For the past few days the ZoneEdit control panel has been down. When trying to login, users receive “Error Bad response from server, please contact support”. Unfortunately contacting support did not yield a reply. However, their Twitter stream does give periodic updates on the problem at twitter.com/zoneedit. An ETA would be very helpful to let [...]

Read Full Article     |     4 Comments     |     Posted: April 23rd, 2012

Recently after receiving a handful of spam from the same company I decided to opt-out (Hong Kong Tailors hira-tailors.com). The spam seemed specifically targeted to people in Thunder Bay and most spam I get is just random junk so this perked my interest. Their opt-out system had a link to “manage account” so I thought [...]

Read Full Article     |     No Comments     |     Posted: April 19th, 2012

Just received this message below and thought I would spread the word. Remember no ISP or company will ask you in an email to provide your username and password. If you look closely at the message, the reply-to address is @blumail.org. Not sure what they will do if they get in but probably harvest your [...]

Read Full Article     |     No Comments     |     Posted: March 22nd, 2012

WiFi in your home is just as commonplace as a fridge or television. Especially now with the popularity of smart-phones and tablets it is a necessity to have a good WiFi signal throughout your home. But as more and more people setup there own wireless networks you may get interference. In my neighbourhood there are [...]

Read Full Article     |     No Comments     |     Posted: March 12th, 2012

With the uptake of cloud computing becoming more common place the use of one username and password to authenticate is becoming the norm. A single username and password can now authorize you to access all sorts of things. Your Google Account for example will allow you to access Google Docs, Calendar, Analytics, Adwords/Adsense, the Android [...]

Read Full Article     |     No Comments     |     Posted: November 25th, 2011

The much anticipated IPad3 isn’t out yet, what’s going on? When will the IPad3 be released? Rumours were originally picking September 2011, but with the IPhone5 coming out soon it is unlikely. Is an Autumn release date still possible? The newest IPad will tout the retina display of 2048×1536 in its 9.7″ screen among other [...]

Read Full Article     |     No Comments     |     Posted: September 26th, 2011

If you use Tbaytel email services, you may have received an email asking you to provide account information or to verify your account information (see copies of messages at the bottom of this post) The first message asks you to reply and provide your name, email, username and password. The second message provides a link [...]

Read Full Article     |     No Comments     |     Posted: September 6th, 2011