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One of the biggest threats facing small businesses right now is cyber security. Hackers have figured out that small business don’t have robust systems; therefore, they are easy for the picking. If you are a small business owner, you know how limited your resources are. As such, every dollar counts. Therefore, you can’t afford to lose customers, deal with lawsuits caused by data breaches or pay IT help staff to try to fix the issue. Below are some of the IT risks faced by your business and potential consequences. Try your best avoid them at all costs.

1. Phishing

This is perhaps one of the easiest ways to detect if a hacker is trying to get into your system. If you happen to receive an email that claims to be from a financial institution and asks you to provide certain data, ignore it. In fact, delete it. This is because once you make the mistake of opening such a mail or clicking the link provided, you provide a gateway for hackers to penetrate your system and steal information. For this reason, it's vital that all employees are aware of such emails and delete them without clicking on any links.

2. Passwords

Another way that hackers can attack a small business is by cracking system passwords. If the hackers manage to crack the password of even a single employee, they can use that person’s account to gain unrestricted access to confidential company records. Therefore, tell your workers that they should never forgo strong password creation procedures. They should take their time to create a password that can’t be easily cracked.

3. Vulnerable Devices

In your small business, you probably use printers, routers, and other electronic hardware to execute office tasks. Most of the time, such pieces of hardware are connected to your firm’s network. If you have not updated the software on these machines, hackers can use them to gain access to your network and steal invaluable information. Therefore, make sure that you install patches in all electronic devices connected to your network.

4. Lack of Data Encryption

In the modern age, you can send information through various electronic devices. Some of those machines can have inbuilt security features to protect the data while others may not have. Data from the vulnerable devices can be easily intercepted by hackers. If the information is your password, your network is no longer safe. To counter such interceptions, always encrypt your data before your send it.

5. Seemingly Misplaced USB Drives

Some hackers will infect a USB drive with malware and then drop it outside your offices. An unknowing worker may pick up the drive and use it on a company computer. Immediately the drive is plugged in, it releases the malware and creates a unique access point for the hacker, allowing them to steal information. To avoid such a scenario, warn your employees against using any USB drives without a proper source.

Managing a small business means that you’re a lean, mean business machine. Often, it’s just you and a few trusted staff members. This is the reason, business owners need to have solid knowledge of where and how most important data is held. Whether it’s on site, in traditional desktops and servers, or in cloud services or mobile devices including those "BYOD" devices of your employees, in order to avoid risks, always pay attention to your enviroment. It's important to make sure that you regularly update your system, train your employees, update software and fix bugs. Often, many IT issues are caused by the smallest, almost unapparent mistakes that will affect how a program runs or a web page looks. You might not see IT as your highest priority, but in the right hands, it can become your most powerful tool for growth.

How to use a global variable in Python

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The python keyword global is used in a function to distinguish a local representation of a variable with the same name.

glbvar = 0

def setglbvar():
    global glbvar # include this declaration so that updates to glbvar are NOT LOCAL to this function
    glbvar = 1

def printglbvar():
    print glbvar     # No need for global declaration to read value of globvar

setglbvar()
printglbvar()       # Prints 1

The Money of the Gaming Industry

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I remember the day like it was yesterday. Pac Man had finally arrived on the Atari 2600. It was a clear and sunny day, but it was slightly brisk. My dad drove us down to the video store about three miles from our Michigan house. If I remember correctly, the price for the game was $24.99. It was quite expensive for the day, probably equaling a $70 game in today’s market, but it was mine. There *was* no question about it. If you purchase a game, it’s your game… right?

You couldn’t be more wrong. With all the licensing agreements in games today, you only purchase the right to play it. You don’t actually “own” the game.

Today, game designers want total control over the money that comes in for a game. They add in clauses that keep the game from being resold, rented, borrowed, copied, etc. All of the content in the game, including the items you find that are specifically for you, are owned by the software developer. Why, you ask, do they do this? It’s all about the money.

This need for greed started years ago, when people started modifying current games on the market. One of the first games like this was Doom. There were so many third part mods made, but because of licensing agreement, none of these versions were available for resale. The end user, or you, had to purchase Doom before they could even install the mod. None of these “modders” were allowed to make any money off their creation.

Tech Life in Pennsylvania

The first daily newspaper was published in Philadelphia in 1784. In 1946 Philadelphia became home to the first computer. The State College Area High School was the first school in the country to teach drivers education in 1958. Pennsylvania has an impressive collection of schools, 500 public school districts, thousands of private schools, publicly funded colleges and universities, and over 100 private institutions of higher education. The University of Pennsylvania is also the Commonwealth's only, and geographically the most southern, Ivy League school.

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Software developers near Pittsburgh have ample opportunities to meet like minded techie individuals, collaborate and expend their career choices by participating in Meet-Up Groups. The following is a list of Technology Groups in the area.

Philadelphia JavaScript Developers · Philadelphia Sencha Users · The Philadelphia Python Users Group (PhillyPUG) ·

Fortune 500 and 1000 companies in Pennsylvania that offer opportunities for .NET developers

Company Name	City	Industry	Secondary Industry
The Hershey Company	Hershey	Manufacturing	Food and Dairy Product Manufacturing and Packaging
Crown Holdings, Inc.	Philadelphia	Manufacturing	Metals Manufacturing
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.	Allentown	Manufacturing	Chemicals and Petrochemicals
Dick's Sporting Goods Inc	Coraopolis	Retail	Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores
Mylan Inc.	Canonsburg	Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals and Biotech	Pharmaceuticals
UGI Corporation	King Of Prussia	Energy and Utilities	Gas and Electric Utilities
Aramark Corporation	Philadelphia	Business Services	Business Services Other
United States Steel Corporation	Pittsburgh	Manufacturing	Manufacturing Other
Comcast Corporation	Philadelphia	Telecommunications	Cable Television Providers
PPL Corporation	Allentown	Energy and Utilities	Gas and Electric Utilities
SunGard	Wayne	Computers and Electronics	IT and Network Services and Support
WESCO Distribution, Inc.	Pittsburgh	Energy and Utilities	Energy and Utilities Other
PPG Industries, Inc.	Pittsburgh	Manufacturing	Chemicals and Petrochemicals
Airgas Inc	Radnor	Manufacturing	Chemicals and Petrochemicals
Rite Aid Corporation	Camp Hill	Retail	Grocery and Specialty Food Stores
The PNC Financial Services Group	Pittsburgh	Financial Services	Banks
Universal Health Services, Inc.	King Of Prussia	Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals and Biotech	Hospitals
Erie Insurance Group	Erie	Financial Services	Insurance and Risk Management
Pierrel Research	Wayne	Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals and Biotech	Biotechnology
Unisys Corporation	Blue Bell	Computers and Electronics	IT and Network Services and Support
Lincoln Financial Group	Radnor	Financial Services	Insurance and Risk Management
AmerisourceBergen	Wayne	Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals and Biotech	Pharmaceuticals
Sunoco, Inc.	Philadelphia	Manufacturing	Chemicals and Petrochemicals
CONSOL Energy Inc.	Canonsburg	Energy and Utilities	Gas and Electric Utilities
H. J. Heinz Company	Pittsburgh	Manufacturing	Food and Dairy Product Manufacturing and Packaging

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