The Consumer Electronics Show – 5 Exciting Products!

Can you believe the Consumer Electronics Show has been around for 49 years? I know! The international renowned electronics and technology trade show was once again held at the Las Vegas Convention Center and it’s delivered some very impressive products to us tech junkies this year.  The gadgets and tech we’ve been ogling so far …

Tech Trends of 2016 – What’s Hot and New

Can you believe 2016 is almost here? With a new year comes emerging and improved tech trends just waiting to be utilized and reviewed. It’s no surprise then that the forecasters are already eagerly predicting the hottest tech trends of 2016. Among the heap of realized 2015 trends, we saw a surge in the use …

What Is a Firewall and How Does It Defend Our Information?

What is a firewall? Since firewalls have been in the news recently, this is a question you may be asking. While your data lies on a server somewhere up in the cloud, what exactly is protecting it from ruthless marauders? What is this great beacon of security? Well, you can think of a firewall as …

What Is Encryption And How Does It Protect Our Information?

Presidential candidates are talking about it. It’s all over the news. So you may be asking yourself, what is encryption? To understand encryption you must first think about how we communicate. In its most basic human form communication is done face-to-face through some kind of spoken or unspoken language. Two parties interact and data is …

Discover The Right Storage Device For You

Tis the season for snow storms, downpours and power outages. If these acts of Mother Nature have you in full on panic mode, it’s best to protect yourself by backing up all your valuable data NOW.  So how do you proceed? Well, let’s start with the basics. What is a storage device?  It’s a piece …

How Secure Is My Password?

How secure is my password? These days, without a strong password you are seriously at risk of exposing vital information to nefarious script kiddies, so you may be asking, “How secure is my password?” The old “abc123” just won’t cut it! In fact, it’s no secret that the number of times you’ve lost that password …

Best Tech Gifts 2015

While you’re probably still giddy from all that successful Cyber Monday shopping, (we know you scored yourself a sweet hover board) it’s time to think about the best tech gifts 2015. We suspect you’ll score big brownie points if you plop down those greens for some exceedingly cool and practical tech gifts this holiday season. …

New iPhone Release 2015: Should you upgrade?

It’s that time of year again... Journalists are breathlessly churning out articles with rumors and speculation based on blurry screenshots, leaked photos, and stolen memos from Apple manufacturers and partners. The new iPhone season is upon us once more. At the risk that you might violently spray whatever liquid you are currently drinking, we really …

Why Atlanta Needs Google Fiber Now

It has been 5 weeks since Google announced that Atlanta was one of the “New Cities” under consideration to receive Google Fiber. After the announcement on Feb 19, Netizens of Atlanta were ecstatic! But it seems the enthusiasm has quickly died down. The Change.org petition “Google Fiber for Atanta 2014” shows only 164 lone supporters. …

5 Great Tech Gifts for Under $50

You don't have to be an internet billionaire to make the Tech lovers on your list happy this year. Some awesome gadgets that every digerati will love can be had for about the same price as that sweater you planned to get them (that will probably get returned). Take the Aspen A700 7" Android tablet, …