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How-To
_ October 3, 2019_ Kevin Costain

How best to store your passwords securely and safely in an offline database

Passwords aren’t going anywhere. Even though we’ve seen a rise in a new type of authentication including two-factor and even Yubico-style log-in options; passwords still seem to persist in our lives. If you’re online and use passwords (I know you do), you want to be as sure as possible when storing them. This means, no […]

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Basics
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_ June 1, 2015_ Kevin Costain

Basics: 7 Ways To Protect Yourself From Malicious Software

The most important line users cross with any software is the point of running (or installation). This is usually where you have a need to fulfill (like play video), and a software title in mind (like VLC Media Player). But, since you’re a cautious user who doesn’t assume a virus scanner is perfect, and you don’t […]

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Programming Publishing
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_ February 17, 2014_ Kevin Costain

Free Software: Meeting Minutes

I wrote this for a client that needed to keep track of meetings and also wanted to give users in the office tools to read and comment on these meetings. At the time, I was just trying to solve a particular problem. Now, this is something you can use in your own company to track meetings. Let’s take a closer look.

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Reviews
_ February 14, 2014_ Kevin Costain

Free Canadian Tax Software Done Well – StudioTax

If you are a person with a willingness to take on taxes yourself, free tax software is out there. One you should be aware of is StudioTax. Let’s take a look at what makes this so great.

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Reviews
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_ January 3, 2014_ Kevin Costain

Anti-Virus Software Is Dead, Long Live Anti-Virus Software

The anti-virus (AV) application is dead, right? This often bloated, resource-intensive application has to scan every single file on a computer; but still misses that one malicious application that brings your network to its knees.

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Links
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_ August 8, 2013_ Kevin Costain

Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview

Microsoft has offered a preview of WIndows Server 2012 R2; here’s how to get it, and what I’m interested in.

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Reviews
Bittorrent Sync
_ July 29, 2013_ Kevin Costain

5 More Ways to Use Bittorrent Sync

The basic idea is to keep files synchronized between two or more devices – much like Dropbox, but without storing these files on a server. Since I’ve had the chance to look at BitTorrent Sync back in April, a number of thoughts have come to mind that I thought I’d share.

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How-To
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_ July 23, 2013_ Kevin Costain

Dead Computer? Keep Windows, and Transfer it to a Virtual Machine

If you’ve had to replace your failed computer and wondered what you could keep – you’ll want to read this. The genesis of this idea comes from having the need to virtualize various different operating systems but changing computers often

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Editorial
Microsoft Security Essentials
_ February 4, 2013_ Kevin Costain

Is Anti-Virus Software Failing Us?

This is what seems like a tipping point, as many have started to seriously question the effectiveness of locally installed Virus Scanning applications. This idea of depending on virus scanning applications has been on my mind, and I wanted to flesh it out.

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Ideas
_ November 30, 2012_ Kevin Costain

The Looming Office 2013 Pricing Debacle

Since many business users still rely on the desktop Office application, they can’t (or won’t) move to the online Office 365 offering. I look at recent developments in a commonly used version of Office, in what’s shaping up to be a mess.

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