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Our Ten Year Anniversary Is This Month!
This month, February, 2015, marks the 10th anniversary of the founding of New York Geek Girls! It's remarkable when I think about how far we've come, how many clients we've helped, and how many businesses now depend on us. I want to thank everyone who has been so...
QuickBooks 2015 Disaster: DO NOT UPDATE QUICKBOOKS 2015
If you are sending invoices from QuickBooks 2015 using the "email" button to send an invoice through you mail program (such as Outlook), do not install the latest QB 2015 update. It causes formatting and content changes in your outgoing invoice emails that you can...
Google Plus is NOT Calling You
I received a completely unsolicited recorded phone call claiming our Google Plus business profile was not complete. It used the same voice that Google services such as Google Voice use, so I naively wondered if it might actually be automated call from Google. I was...
From the NY Times: Phone Hackers Dial and Redial to Steal Billions
As this recent NY Times article makes clear, hackers are making a fortune running up phony charges on companies' IP phones. If your company uses an internet-based phone service, make sure your phone server is secure, and ask the service provider about their policy for...
Your Security Preferences Allow Installation of Only Apps From the Mac App Store and Identified Developers
If you're trying to download and install software on your Mac and you receive the message, " Your Security Preferences Allow Installation of Only Apps From the Mac App Store and Identified Developers," you will find this quick video tutorial on how to change this...
The Difference Between POP3 and IMAP Email
Here's a very good explanation of the difference between POP3 and IMAP mail protocols, and why you probably want to be using IMAP in your mail program. Email Basics: POP3 is Outdated; Please Switch to IMAP Today.
Shellshock Exploit: Protecting Your Mac
Thanks to my friend Leon Stankowski for sharing this article. If you have a Mac, it should be tested to make sure you aren't vulnerable to this newly discovered hacking exploit:...
Why (and How to) Enable the Hidden Administrator Account
The other day I was setting up a new computer for a residential user. I asked him to create a password for his windows Profile, and he dutifully typed and retyped the password. (I prefer to let the client type in their own password so they can keep this information...