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Blackberry Upgrade

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

Yes, it’s true, work upgraded from my junky old T-mobile 7730, to a brand new Verizon 8830 -Curve. It’s going to take some getting used to, I’ve had it for 5 hours and am still reflexively reaching for the trackwheel when I pick it up instead of using the trackball at the center, and even…

Linked – How a Tiny Dot is Letting Criminals Impersonate Banks, News Sites, and the Government Online
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Linked – How a Tiny Dot is Letting Criminals Impersonate Banks, News Sites, and the Government Online

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

The simple solution, of course, is to not click links. Type in the address of your bank or anywhere you plan to make a financial transaction. “We are all familiar with the Latin alphabet, and with the fact that some characters sometimes appear with various diacritical marks above them (e.g., á and ñ), especially in…

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No More Cross Posting From Twitter to LinkedIn

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

If the news today that you will no longer be able to post updates to LinkedIn automatically from twitter has you bummed out, take a look at If This Then That. Ifttt.com I know many of my readers have seen it before, but if you haven’t, seriously go sign up and “put the Internet to…

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RoboCopy Weirdness

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 2 minutes

From time to time I find myself needing to use the Robocopy utility to copy data and retain all of the metadata from the files I’m copying. It’s actually quite a nice utility, not only does it maintain the metadata you tell it to, it also is a way more robust and speedy way to…

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Micro-Sponsorships?

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 2 minutes

Ran across this idea from a local Blogger/Tweeter, @wyliemac, and I think it has some real intriguing possibility. I’ve often seen local events that I might want to help out, but because of other commitments I couldn’t volunteer, or attend, and even the lowest sponsorship levels are out of the question for an individual, so…

Do You Know Any Know-It-Alls?
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Do You Know Any Know-It-Alls?

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

Sarah Anderson lays out one area where being a “know-it-all” is actually pretty dangerous. Unfortunately, many cybersecurity professionals either refuse or fail to accept the basic premise that he/she does not and cannot know everything. This failure or refusal is dangerous as cybersecurity requires a constant education and re-education from uncommon sources – news, Twitter,…

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