Category Archives: Tech Tips

Faxing is passe‘ Email is in.  Many of us are involved with our various unions or organizations and from time to time are promoting an event.  While faxing is the recognized staple of disseminating information, email is much faster and

Phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.  In order to protect yourself, follow these simple tips. No Bank

: Those of us who have blackberrys for personal use would like a way to back-up our contacts (phone list) & maybe a calendar somewhere where you can sit at any computer and edit or copy information down and have

Facebook is the latest in social networking web sites.  Originally called thefacebook, Facebook was founded by former-Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg (while at Harvard) who ran it as one of his hobby projects.  It has now become a way for kids to

Check out these articles: Detecting Facebook Security Problems 5/17/2010 Technologizer: How to Control Your Facebook Privacy 5-19-2010 “Top 10 social networking tips for police” 8-28-2009   Incidentally, We are now on facebook Search for us or use this link      

Emailing or forwarding of email jokes is a full time job to some. If you still need to forward these (I do too),  remember to try and make the email “your own”.   Depending on the recipient’s email program, or

A good Anti-virus program is essential in today’s Web World.  You don’t always have to pay lots of cash for a good Anti-Virus Program.  Here is one that is endorsed by CNet, the premier on-line technology site. AVG.  There is

As cops, many of us have not yet moved into to 21st century.  It took many years for some of us to lose the beeper in favor of a cellular phone. We are now living in an information age whether we like it