Here's a Halloween trick for you. Hackers lock you out of your computer, demanding a ransom - often with a creepy image like a scary clown. Pay the ransom, or all your photos and files are lost forever. Here are the top three tips to protect yourself against ransomware....
Digital Disaster – Hackers Wipe Out a Life. Everything.
In the space of one hour, this Wired magazine journalist's entire digital life was destroyed. Here's what he regrets most....
Don’t Even Think of Going Paperless Without This
An automated, remote backup system is an essential component of digital life today. If you’re considering a paperless home office, or want to protect your priceless photos, home movies and music - don’t wait!...
Trust Your Passwords to the Cloud? Not Without an Umbrella.
Password overload! Web-based tool LastPass promises that once you give them all your passwords, one master password is the last one you ever have to remember. "The Cloud" is hot, so why not store all your passwords in the blue Internet skies? Here's my advice....
Digital Don’t: ThredUp Online Kids Clothing
Plenty of people seem to love this service, but honestly, I'm baffled. Without significant time or money savings for their members, ThredUp just looks like someone figured out a way to make money from a time-honored tradition that moms have been doing amongst themselves for free....
