Beware a scam that tricks people into giving a two-factor authentication code to a criminal so they can access your bank or other account. Criminals mostly impersonate banks but can try with other accounts, like Microsoft accounts. Security codes via text message is one way to verify an account login but it’s not ideal because […]
The Office Watch head honcho, Peter Deegan, isn’t just a Microsoft Office nerd for over 25 years. He’s been a theatre junkie for even longer and goes to the famous Edinburgh Festivals each year. And each year he’s asked for recommendations and tips so now here’s some short reviews of shows that he’s seen and […]
Paper shredding isn’t always welcome as recycled paper. Turns out there are hidden complexities even to just protecting your privacy and reducing waste. Wirecutter at The New York Times surprised us by explaining how putting shredded paper in a recycling bin can create all sorts of trouble. Shredded paper can cause problems at recycling facilities, […]
The Find My Phone feature in an iPhone or Android device is great even if you think the device is lost for good after a long swim in over 45 feet of water. An iPhone was lost in 15 meters (49 feet) of water off an Australian beach. It was recovered 10 days later and […]
Our favorite compression tool, WinRAR, has just released version 7. WinRAR supports all the file compression formats including ZIP. We like the RAR format mostly for the ‘Solid’ option which can give better compression across many files in the same archive. ‘Solid’ is great for making a smaller archive of many already compressed files like […]
