by wwarren | Aug 29, 2012 | Security, Security Alerts
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...
by wwarren | Aug 28, 2012 | Open Source
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...
by wwarren | Aug 28, 2012 | Cloud Computing
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...
by wwarren | Aug 27, 2012 | Cloud Computing, Hardware, Linux, Microsoft, Open Source, Storage
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...
by wwarren | Aug 27, 2012 | Apple, Hardware, Linux, Smartphone
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...
by wwarren | Aug 23, 2012 | Cloud Computing, Linux, Microsoft, Open Source
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...
by wwarren | Aug 12, 2012 | Hardware
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...
by wwarren | Aug 7, 2012 | Cloud Computing, Security, Security Alerts
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...
by wwarren | Aug 7, 2012 | Cloud Computing, Security, Security Alerts
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...
by wwarren | Jul 16, 2012 | Microsoft, Office, Office 15, Windows, Windows 8
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....
