URL Phishing is the practice of taking popular domain names such as www.olivegardensurvey.com and making minor changes such as olivegartensurvey in hopes that people will mistype the URL and be directed to their fake site. Why would someone do this? To collect as much information about you as they can in hope of stealing your [...]
Archive for ‘Aaron Magruder’
Google Fiber for Communities: The Real Cost to Consumers and Businesses
WednesdayAug 10,2011
Since Google announced Kansas City as the winner of the Google Fiber 1 Gigabit Internet project, many people have commented how they are looking forward to the service, but do they know the true cost to their business. Did you know your cost will extend beyond the monthly service? Google Fiber Community Official Page Residential [...]
3 Must Have Tweaks for Google Chrome and Gmail
FridayFeb 12,2010
After moving to Google Chrome browser and Gmail for e-mail, there were a few add-on’s I found that really help me day to day. The first is WiseStamp. Gmail, by default, does not allow for html signatures, which means they are plain text, nothing fancy. WiseStamp allows you to put html based signatures into Gmailincluding [...]
My Journey to Gmail
TuesdayFeb 2,2010
After three years of dipping my toes in the pool, I finally jumped in both feet first. Google has been my primary tool for web site analytics, chat/instant message, blogging, rss reader, voice/voicemail, bookmark synchronizing and search alerts. But I’ve been holding onto Microsoft Outlook for dear life. It was familiar but also problematic and [...]
Explore Your Options
WednesdayJan 20,2010
Recently, I have seen so many small businesses purchases the first product or service that solves their immediate problem without exploring multiple options or considering long term plans. The natural response is they don’t know the options. Know that there are always options. Ask the person trying to sell you their product what other options [...]
March Madness: The Network Killer
MondayJan 18,2010
ATTN Business Owners: Don’t make this IT’s problem.ATTN IT Departments: Business Owners will make this your problem.It never fails. Calls start flooding in about slow response times of critical applications. What just happened? Every year employees stream March Madness over the internet killing the companies internet bandwidth. The company policy doesn’t state they can’t stream [...]
What does Net Neutrality mean to Small Business?
MondayJan 11,2010
Have you heard of Net Neutrality yet? In short, it is the principal or idea of keeping all traffic on the internet for any person or source equal. i.e. Big business web traffic gets no more priority on the internet as your small business instant message traffic. The FCC defined net neutrality more broadly in [...]
Eliminate Your Weakest Link, With Small Business Technology
ThursdayDec 31,2009
Do you remember the game show “The Weakest Link”? A group a people answered questions in turn and at the end of the round the person with the least amount of right answers (the weakest link) was eliminated. Your business is no different. It has weak links. Something or someone that is causing slowdowns, delays, [...]
Troubleshooting Slow Home or Small Business DSL or Cable Internet Connections
WednesdayDec 30,2009
Simple steps to bypassing your home internet gateway to find out if your DSL or Cable Internet Service Provider is causing your slow internet connection.
Free Web Filtering and Anti-Phishing for Home and Small Business
MondayNov 30,2009
We’ve talked about why content filtering is important to small businesses and a few solutions. Some of the highlights are reducing wasted network resources such as internet bandwidth, minimizing legal risk and increasing employee productivity. If you haven’t read our content filtering blog in a while, please check out the risk section again? Since that [...]
