by jnelson | Oct 11, 2014 | Security, Warnings
Among the many kinds of wicked online traps that users must beware, one of the most vicious kinds is called “ransomware”. This is a generic term for a type of malicious software that encrypts all or the most useful of the victim’s files, making it...
by jnelson | Jun 14, 2013 | How the Net Works, News, Security, Warnings
Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock lately, you know that recent revelations of the vast extent of government surveillance of the Internet and users have lit up a world wide firestorm. The brouhaha will doubtless continue, and further revelations are bound...
by jnelson | Apr 13, 2013 | News, Online Tools, Resources
Cloud computing may be a term both vague and overused, but it is far more than just the latest buzzword. The “cloud” is another way of referring to the Internet; hence “cloud computing” is simply computing done over the Net. In other words,...
by jnelson | Mar 16, 2013 | Online Tools, Resources
As a full-service ISP, Southwest Cyberport offers a complete spectrum of web-publishing services from simple static webpages to highly complex, state-of-the-art interactive content managed sites. But there’s even more to it than that. At one end of the range are...
by jnelson | Jun 30, 2011 | Security, Warnings
Security and convenience always seem to be at war with each other. Sometimes it’s difficult to understand why security folks are so draconian in their rules. It’s never for the day to day normal situations that those rules come into play, but for the...
