For about the 10th time recently I have been sent info from a good bunch of friends and Facebook followers about the new Cryptolocker virus, so I thought I would mention it so we can all be in the know. First of all, the standard practice of safe surfing, doing your software updates (not just […]

DID I “CAPTCHA” YOUR ATTENTION? 😉 You may ask, “WHAT THE HECK ARE THESE ANNOYING BOXES OF TWISTED, MESSED UP WORDS THAT SHOW UP WHEN WE CREATE AN ACCOUNT OR SIGN UP FOR SOMETHING…OR WANT TO POST A COMMENT????” Below is an example of a Captcha form Captcha Well it’s called Captcha, and like our beloved, […]

I got a Super tricky fraud email today. It was from someone in my contact list, but the email was different. The email was actually giving reasonably good advice about protecting against email fraud! It seemed odd though so I contacted the sender by other confirmed means (NEVER REPLY DIRECTLY). That way I found out […]

Cable? DSL? Wireless? Satellite?   Click here if you just want to see Wireless Internet Providers in Muskoka Cable: If you get TV through a cable (not a satellite dish) then you may be able to get cable internet. This would be the best option (or least bad!). It can provide the fastest and most […]