Tech Tip: Why Do I Need a $900 Firewall, Plus a Maintenance Fee?
• August 12, 2019

Unlike a router, a firewall actually looks at all internet traffic passing through it to make sure it’s legitimate, not a virus, and was requested from a computer inside.

Business Ins & Outs: New Clyde’s Owner, Made In DC Grand Opening & More
• August 7, 2019

IT’S OFFICIAL: GRAHAM HOLDINGS OWNER OF CLYDE’S Graham Holdings Company announced July 31 that it had acquired Clyde’s Restaurant Group. The purchase, for an undisclosed price, joins two homegrown businesses. […]

ANC’s Rick Murphy Catches a Thief
• August 5, 2019

Murphy helped stop a shoplifter who was leaving the 7-Eleven at P Street and Wisconsin Avenue, near Murphy’s home, on July 31 at about 7:30 a.m., carrying unpaid merchandise.

Tech Tip: Lie, Lie, Lie!
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People list password challenge and identity verification questions publicly (or at least freely) on their Instagram, Twitter and Facebook pages and feeds without giving it a second thought.

It’s Official: Graham Holdings Owner of Clyde’s
• July 31, 2019

Clyde’s Restaurant Group, which began in Georgetown in 1963, is now owned by a company created by a spinoff from the 2013 purchase by Jeff Bezos of the Washington Post, once owned by the Graham family.

Tech Tip: Start With a Fresh Session or Browser Window
• July 29, 2019

Be careful with your information. Web portal sites are filled with ads; each site’s overhead is paid for with information obtained from you and other users.

Opening Aug. 1: Shop Made in DC
• July 25, 2019

The 1,800-square-foot store at 1242 Wisconsin Ave. NW will feature 100 local products — including 26 entirely new with the Georgetown store’s debut.

Dean & DeLuca Closes After 26 Years
• July 23, 2019

The Georgetown location on M Street was the third Dean & Deluca store — and its first outside New York City, where the company was founded in SoHo in 1977.

Tech Tip: Keep Sensitive Data Off Employee Equipment
• July 22, 2019

It’s simple stuff, but think of the damage that could result when sensitive data is on a manager’s lost laptop at the airport.

Tech Tip: Change Your Name — and We Don’t Mean the Last One
• July 15, 2019

When user names and prefixes are the same across multiple free email services, it makes the work of hackers and cybercriminals way too easy.