by jnelson | Dec 30, 2011 | News
Recently, a customer wrote in for more information on these two important pieces of legislation. Here’s the response from SWCP President Mark Costlow, that we thought was so good, it deserved to be posted: SOPA and PROTECT-IP are both very bad ideas. They are...
by jnelson | Dec 17, 2011 | News, Resources, Security
The end of the year provides an excellent occasion to review your backup strategy. Consider how your life would be affected next year if all the files you worked on this past year suddenly vanished. As anyone who has suffered such an event knows, a dead hard drive,...
by jnelson | Dec 9, 2011 | How the Net Works, News, Security, Tips and Tricks
Often when people hear the term “peer-to-peer file sharing”, they think of torrents, illegal swapping of the latest movies and music, and resulting lawsuits by the record or movie industries for piracy. That does happen; however, file sharing encompasses much more...
by Mark Costlow | Dec 6, 2011 | News, Online Tools, Resources
The .xxx domain registry has gone live. We’ve registered several .xxx domains for customers who want to keep them out of the hands of others. Most people don’t need to worry about that, but some folks with high-profile domains, or domains that have the...
by Jamii Corley | Dec 1, 2011 | Events, Interesting Items, News
If you haven’t seen our ad running on KNME and a few other places, here it is:
by jnelson | Nov 16, 2011 | How the Net Works, News, Online Tools
Many users may not be aware that the Internet is quickly running out of an essential element. The good news is that some very smart people have been working hard behind the scenes to make sure that it does not result in a crisis that could cripple the Net. The bad...