by wwarren | Mar 13, 2017 | Cyberpower, General, Hardware, Tripp-Lite
I mentioned earlier how modern electrical grid technology that is meant to help the power companies reduce service calls and increase the reliability of the grid can also present a danger to your critical technology. I had that same technology cause a failure...
by wwarren | Feb 25, 2017 | Cyberpower, Hardware, Power, Tripp-Lite
Your technology is the lifeblood of your business as it is the lifeblood of my business. Power problems put that technology at risk. I had recently received an alert from my UPS that its batteries were operating in a reduced capacity due to them failing a self-test....
by wwarren | Dec 5, 2016 | Hardware, Internet, IOT, Open Source, Security, Security Alerts
From if it sounds to good to be true it probably is department: I was notified about something being hawked on a public Facebook page. Supposedly you can “fire your cable company” with this little box. What got them suspicious is the fact the seller would...
by wwarren | Nov 1, 2016 | AMD, Hardware, Intel, Microsoft, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7
Microsoft as of today is no longer shipping Windows 7 to the big OEM computer makers anymore. This means the chances of you finding a Windows 7 machine..or even a win 10 machine with “downgrade rights” to Windows 7 stop existing as well. If you want a...
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 | Aug 20, 2016 | FreeBSD, Hardware, Open Source, Services, Storage
Well this is why research is done before product roll out…:) I purchased a server to use as my new storage host and it turns out the hard drive controller card is not suitable for the server product. Luckily I had another smaller server that will suffice for...
