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Cybersecurity Knowledge Quiz

A majority of online adults can identify a strong password and know the risks of using public Wi-Fi. Yet, many struggle with more technical cybersecurity concepts.

Government, Business Staying in Step to Put Out Cyber Fires

The United States has faced an alarming increase in the number of cyber incidents against the public and private sectors – ranging in scale, sophistication, and severity. The very same technology and

Don’t be such an internet mechanic

So you're tech savvy and like to do some of your own maintenance? Great. It’s likely that at some point you’ve been

Why implementation of ITIL is important to SMEs

SMEs can leverage these technologies to enter broader markets and the world of virtual offices, monitor their business activities in real-time and improve customer relationships. This possibility is primarily due to low-cost data storage, mobile technologies, and high-speed communications. One such technology-enabled solution that SMEs have access to is IT Service Management (ITSM). ITSM provid

Why ROC: LyteSpeed Computers

The owner of LyteSpeed Computers joined us for our Why ROC conversation Wednesday on News 8 at Sunrise.

Five of the Worst Ways People Have Tried to Fix Their Computers

Sometimes your computer breaks. It happens. You spill something, or drop something, or you try to boot up and nothing happens. Many of us resolve the issue with a liberal use of Google, and others take the failing device to a person trained to fix computers. And some people thoroughly screw up their device trying to fix it themselves, and then take it to a repair shop.

7 Remedies for Slow Computers

7 Remedies for Slow Computers If you're asking the question “Why is my computer so slow?”, you are not alone. It's one of the most common concerns for computer users. Your machine can slow down for various reasons. Some issues are easily fixable. For others, you...

Remote Computer Repair Services Without Leaving Your Home or Business.

Schedule on-site computer repair services and we will come to you. Alternatively, you could utilize our remote or phone service or just stop by our store.

Allegiant’s MD80’s: ancient, noisy, … and a maintenance mess?

On Friday, September 20th, Allegiant Travel Co canceled 18 of its 121 scheduled flights. The action was taken when FAA discovered that the airline had failed to follow a 2007 directive increasing t…

Why you should care about public computers disappearing from libraries

Why we don’t think like computers

Robert J. Marks: We have a number of aspects that we exhibit that are not algorithmic. I would say, qualia, creativity, sentience, consciousness are probably things that you cannot write a computer program to simulate.

What Can You Do that Computers Can’t?

If recent developments are any indication, staying relevant in the work force is going to require a sea change in the way workers think about computers, the Internet of Things, and what humans bring to the equation.

What happens when computers can literally do everything?

We’ve got computers inside of our smartphones that can perform massive calculations. An iPhone, for example, could oversee 120 million Apollo moon landing missions simultaneously. But you know what computers can’t do? 3D-print me a pizza or

Make My First Paper Computer with Hello Ruby

If you're looking for a fun paper-based computing activity for children then My First Computer from the Hello Ruby book, by Linda Liukas,...

Less than meets the eye: How do computers

We do not merely recognize objects -- our brain is so good at this task that we can automatically supply the concept of a cup when shown a photo of a curved handle or identify a face from just an ear or nose. Neurobiologists, computer scientists, and robotics engineers are all interested in understanding how such recognition works -- in both human and computer vision systems. New research suggests that there is an "atomic" unit of recognition -- a minimum amount of information…

How Zombie Computers Work

When hackers take over computers to do their Internet bidding, they create zombie computers. Allegedly, one hacker under investigation used a single computer to control a network of more than 1.5 million zombie computers.