When a person’s house is on fire or an intruder is trying to break in, they know to call 911. We are so fortunate to have dispatchers and public safety officers to respond in an emergency. However, if someone falls victim to a cyber crime, calling a local police station ...
New tablets, phones and laptops seem to be released practically every six months; the volume of devices we have is increasing significantly. But what should be done with the old devices we no longer want? The issue of disposal of these devices, in a secure way, is critically important. Just ...
I love my mother. She is so thoughtful and always wants to share fun, inspirational, and educational emails with me after she receives them from one of her friends. If someone in your life is constantly sending those forwarded emails with 100 people listed in the body of the email ...
Voters in Pittsfield Township will have a choice May 8 between a candidate who's in favor of expanding public transit services and one who's not so sure it's a good move. Those differences came out Wednesday night as Democrat Felicia Brabec engaged Republican Richard Conn in a debate inside CTN ...
To find out how much of your information is online, just do a search of your name. Surprised? The Pew Research Center did a 2010 study called “Reputation Management and Social Media” to find out how much personal information we are sharing. The unofficial answer is too much! Surprisingly, the ...
Kids are connected these days, and parents need to get involved in keeping them safe online. Parents of the first “plugged-in” generation have challenges our parents never even imagined. It can be a part-time job to keep track of our kids’ social media accounts, texting, gaming and computer usage. Whenever ...
It always happens when you are in the middle of preparing an important document or have five different screens open that you're not ready to close out. If you have automatic updates enabled on your computer (and you should), I am sure there have been inconvenient times when the computer ...
My sister lived in Michigan when I was married in Arizona. She was eight months pregnant on my wedding day, so she could not fly out to be a part of my special day. Luckily, we have a father who loves the latest gadget. At that time, he owned one ...
Last time we visited, I encouraged you to create a strong password. If you haven't done that yet, let me repeat the importance of doing so. A strong password has at least eight characters including one symbol, one number, one capital letter and one lower case letter.
Passwords, passwords, passwords. This topic is so important I wanted to repeat it. One of the easiest and most impactful things you can do to protect yourself and your information online right now is to use good passwords.
Chances are you are not a technical guru. Well, neither am I. The last computer class I took was DOS programming in 1987. But my family and I do spend much of our time online, as I’m sure many of you do, and I now work for a computer security ...
Felicia Brabec was appointed this week to fill a vacant seat on the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, representing the 7th District in Pittsfield Township. She officially replaces Democrat Kristin Judge, who resigned from the county board to take a job with a nonprofit Internet security company.
The first candidate for Kristin Judge's vacated seat on the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners has emerged. Pittsfield Township resident Richard Conn filed paperwork with the county this morning to run as a Republican in a special Feb. 28 primary election for the 7th District seat. The winners of the ...
The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners gave initial approval Wednesday night to consolidate three county departments into one new service unit officially called the Office of Community and Economic Development.
Washtenaw County Commissioner Kristin Judge, D-Pittsfield Township, will hold two “Coffee with Your Commissioner” hours this month. With the county facing a potential $20.9 million deficit over calendar years 2012 and 2013, Judge says service levels will be impacted and she wants to hear from residents about their priorities for ...
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