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Great deal: Save big on Microsoft Office 365

Posted on March 27, 2016

Would you like to purchase Microsoft Office 365?

Well, now you can purchase a full year’s subscription to MS Office 365 Premium from third-party sellers!

This offer allows you install the software on up to 5 different devices (PCs, Macs and selected mobile devices) and use it for a full year.

Note: If you plan to install Office 365 on Windows machines, they must be running Windows 7 or higher (currently Windows 7, 8.1 or 10).

You will receive all of the following when you take advantage of this offer: [Read more…]

Panasonic Toughbook CF-S 10 laptop battery recall

Posted on March 24, 2016

panasonic-toughbookcf-s-10-battery If you or someone you know owns a Panasonic Toughbook CF-S 10 laptop, the company might have just recalled its battery pack.

Apparently the defective batteries were contaminated with flammable materials during the manufacturing process, resulting in a potential fire hazard. [Read more…]

Thousands of PCs have already been automatically updated to Windows 10. Is yours next?

Posted on March 15, 2016

Livid users are hitting social media in droves to complain after finding that their PCs have been automatically updated to Windows 10 without their knowledge or permission.

Until recently a user would have to intentionally click their approval before the Windows 10 update would be installed on his/her system, but that’s no longer the case for users who have Windows set to install updates automatically. [Read more…]

Important reminder: You only have 30 days to change your mind after updating your PC to Windows 10!

Posted on March 9, 2016

Every day I receive emails from folks who have updated their PCs to Windows 10 and subsequently discovered that they don’t like it.

In most of those emails I’m asked if it’s possible to reverse the update and re-install the version of Windows they were using before. [Read more…]

Scam alert: Mac users now being targeted with Ransomware

Posted on March 8, 2016

scam Scammers have been using ransomware to extort money from Windows users for a good while now, but over the past weekend a bunch of unlucky victims were hit with the first ransomware attacks to ever successfully target Apple Macs.

Ransomware works by encrypting the data on a computer’s hard drive, then informing the user that he’ll have to pay a ransom to the hacker in exchange for the decryption code.

In this case the scammers managed to infect version 2.90 of the popular “Transmission” app with the insidious KeRanger ransomware virus. The infected app was released on Friday, and users who downloaded it immediately infected their Macs with KeRanger. [Read more…]