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...]
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...]
182,000 new tech jobs were created in 2016, organized by state
The 2017 report from Cyberstates is out. It tells the job growth in the tech sector for 2016, across the nation, by state, or by metropolitan area. Overall, there were 182,000 net new jobs in 2016. This was around 10 percent of the new jobs added to the US economy. Key findings of the report include: The tech sector employs approximately 4 percent of the total U.S. … [Read more...]
Windows 10 Creators Update version 1703 now available to the Media Creation Tool
The next major update to Windows 10 will be offered to individuals on April 11th. If you're anxious to get your hands on the update, you can get it today and upgrade your Windows 10 PC! If you head to Settings, Update & Security, you will find a section under Windows Update that says: "Good news! The Windows 10 Creators Update is on its way. Want to be one of the … [Read more...]