by Hoon Choi | Mar 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Every so often a reference is made to the ‘darknet’, or ‘deep web’, or ‘hidden Internet’ in news stories. We are accustomed to only accessing the Internet in a few specific ways. The World Wide Web, which is built of the web pages...
by Hoon Choi | Mar 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Internet is a vast, sprawling world of resources, offered by millions of connected computers and servers. All it requires is a standard protocol, and each site or server maintains its own index, if any. There is no centralized management or authority to appeal to...
by Hoon Choi | Feb 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
If someone steals your personal computer, laptop, or thumbdrive, can they read your files and data? In most cases the answer is yes. Though you may have to log in to your computer or laptop to use it, your data itself is not normally protected. If the drive is moved...
by Hoon Choi | Sep 23, 2013 | Definitions
Many times we have been contacted by a worried caller, describing a situation where some of their email contacts claim they are sending them spam, and they want to know if they are. Surprisingly, this is a more difficult question to answer than one might think! We are...
by Hoon Choi | Jul 12, 2013 | Definitions
People talk about malware all the time, but there seems to be a lot of confusion over exactly what it is. Malware – short for ‘Malicious Software’ – is essentially a program that does something you do not want it to do. It might be as...
by Hoon Choi | Jul 1, 2013 | Definitions
Linux, or more properly GNU/Linux, is a community-developed operating system and suite of programs. Released under the General Public License, it follows the rule of four freedoms: to run the program for any purpose, to study how the program works and change it so it...
