Five ways to improve your Wi-Fi performance

Want to get the most from your Wi-Fi? Here’s how to do it.

OK, so maybe we need food and water more than Wi-Fi… maybe. But, in today’s homes and offices, we might rather go hungry and thirsty for a few hours rather than struggle with a slow internet connection. Here are some easy ways to make sure your precious stream of documents, Netflix videos, and email keeps flowing smoothly. Read more

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How to use a VPN to protect your internet privacy

A virtual private network can go a long way to make sure that neither your ISP, nor anyone else, can snoop on what you do on the internet.

Worried about your ISP? Is someone on your coffee shop’s Wi-Fi? Or is Joe A Hacker bugging your internet? A virtual private network (VPN) can help protect your privacy.

A VPN uses encryption technologies, such as IP security (IPSec), Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)/IPSec, and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS), to create a virtual encrypted “tunnel” between your device and a VPN server. While your traffic is in this tunnel between you and a VPN server, no one can see where you’re going or what you’re doing. Read more

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WannaCry Ransomware – That Got Our Attention, Didn’t It?

If you have not heard about the WannaCry ransomware that is (and perhaps was) running rampant over the past weekend, then you must have been in a cave or on your honeymoon! This one is a doozie, let me tell you!! Some quick facts… Read more