Gmail Message Management

November 17, 2016
By Elaine Drain

That's a Great Question!

Today's Good Questions (and one great one)

• How could Anthony Weiner have many thousands of emails on his computer – I thought email was always stored in the cloud?
• Windows Defender is asking to do a AV scan.  Do I have to?
• This (“1 Mistake Almost Every PC Owner is Making Daily …”) just came up in my Facebook newsfeed.  What is this?
• Can you talk a bit about Virtual Reality?  It all seems so confusing.
• Can you explain how the “Hacker’s shut down the Internet” from a couple weeks back?

Links - Referenced sites and videos:

• Pixar Piper Video, New from Pixar:  http://twistedsifter.com/videos/new-pixar-short-film-piper/
• Corgi on a Carousel:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wXiUz9UtFo
• Really, really cheap Google Cardboard 3D VR headset:  https://www.amazon.com/Blisstime-Cardboard-Virtual-Reality-Cellphones
• My Monoprice VR Headset:  http://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=16199
• Mattel View-Master review - CNET:  https://www.cnet.com/products/new-view-master/review/
• Microsoft HoloLens - Transform your world with holograms:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aThCr0PsyuA
• Hacked home devices caused massive Internet outage:  http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2016/10/21/cyber-attack-takes-down-east-coast-netflix-spotify-twitter/92507806/
• Gibson Research Corp to test your ports:  https://www.grc.com - click on 'Services' on menu at top of page, select 'ShieldsUp!!'  *Read* the explanations to understand what this does.
• Krebs on Security:  https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/who-makes-the-iot-things-under-attack/
• Is your IP address on a hit list?  http://iotscanner.bullguard.com/ 
• As it says:  https://askleo.com/how-do-i-prevent-my-internet-connected-devices-from-being-hijacked 
• The Internet of ransomware things:  http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/2340.html 

Family Calendar Preview and Scanning

November 3, 2016

Linda Hughes presented a preview to the hands-on calendar class she will lead on November 10 in the computer lab.

 


Doug Gibney reviewed the scanning process in our lab following Linda's preview.