Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 1:39PM If you were using Adobe’s Revel to save documents to the service is going to be gone after June 24th, 2016. Adobe just sent out notification that you will lose any pictures that are still stored on the service after this date. So you will want to be sure that you download what you have there before it goes away. Click on the Download to my computer link here.
Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 12:05PM Important notice
We're ending support for our older security products
You are under attack from increasingly sophisticated malware and ransomware. AVG strives to offer the best protection. We're ending support for our older desktop security products and updating customers to our 2016 version for FREE for the remainder of their license term to provide them with our latest protection.
With baked-in AI Detection and Real-Time Outbreak Detection technology, our 2016 antivirus products earned a 6/6 Protection score from AV-Test.org and offer improved malware, spyware, and ransomware protection. They're also fully compatible with the newest version of Windows®.
Which products are affected? Support en ds for the following products on Oct. 31, 2016:
Support ends for the following products on Dec. 31, 2016:
What happens when support ends? After support has ended, the above products will no longer be available for download, and no further virus definition updates, bug fixes, maintenance, or technical support will be provided. Some security features may also stop working.
What should you do? Before support ends, we'll attempt to push a FREE UPDATE to all customers to automatically upgrade them to the newest version of their product. If you don't receive the update, or would prefer to update at your own convenience, you can also download our newest version here for free.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 2:49PM So I just was notified that I have Planner now available in my office 365 APP grouping. So what is it? From the Microsoft Office Blogs we get the following: Teamwork! It is all about teamwork and this application is hoping to be the go to APP to give that to you.
Office 365 Planner, which offers people a simple and highly visual way to organize teamwork. Planner makes it easy for your team to create new plans, organize and assign tasks, share files, chat about what you’re working on, and get updates on progress. Planner can be used to manage a marketing event, brainstorm new product ideas, track a school project, prepare for a customer visit, or just organize your team more effectively.
Q. Which Office 365 plans are eligible for Planner preview?
A. The following plans are eligible for Planner preview: Office 365 Enterprise E1, Office 365 Enterprise E3, Office 365 Enterprise E4, Office 365 Enterprise E5, Office 365 Education, Office 365 Education E3, Office 365 Education E4, Office 365 Business Essentials and Office 365 Business Premium. When generally available, Planner will be included in several additional Office 365 plans. Stay tuned for more details.
Q. How can customers join the preview program for Planner?
A. Starting Q4 of this calendar year, Planner will be available in preview to Office 365 First Release customers. Setup instructions will be sent to eligible Office 365 administrators once the preview is available for use within their tenant.
Q. Which Office 365 plans are eligible for Planner when generally available?
A. Planner will be included in the Office 365 Enterprise E1–E5 subscription plans (including corresponding Government and Non-Profit), Office 365 Business Essentials and Premium plans, and Office 365 Education.
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Monday, May 23, 2016 at 9:42AM Announcing content viewing for Skype for Business on Android and updates to iOS
Microsoft says they have greatly enhanced content view/sharing especially on Android devices. You are now able to view the presenter’s desktop, a big benefit in most meetings and training events.
Microsoft also states that they have improved connectivity even in poor conditions. You now have the ability to switch over to a cellular connection when the WiFi connection is too weak to support the connection.
Upgrade your app today
In most cases, you should automatically be getting our app updates. If your updates are set to manual, make sure you get the latest version from the Google Play or Apple Store. If you are not yet using Skype for Business on your mobile phone or tablet, download and start using it today.
Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 11:39AM Here is an interesting junction for two of my favorite subjects, Football and Technology. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is experimenting with remote-controlled Robotic Tackling Dummies. Developed at Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Technology introduced to the Steelers by former Dartmouth Quarterback Danny Rooney, scout for the Steelers and son of Steeler president Art Rooney II.
Mike Tomlin says that the players are even coming up with ideas to help in practice. They were originally developed to help decrease injuries to players during practice.
Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering came up with the idea of a mobilized tackling dummy. Mobile Virtual Player, which is in a testing phase, has the ability to cut, weave, stop and start just like a real player along and can be tackled.
Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 11:11AM This is question and I have an Anti-Virus program on my machine, WHY DID I GET INFIECTED? are questions that are brought up so often. The reality of the situation is that there is no defense that is 100%. When you realize that and if you are watchful of where you go on the internet and what you are doing when you are there, you can reduce the chance of your getting infected. There are a lot of reasons for something nasty to get past your malware protection. Many of the start with you! Don’t be “Click Happy”. Think before you take the big leap.
Take a look at this article to give you some more detailed thoughts on this but here is a brief list of issues they outline that could cause these issues:
Are you safe if:
- You aren’t regularly deploying the latest security patches?
- You disabled a security feature after a user complained Facebook was slower?
- You have unprotected mobile devices that can connect to file shares?
- Your email doesn’t get scanned for viruses and spam?
- Visitors can access your Wi-Fi, which is on the same network as your servers?
- Anyone is allowed to turn on macros in Office documents they receive via email?
- Users can read files they shouldn’t access at all and write to files they shouldn’t change?
- You don’t require users to choose suitable passwords?
- You ignore alerts from your security software that are warning you something is wrong?
- You’ve forgotten about those old XP machines still running in the basement?
Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 10:54AM The change is that the “backspace” key was causing your browser to the previous displayed screen. My response was when I read this was, “It does that?”. Which points to the reason that Google is making the change. Hardly anyone used it and it is a confusing function for those of us who primarily do data entry and not just simple browser “browsing”.
I read about this in an article in Naked Security, that went into a light rant about losing that function in the browser. What is the issue?
The problem with [Backspace] is that it has traditionally had two meanings, and two quite different behaviours, in your browser:
- Go back and delete the previous character when you are filling in a field in a form.
- Go back to the previous page if you aren’t filling in a field, even if you’re in a form.
Think how many web warnings you’ve seen in your life saying, DO NOT PRESS YOUR BROWSER’S BACK BUTTON IN CASE YOU ACCIDENTALLY PAY FOR THIS ITEM TWICE, or words to that effect.
I’m not sure this is really a security issue but change always takes us awhile to get used to.
Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 10:37AM Microsoft has always had a vision of having their operating system being the center of all things electronic. You know, the center of control. The thing that all things talk to. Well, according to arstechnica writer Peter Bright wrote a great article: OneCore to rule them all: How Windows Everywhere finally happened, that describes in great detail the path that Microsoft has travelled to get to this point.
It is a rather long article but if are interested in what Microsoft is doing and how they are doing it with all of their different points of attack this article provides a lot of insight.
As a whole, I am real happy with Windows 10 and the way that it is working with all of my workstations that I have it on. It is worth learning its features and work arounds. I think that you will agreee.
