by wwarren | Mar 28, 2017 | Annoucements, Apple, Cloud Computing, Hardware
The newest IOS and MACOS represents a fundamental change in the very guts of the entire Apple ecosystem filesystem. Apple is changing the underlying file system for all facets of Apple OS operations. This update is available for all supported IOS/MACOS devices. The...
by wwarren | Feb 10, 2017 | Annoucements, Hosting, Security, Security Alerts, Services
WordPress 4.7 was recently released and they added a new API to make it easier for third parties to integrate with WordPress. Unfortunately, this new feature was not fully evaluated for its security implications before launching. This new system went too far in...
by wwarren | Dec 1, 2016 | Annoucements, Cloud Computing, General, Google Apps, Internet, Microsoft
I have always wondered why Google always struggles to make it’s hardware and new products “stick”. It turns out Google doesn’t really want folks to be subscribed to it’s “Gsuite” accounts. Why do I say this? I just found out...
by wwarren | Oct 10, 2016 | Annoucements, General, Hardware, Smartphone
Even the replacements are catching fire. All of the major carriers in the US have issued press releases that say they are halting Note 7 replacements and offering exchanges for the phones regardless of purchase date. A lithium ion battery if it goes into thermal...
by wwarren | Sep 22, 2016 | Annoucements
As noted in my earlier post ETC Maryland has been building and is deploying a new virtualized environment to properly evaluate the flood of new security products coming out from multiple vendors. The platform consists of a primary Hyper-V host, a primary VmWare host,...
by wwarren | Aug 25, 2016 | Annoucements, CDC Cellular Repair, Vendors
The internet is buzzing with “news” of a potential problem with the Apple Iphone 6+ devices with two chips on its main logic board. One of my vendors alerted me to this more than a year ago. John O’Rangers of CDC Cellular Repair in Frederick,...
