by wwarren | Jul 30, 2016 | Hardware, Intel, Microsoft, Nvidia, Storage, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7
I just dumped my main computer( my annual maintenance is a format/reload) to reload it and I decided to put Windows 10 on this machine for giggles. The install was really fast as this system is nothing to sneeze at: Intel core I-5 4690k 32 Gigs DDR3 1600 Crucial...
by wwarren | Jul 28, 2016 | Government Regulations, HIPAA, Security
MOST entities that are required to comply with HIPAA are not because of a ton of confusion. After much research I have found a nutshell article that explains HIPAA compliance for data security. It codifies in US Federal Law what best practices have been for a long...
by wwarren | Jul 27, 2016 | Research Projects
I have been pondering this for a while. I wanted to build something that would act as either as a local backup target with offsite backup capabilities or as a full blown network storage device with the same capabilities. If this works I will be able to offer my...
by wwarren | Jul 23, 2016 | Cloud Computing, Microsoft, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7
Ever since Microsoft started “giving away” Windows 10 I figured something was up. As i said in an earlier post there is no way Microsoft is going to give away nearly a third of their base income at the time without some way to make it back. With the...
by wwarren | Jul 17, 2016 | Government Regulations, Security
One line says volumes about what is being looked at, especially mobile devices: The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) launched a probe in April of 2014, after receiving a report that a CHCS-issued iPhone had been breached. Investigators determined that protected health...
by wwarren | Jul 9, 2016 | AMD, Hardware, Nvidia
This is the main reason I read so many sites every day. Issues like I am about to highly elaborate on is why I do not post much when news breaks because the devil is in the details and those never come out when things first break. Many hardware sites simply do not do...
by wwarren | Jul 6, 2016 | Annoucements
Lori Curley of Curley Marketing is one of the most dynamic web designers I have had the pleasure of working with. Lori not only redesigned the ETC Maryland website but she does something not many WordPress designers do: Every site has its own style. Templates are...
by wwarren | Jun 21, 2016 | Internet, Microsoft, Windows, Windows 10
I can verify the author’s experiences below. I have a Surface 3 and an HP laptop running windows 10. I also have a shuttle box with a sandy bridge core i-3 cpu and 8 gigs of ram. Edge is a total hog. It will grab everything in ram it can and then force the...
by wwarren | Jun 20, 2016 | Cloud Computing, Dell, Dell, Hardware, Storage
With network security such a huge business it stuns me that Dell first bought dinosaur vendor EMC and is now selling most of its other “non-core” assets to others. Sonicwall is now owned by private equity firm Francisco Partners and hedge fund Elliott...
by wwarren | Jun 20, 2016 | Internet, Ransomware, Security, Security Alerts
Windows has issues that make it easy for this type of infection to take hold: Javascript once it gets onto the system is run by the Windows Scripting Host which has a very high level of system access. Windows hides file extensions so the .js extension...
