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6 and a Half Tips to Help Avoid Ransomware

As of June 1st, 2015, there are recent online articles saying the Cryptolocker threat is over… and to those fellow tech bloggers I would jokingly ask – what is the color of the sky in your world? It is correct that the original group behind …

Windows 10 Available on July 29, 2015

Today, Microsoft released that Windows 10 will be available on July 29th, 2015. Its new features will include: Cortana – the world’s first truly digital assistant. Edge – The new internet browser offering quick results and a reading view which makes websites easier to read. …

Why Not Windows 9? Why Not Just Go to 11?

“Exactly. One louder.”  – Nigel Tufnel, This is Spinal Tap (1984) Despite all the teasing and theories, there is one reason that would be logical on why they went straight to 10 – to have it coordinate with software release versioning numbers. Overall the naming …

3…OK, 4 Google Searches to Avoid

“I’m not sure how this happened. I wasn’t looking at…bad stuff… or anything like that.” Despite anti-virus, anti-malware, traffic filtering and search engine providers like Google putting in protective measures, there are still some search terms to avoid even today. This is because the folks …

Need Colocation in a Cloud-centric World? Managed Colocation is the Solution!

For the last 7+ years, Network Medics has been involved with helping push the envelope for small business on all the amazing features of virtualization and cloud computing. At least in our home court in Minneapolis, we were one of the first providers of a …