Not only are criminals calling people and telling them their computer has viruses that need to be removed remotely, now they’ve started calling people on the phone and pretending to be from the Internal Revenue Service. They inform the victim that they owe the I.R.S $5000.00 and … [Read more...] about Internal Revenue Service Telephone Scam
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Free Upgrade To Windows 10 Offered In China
According to Reuters, Microsoft will offer free upgrades to Windows 10 for all Windows users in China whether they have genuine copies of Windows installed or not. There are hundreds of millions of computers in China and research shows that 3/4 of all PC software there is … [Read more...] about Free Upgrade To Windows 10 Offered In China
Your Samsung Smart TV Is Listening To You
According to Samsung, The Daily Beast, and BBC Technology News, if you control your Samsung Smart TV using the voice activation feature, then your TV set records what's being said and might share this information with Samsung or a third party company named Nuance which … [Read more...] about Your Samsung Smart TV Is Listening To You
Customer No Service
I have to deal with customer service at various tech companies almost daily. This can get pretty frustrating as nearly all of these places outsource their call centers to foreign countries. The people who answer usually speak English very poorly and have thick accents. They … [Read more...] about Customer No Service
Microsoft 10 To Be Released In The Spring Of 2015
Today Microsoft officials announced that their new operating system won't be called Windows 9 or Threshold as had been rumored. It will be called Windows 10. Windows 8 has been almost universally disliked because it forced people to do things in a very different, and many say, … [Read more...] about Microsoft 10 To Be Released In The Spring Of 2015