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This Article is Misnamed (Internet Security, Avoid Virus Attacks)
Unfortunately this has nothing to do with Internet security and nothing to do with virus attacks. This DOES secure your router..but only goes onto the surface. The SSID does NOTHING to discourage casual driveby snooping and poking at your settings. Also putting...
FCC’s Ruling that Google’s WiFi Snooping is Legal Shows Users Are Responsible For Securing Their Networks.
It's very simple. If you leave your wifi open and unsecured you are leaving the equivalent to your front door open. Anyone is welcome at that point. If you don't want to be snooped on by the drive-by's secure your wifi. This isn't bad precedent by the FCC it is...
Windows 8 Hosts File No Longer A Security Tool
Without turning off the built in A/V..:) The Windows hosts file offers a great way of blocking or redirecting certain Internet hosts. I’m for instance using it whenever I move websites to a new hosting company to check the life site before the DNS has fully...
Windows New Tablet System Could be a Vista..Only Worse
If Microsoft really plans to get into the mobile space(and Win8 is all about tablets) this is not the way to do it. $600 bucks for a tablet isn't going to fly when Andriod and Ipads are already established with superior featuresets already. For a while there...
iPhone 5 – Meh
So Iphone is stil behind the competition in many ways. Plus you get locked into doing it Apple's way or no way. No thanks. pricing is ok abut I can get my nexus for $99 and an s3 for less than 200 both with features not found in ithingies. Apple is no longer...
iPhone 5: 10 Rumored Features You’ll Already Find in Competing Devices – Mobile and Wireless – News & Reviews – eWeek.com
With Apple now trying to sue it's competitors out of business Apple is having to play catch up to many Android competitors. let's hope the Iphone 5 is a truly game changer...i'm not so sure. I'll post my opinions once i've seen the entire announcement. iPhone...
It Is Time To Boycott Apple in [Market-Ticker]
There's CLEAR prior art and the fact that the jury said they skipped it says this judgement is nullified or thrown out due to misconduct. this ruling needs to be dismissed and the patents invalided immediately. Apple likes to claim it is an "innovator" and...
(the dangers of the public cloud)This Week in Enterprise Tech 8 | TWiT.TV
Discussing the high profile compromise of an online journalist and how to protect yourself. However it doesn't address the underlying insecurity of the public cloud. one thing that still holds true...if you are going to use the cloud..make sure you have a local copy...
How To Install VMWare Tools v4 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server – Ghost Tx
How To Install VMWare Tools v4 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server – Ghost Tx.
It is Time Java Went The Way of Flash
Adobe is slowly killing flash as HTML 5 takes over. Flash with it's myriad of security issues needs to go. Java on the other hand has been so thoroughly breached that if you don't know for sure you need to run it you need to remove it...now. There is now a Java...
MIcrosoft SBS Server is Dead. Good Riddance.
SBS was a good idea with SBS 2003. with 2008 they began doing the Microsoft thing and jacking the price up. SBS 2011 was such a huge, bloated, overpriced mess that very few wanted it. What does this mean? I have much cheaper and even free ways to do what SBS...
No more VRAM: VMware abandons controversial pricing model | Ars Technica
What was interesting is the CEO who announced this horrid pricing was a former Microsoftie so I can't say the announcement was surprising in that regard. To borrow from another blogger...vmware thought they had more leverage over their client base than they did..they...
How to Fix The Quickbooks Problem
I mentioned in an earlier post about how Quickbooks ties many accountants to Windows. Well I've found a partial yet money-saving workaround. We leverage virtualization even more but not in the typical way. Instead of setting up a NAS/DAS/SAN you run it off local...
Comment: Apple versus Samsung verdict was a complete mess – Jury ignored prior-art | TechEye
This is what i thought. A jury in Silicon Valley with bias towards Apple(seeing Jobs as nearly a deity) has now been seen by their own words as stepping outside the bounds of not only their instructions but also of their own "expertise". this jury verdict would be...
One benefit to the Cloud…The end of Microsoft Dominance on the Desktop
I'm not a huge fan of the cloud. It is based on simply refarmed mainframe technology and based on a broken security model. However for those who really make the jump to a truly all cloud system there's one major benefit. Your desktop software costs go to...
Thoughts Of The Day: Factory Restore for a Dell Inspiron 560
Factory Restore for a Dell Inspiron 560 Here is my experience in trying to do a factory restore on a Dell Inspirion 560. First off, here's what my setup was. The computer came shipped with Windows 7 professional. After creating a user account etc., I installed Ubuntu...
How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to A Reporter’s Compromise
This reporter who was taken over at least acknowledges his security lapses. Facebook with it's "social networking" actually sets you up for this very type of thing. keep in mind most of the cloud is web based and guess what the number one attack vector for system...
The Cloud IS a Single Point of Failure
Once you put something in the cloud it really isn't yours anymore. This includes gmail which i do use for my e-mail services. However for me i do NOT send anything critical via e-mail. If it critical or sensitive i talk to them voice. Loosing e-mail would...
Why bother? The sad state of Office 2013 touch support | Ars Technica
So the flagship productivity app doesn't even work fully with the new flagship OS. The last time we saw this? Vista. With Windows 8, Microsoft has created an operating system that is, at least in part, genuinely usable with nothing more than fingers. While it...
Windows 8 = disaster? Looking More and More Likely
This type of thing only serves to reinforce my opinion that windows 8 is going to be another Vista...maybe even a bigger disaster. it may be on par with Windows ME. On the eve of the Windows 8 launch, its no surprise that Microsoft is revealing its next Office...
How to Commit Apple Sacrilege
Since Mountain Lion isn't going to work on my macbook I'm going to go a different route. No dual booting here..going to run Ubuntu Linux on it..:) Ubuntu Forums - View Single Post - Apple Intel Users FAQ.
Cisco antics show dangers of the cloud – We can switch you off if we like | TechEye
Networking giant Cisco has been giving its customers a lesson as to why that cloud thing might not be such a good idea. According to Extreme Tech, a number of Cisco customers last week began reporting problems with three specific Linksys-branded routers. Owners of the...
PPACA And The Death Of Medical Care (And Choice) [Market-Ticker]
I am going to cross post this to both blogs as this affects me both as a person and a business man. Now consider this -- the PPACA sets forth a "fine" (tax) of $2,000 per employee for a business that has 50 or more and does not provide "at least" the minimum...
Major Security Issue For windows(ALL VERSIONS)
this is inside a component that is on nearly every Microsoft machine worldwide. this includes all versions of xp, vista, 7 and the server versions. There is no Windows Update yet. Please use the fixit for me link for a hotfix. This is a patch for this issue but it...
Why Istuff Devices Are Not a Good Business Decision
Apple is even more controlling than Microsoft. Once you step into the Iworld you can't get your stuff out without major gyrations. In this environment Apple can do whatever it wants whenever it wants. What's funny is people are making a ton of noise but I bet it's...