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 27, 2016 | General, Security, Storage
The Clinton e-mail deletion scandal is quite a mess. Now it is becoming clear what company and what product was used to delete those files. The product is called bleachbit and a good explanation of it is over at a minerdetail.com. Bleachbit is an opensource...
by wwarren | Sep 14, 2016 | General, Internet, Security, Security Alerts
AdBlockPlus now means we will blocks ads PLUS give you ads folks pay them to allow. I saw the initial link at hackernews but the full story is on theverge. A couple of years ago I heard that the company behind ADB+ wanted to start allowing certain ads through for...
by wwarren | Aug 4, 2016 | General, Hardware, Storage
There are several things folks have “burned” into their mind about hard drive maintenance that no longer apply to SSD drives. There are also several major considerations when it comes to data security that are different between SSD drives and Hard Drives....
by wwarren | Jun 14, 2016 | Apple, General, Hardware
I have watched the WWDC keynote from Apple twice so far and I am going to watch it again. There are some very compelling features for the ecosystem. I watched the Twit coverage of the keynote(after I watched it live) and even Leo who is a big fan expressed concerns...
by wwarren | May 2, 2016 | General, Security, Security Alerts
Is the expense of a lawsuit and the resulting judgement greater than the cost of proper security? I can say in most cases(if not all) that answer is yes. Case in point. Wendy’s was breached and is now facing lawsuits over the fraudulent transactions: In...
