Microsoft Bing: Review

If you are trying to make heads or tails of Microsoft’s new Bing search engine, you can read some quick reviews and then scroll to the bottom to watch this review by David Pogue to get you up to speed. Fact Sheet Bing is Microsoft’s new search engine. The cost $80 million… to market. Bing…

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What is MMS, SMS, and EMS?

If you have a mobile device, I’m betting you use MMS, SMS, or EMS – although, you just may not realize it. First there was SMS. SMS means “Short Message Service”. This is a communication service standardized by the GSM (Global System for Mobile communications). Back in the early 1980s, someone decided it would be…

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New applications can keep you connected

I got quoted in an article put out in an April issue of the “Jacksonville Business Journal” along with some of my peers in town. Coolness. Behold my 15 minutes of fame. Or maybe it’s more like two minutes. written by Mark Szakonyi Staff Writer, Jacksonville Business Journal A tough business environment can spur many…

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What is Bandwidth?

There are two kinds of bandwidth. I know. Confusing already. Bandwidth can refer to speed (how fast you can go) or it can refer to hosting (how much can you transfer).

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What do I use for spam prevention?

Question I was curious about what you use for your spam filters – mine is getting out of control with the viagra offers! Answer I use two types of spam filters. First, I use SpamAssassin on my servers. So, anyone that I’m hosting (including myself!) that gets email through it has that installed on their…

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Yes, you are a spammer! And, here's how to stop.

What is spam? There are lots of definitions of spam. It’s the electronic version of unwanted mail that shows up in our email boxes every day. It can be unsolicited mail. It can be bulk mail. It can be hiding a virus or someone seeking your personal bank information. It comes in all forms. 

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Spam Example: Phishing – Internal Revenue Service

Here is a good example of phishing with a nasty little piece of email I received today. These people are pretending to be the government. When you read their site link, you’ll notice the domain isn’t from the IRS. (The actual site is www.irs.gov.) When you click on the URL, they have copied the real…

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What the heck is Twitter?

Updated September 2018 For 2019 Twitter statistics, this is a good resource. So many people are all a-twitter about Twitter. If you haven’t been sucked into it, you are probably wondering what it is and why you should care. Basically, twitter is micro-blogging. You have 280 characters to say what you want each entry. Rinse…

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Spam Example: Spoof – Network Solutions

E-mail spoofing is a term used to describe fraudulent e-mail activity in which the sender address and other parts of the e-mail header are altered to appear as though the e-mail originated from a different source. I am always fascinated by how tricky spammers/hackers/phishers are. They are constantly working out new ways to get your…

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