by wwarren | Mar 21, 2016 | Apple, Cloud Computing, Government Regulations, Hardware, Security
The FBI has asked and been granted a motion to postpone their hearing tomorrow claiming somebody from outside the government has shown them a possible way to unlock the Iphone of the San Bernardino shooter. Now comes the real question. Have they truly found a way or...
by wwarren | Mar 21, 2016 | Cloud Computing, Hardware, Internet, Tablets
Amazon has pushed out a critical update for its Kindle readers. If you fail to install this update before midnight tonight your kindle will not have Internet access any longer. As noted on the relevant Amazon webpage this affects mainly older Kindles and not...
by wwarren | Mar 19, 2016 | Microsoft, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8
Microsoft has just announced they are adding a year to their windows 7 Skylake and above support times. Excerpted from The Tech Report article: Microsoft has now updated its Skylake support policy, and saw it fit to extend the support period for Windows 7 and...
by wwarren | Mar 16, 2016 | Cloud Computing, Hardware, Internet, IOT, Security, Security Alerts
I have talked about keeping IOT(Internet of Things) and BYOD(Bring your Own Devices) out of your internal network privately for a while. I have often told my clients in private that allowing employee(or guest) devices on your internal network is a bad idea and have...
by wwarren | Mar 16, 2016 | Security, Security Alerts
I have posted about this multiple times. I do not block ads to harm websites. I actually allow ads for sites that I frequent AND run their own internal ad servers. When it comes to my clients I put up the stoutest edge defenses I can. One of those defenses is a...