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Blockchain will be integrated into your life like Microsoft & Facebook

Recycle your computer with a purpose and caution

Recycling an obsolete or outdated computer provides an opportunity to protect your local landfill and possibly provide a kid on the other side of the globe with access to one.  It is estimated 262.54 million computers were sold in 2017...

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Switching to a Commercial Grade Router

Protect your small business.  Many small businesses start out with consumer-grade Wi-Fi routers to run their office networks. But there comes a time when an upgrade makes sense.  The only action most small business owners use to protect...

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Windows 7 is Gone: Time to Jump to Windows 10

Until recently, people have been dragging their feet to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10.  With the drum beat of hassles and patches that were reported from its launch, it is no surprise most people took a wait and see approach to switching over...

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Protect Your Privacy on Search Engines: Try DuckDuckGo.com

In my August blog, “Internet Super Crime Wave?,” I shared several options businesses and individuals can take to protect themselves before they go online, such as using a commercial grade router, bringing your own Wi-Fi to use in public places,...

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In-house Server Set-Up & Management: Pitfalls & Solutions

Every month RB’s Computer Service gains a new client when their server goes down.  While we welcome the opportunity to help, most of the issues we find a solution for could have been prevented when the server was initially set-up and professionally...

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Internet Super Crime Wave?

Secure websites have a green "Secure" lock box in the address bar When the “world wide web” (www) entered our vocabulary 30 years ago we embraced it as the “internet super highway,” a place to get information efficiently and quickly, to...

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Checklist for Employees to Help Prevent a Hack

Phishing scams are constantly evolving to adopt new forms and techniques.  Businesses of all sizes need to take steps to protect themselves.  The average 10,000-employee company spends $3.7 million a year dealing with phishing attacks...

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RB’s Can Help Fix Windows 10 Issues, Patches & Updates

Since the release of Windows 10, on average users have seen about two updates per month or 8 total for all of the supported Windows 10 versions, plus bugs introduced by recent security patches in Windows 7  (Woody Leonhard, Computerworld, Microsoft...

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Gmail’s New Security Features: Delete sent email from recipient’s email box

Not only can you now revoke an email sent to a Gmail recipient but also to non-Gmail accounts (Heather Kelly, CNN Tech, Meet the new Gmail, now with disappearing messages, April 25th, 2018...

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