If you’re like most Windows users, as soon as you see the little “Windows Update” icon in the corner of your desktop you immediately exit out of it. Even in doing so, you know it’s going to pop right back up before you want to see it again. Maybe you’ll postpone it for four hours, or just exit out of the window and freak out when you’re computer starts restarting on its own. The back and forth goes on and on. Perhaps, after days of postponing it, you’ll click the update just to stop seeing it on your computer, only to have another update come up within the next few days! We’ve all been here before, there’s no denying it! But are some of these updates actually worthwhile?

Computer security. I can almost sense that just from the title of this article people’s eyes are glazing over with the familiar, “Do we have to discuss this stuff again?” The answer is yes, and the reason why is that you are likely to be the one at fault if your data is compromised. Read on, because I know I’ve already enraged you by implicating you as the source of trouble.

When a person purchases a new computer today, it’s going to come with Windows 8.1. It is widely known that Windows 8 has had a cool reception from the public to say the least. However, you do not have to be stuck with this operating system. Here is how you can get a new PC or upgrade your existing machine to an alternative of Windows 8.

If you use Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash Player, which you likely do, there is a vulnerability that has been found. In a nutshell, hackers have found a way to exploit the software to run virus code on your computer.

Thumb drives. Remember them? They were a nice little novelty that first came out circa 2000. That’s right, just a mere 14 years ago.

Nowadays, the public, and even businesses, are swamped with choices of computers, and this extends all the way down to folks with kids. There are desktops, laptops, tablets and, yes, smartphones are used oftentimes as a computer because in fact, that is what they are. However, when it comes to your children, which one is right for them? We will explore those options.

In our smartphone-obsessed, constantly plugged-in culture, the newest technology is always going to be the most exciting – and most polarizing. No doubt we’ll continue to look at the big players in the market, but what else is out there?