After many years of working in technology, I’m spilling the beans on what your IT (information technology) person is probably thinking. Here are 10 things you might want to know about your friendly office computer geek.
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The longer someone has worked in IT, the less likely it is that you can possibly ask the dumbest question she’s ever heard. …
From a seller’s standpoint, the past few weeks might have you referring to ebay as “glitch-bay” or “eBug.”
Buyers probably don’t notice the numerous gremlins affecting eBay – at least, I haven’t seen any complaints from eBay buyers having trouble with the site.
Sellers, however, have been burning up the web with reports of strange happenings.
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Computer security hit the mainstream long ago, with regular media attention on high-profile security breaches and ransomware attacks.
A ransomware attack that hit the city of Atlanta had far-reaching effects on city services such as the court system, police reporting and online payment of water and sewer bills.
Unfortunately, you can’t protect your data that’s in the hands of other companies from incidents like what happened at Equifax.…
Police in California believe that they’ve cracked a decades-old case involving multiple rapes and murders in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Finding their suspect involved more than just the modern ability to extract DNA from crime scene samples. Since the DNA didn’t match anyone in their law enforcement databases, police turned to a free online database of DNA called GEDMATCH.
On GEDMATCH, people researching their genealogy voluntarily post their ancestral DNA profiles to help in building their family trees.…
Google knows a lot about your ancestors if you know how to search for it. These 5 tips will help you get the most out of your Google genealogy research.
A word of caution, though – take care when you find other people’s family trees. It’s best to avoid copying information from other people’s genealogy unless they cite reliable sources. Otherwise, you have no way of verifying that the information is correct.…
Ancestry.com offers a mindblowing array of genealogy records, but you might be surprised to learn that not all of those records show up in a normal search.
The site also contains a large number of records that haven’t been indexed into the standard search function. These “browse-only” collections are mostly invisible to the average Ancestry user.
Some of these collections have been around for years, while others are new to the site.…
You may not think you’re paying anything for using Facebook, but you are.
You’re giving up gobs and gobs of personal information, often without even realizing it.
Facebook is once again in hot water for playing fast and loose with your personal information, regardless of your privacy settings. A company named Cambridge Analytica is at the center of the latest firestorm.…
Founded in 1995, eBay has become a household name. The site has changed with the times and remains a vibrant, active marketplace with 1 billion live listings, 170 million active buyers and 391 app downloads.
Despite the site’s popularity, many folks really don’t know much about eBay. Before you buy or sell on eBay, either again or for the first time, check out this list of eBay myths that stubbornly persist in many people’s minds.…
Ancestry.com’s “hints” are one way the site tries to make genealogy research easy for beginners. While hints are often helpful, they’re also fraught with issues that can trick even experienced family historians.
How can you know how to handle Ancestry hints for the relatives in your family tree? Keep these 10 rules in mind before you accept them.
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