by Ask Erik Computer Services in Eugene, Oregon | Mar 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s the end of an era. Way back in 1995, a company called Macromedia released the iconic Shockwave player, which quickly became a mainstay on Windows-based machines. A decade later, Adobe purchased Macromedia, taking ownership of the Shockwave player and the...
by Ask Erik Computer Services in Eugene, Oregon | Mar 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
If you have a need for speed, you’ll be thrilled to know that USB 3.2 is on its way. It offers incredible transfer speeds up to 20GB per second, but there’s a catch that could throw a wrench into the works, or at least make things more complicated. At the...
by Ask Erik Computer Services in Eugene, Oregon | Mar 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
In 2015, macOS Security Expert Patrick Wardle reported an almost shockingly simple method hacker could employ to get around the Mac Gatekeeper system, which is the first line of defense against malware. He simply bundled two executable files: One signed and one not...
by Ask Erik Computer Services in Eugene, Oregon | Mar 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
America might run on Dunkin’, but the company has just taken another big hit. For the second time in recent months, hackers have gained access to an unknown number of DD Perks user accounts. What makes this issue even worse is the fact that the hackers were...
by Ask Erik Computer Services in Eugene, Oregon | Mar 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
If you’re like most people, the GPS function on your smartphone has become the one feature you use and value more than any other. Few people these days can even remember what life was like before the ascendency of GPS. Paper maps? Written directions?...
by Ask Erik Computer Services in Eugene, Oregon | Mar 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
A small but growing number of people have been making the switch to MS Office clones like Apache’s OpenOffice and LibreOffice. The thinking is that they can get the same core functionality but avoid many (if not most of) the costs, bugs, flaws, and weaknesses...
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