2012-07-23

I recently switched from Carbonite to CrashPlan as my cloud backup of choice after Carbonite’s upload throttling became too severe (I was lucky to upload 1 GB per day). Things were running great until I noticed CrashPlan hadn’t uploaded anything in about a week. The error it gave wasn’t helpful, simply “Network Blocked.” The...

2012-02-10

Opting out of services goes a long way to protecting your privacy online. So, in this Security Tip of the Week, here’s how to quickly and easily opt out of targeted advertising on Yahoo! (The exclamation point is in the trademark – I’m not yelling in excitement about privacy controls, though they are pretty awesome.) First, you can actually...

2011-05-30

I played Dead Rising; I loved Dead Rising. Dead Rising 2 innovated a lot, including a notable change to the silly radio system of the first title, yet somehow it never held my attention like the original, and reviews show many people feel the same. One of the biggest requests from fans has been simple: bring back Frank West, the original games protagonist. Sure,...