Those in the market for an energy saving computer may not be thinking about the energy use that goes into powering some of the underlying applications. For example, the data centers that power the World Wide Web require enormous amounts of electricity to run. https://www.faronics.com/news/blog/to-go-green-turn-to-the-cloud
Teachers learn to share with OERs
Teachers have for years told their students that "sharing is caring." Now, in terms of the classroom computer resources, educators may be heeding their own advice.
Across the United States, educators have begun more openly embracing the concept of open education resources (OERs) such as shared databases c...
Cyber criminals capitalizing on deal-seeking shoppers
Successful cyber criminals make a habit of studying patterns in online user behavior so that they will know how to attract the most attention and where to lay their traps. As the holiday shopping season begins in earnest, it seems as though hackers may already have a number of well-refined tactics in place...
To safeguard government agencies, first protect email
Government agencies need to be at high alert in regards to data breaches, as they are one of the most common targets of cyber criminals (the South Carolina Department of Revenue learned this the hard way earlier this year). According to the https://www.faronics.com/news/blog/to-safeguard-government-agencies-first-protect-email
Mobile device owners may need to rethink priorities
Too often, smartphones and tablet owners do not give a second thought to the security on their mobile devices, prioritizing the installation of games and other fun apps over application control.
However, mobile users who do want to keep their device protected should be paying attention to some of the late...


