Successful scams rely on our logical brain scrambling for a few seconds. Throwing something with urgency at us scrambles our brain for just enough time for us to make irrational decisions. Letting a stranger onto your computer is irrational because there's no reason. Showing that person your bank account information is irrational. Would you let a stranger in your house and show them where your money is kept?
Gray hair, extra weight around my mid section, new body aches and poor eyesight aren't the only thing that have changed in the past 20 or so years. The way…
Microsoft, what are you doing? Adding another operating system after telling us Windows 10 was going to be the end-all. I feel lied to and somewhat betrayed. Now you're coming…
We all have those little things we used to do that we wish we could make time for. I'm not talking about dishes, laundry or all the other humdrum stuff…
This is officially the time of year we service the most student owned machines. Yup, all the kids are home from college so they can afford to be without them…
Why would anyone put money into a Windows 98 computer? Well, I had a customer spend $150.00 into an old beige desktop computer last week so he could play Microsoft…
If there's ever an article to share this is it. I originally published this a month ago. Since then I've heard of at least a dozen cases of customers who…
Some time ago I started to notice we were building, upgrading and fixing more gaming computers for female gamers than ever before. When I say female gamers I'm not…
Scams abound in my industry so I figured I'd talk about some of the more common ones. Like anything used every day, when a computer repair is needed customers tend…
About a month ago I noticed the internet bills at my stores were much higher than they should have been. The store that caught my attention was around $244.00 per…
