The GoDaddy outage on 9/10/2012 impacted millions of website and e-mailboxes. It last about 4 to 6 hours and by around 7PM EDT services began to come back online. The Twitter-sphere was on fire with rumors that the hacker group Anonymous was behind this outage. However, Twitter accounts associated with Anonymous say they are not to blame. And in the past Anonymous takes … [Read more...] about GoDaddy Outage – Lessons Learnerd
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DNS Changer is Coming
If you have not checked your computers for DNS Changer malware, then you have until July 9, 2012. To check your Windows or Mac machine, go to the following website: http://dns-ok.us/ It only takes a few seconds. If you do not check before the deadline and your PC is infected, then come July 9th you will not be able to access any websites, including the one with the … [Read more...] about DNS Changer is Coming
Social Media for Fun and Profit
If your business or organization is not tapping into the social networking juggernaut then you are missing out. Need an advocate to help with Social media? Click here to go to the "Contact Us" page and fill-out the VERY short form and someone TechAdvocate Solutions will contact you. Here is a montage of social media fun facts. One in every five page views … [Read more...] about Social Media for Fun and Profit
Browser Wars
Google Chrome has passed Internet Explorer (IE) to become the world's most popular Web browser. Chrome's share of the market rose to 32.8%, while Internet Explorer's share of the market dropped to 31.9%. Mozilla's Firefox is the third most popular browser with just more than a 25% of the market. Why is the web browser important? With the shift in focus toward the … [Read more...] about Browser Wars
Upgrade to iOS 5.1 – So Far, So Good
I upgraded my iPhone 4S to iOS 5.1 and so far so good. I also upgraded an iPhone 4 to iOS 5.1 in hopes of fixing the battery drain issue. The jury is still out on this. The most notable feature from the upgrade is a quick-access camera icon on the power-up screen. Sliding the camera icon up will reveal the camera app from your lock screen. This means you can get to your … [Read more...] about Upgrade to iOS 5.1 – So Far, So Good
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