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Slow Computer? Increase your memory to boost computer Speeds
Sometimes when your workstation feels bogged down, a relatively cheap and simply hardware update can make a huge difference in performance. Adding more RAM (Random Access Memory, often just referred to as memory) can be a game changer for your bogged down PC. There are several factors that contribute to the speed of a PC.…
Read MoreHow Safe is Your Email?
Email is (and has been) a prime method of communication for businesses of all sizes. With email comes a whole slew of issues that are essentially synonymous with the technology; spam, information overload, phishing, and information privacy. Even Northwest Indiana small businesses that only do business locally are at risk of these issues. Personal email…
Read MoreHotspot 2.0 Heating Up
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), whose goal it is to develop and promote carrier-class Wi-Fi solutions, recently wrapped up its Global Congress event in San Francisco. As with all WBA events, the service provider community showed up in full force. Device vendors could also be noticed as evidenced by the appearance of MediaTek, one of the…
Read MoreTHE NEED FOR SPEED: Rate My Wi-Fi
With Wi-Fi, we obsess over maximum data rates, MIMO radio chains, and bandwidth. But we seldom talk about the mechanism that switches gears. Like cars, Wi-Fi devices have transmissions too. The transmission is called dynamic rate adaptation. Rate adaptation is the function that determines how and when to automatically change to a new data rate.…
Read MoreThe CERT Guide to Insider Threats Book Published
Since 2001, the CERT® Insider Threat Center at Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has collected and analyzed information about more than seven hundred insider cyber crimes, ranging from national security espionage to theft of trade secrets. The CERT® Guide to Insider Threats describes CERT’s findings in practical terms, offering specific guidance and countermeasures…
Read MoreLet’s Talk Tablets
Tablets are definitely becoming a staple in the consumer electronics world. For the longest time, the tablet PC was an expensive, clunky device that just didn’t wow consumers. Some businesses had adopted tablets back in the day, but they were difficult to use, hard to support, and they simply didn’t perform for the price tag.…
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