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The latest on cyber security, computer support and small business IT from one of New Jersey and New York’s top managed IT service providers.
We Provide Full Business Continuity Assurance
Our disaster recovery solution takes an image of your entire server as frequently as every five minutes to create a series of recovery points. We're proud to provide this critical service to our managed services customers. Full-Server Instant Failover. If your server...
Check Out NY Geek Girls’ New Web Site!!
Just in time for our 13th anniversary (in February), we've given our website a much-needed update and we're very excited. Our previous web site has served us well since 2011. But let's face it. The giant static banner and the sidebar widgets now look a bit dated. On...
From the Washington Post: Run, don’t walk, to replace your iPhone battery for $29
Run, don’t walk, to replace your iPhone battery for $29
From the Times: Security flaw in processors
According to The NY Times, Meltdown is a particular problem for the cloud computing services run by the likes of Amazon, Google and Microsoft. By Wednesday evening, Google and Microsoft said they had updated their systems to deal with the flaw. Amazon told customers...
Why Are We Discontinuing Our Reminder Service?
For several years, several of our residential customers have used our quarterly "reminder" service to schedule their computer checkups. This worked well in a simpler time when threats evolved more slowly. However, as technology advances, we must change our service...
A Reader’s Question: How Can I Protect Myself From Fraud After the Equifax Breach?
A reader asks: With all that is going on in the news with credit theft I would like to know your opinion on who you think is the best identity theft company to purchase insurance from at this time? Lifelock or Identity Guard? This is a great question. While we are not...
A Reader’s Question: How Does My Computer’s Trash/Recycle Bin Work?
A reader wote the following recently: "When I delete something on my computer it goes to trash. When I delete it from trash where does it go?" When you delete an item from your recycle bin, from the user's point of view it's "gone". That means that space on the hard...
Our Take on the Kaspersky “Spy” Controversy
October 2017 EDIT: Since we posted this back in August, new information has come out indicating that Russia has been using Kaspersky software for spying. Whether or not Kaspersky was directly involved or if this effects Kaspersky's consumer products, is still not...
Microsoft + LogMeIn: A Perfect Opportunity for Hackers and Scammers
A common danger on the internet is the "tech support" scam. It strikes when you are browsing the web normally until a pop-up appears saying that a problem has been found with your PC. The warning will include a phone number to call for repairs. It may even appear that...