by wwarren | Nov 4, 2010 | Linux, Open Source
InnoDB Storage Engine Dropped From Oracle MySQL Classic Edition. Oracle owns Innodb and now MySQL. It’s time to move from Mysql to postgres. Not one of the mysql forks..but postgres. Oracle is beginning the squeeze of Sun’s properties.
by wwarren | Nov 2, 2010 | Microsoft, Security, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
Your Money or Your Business — Krebs on Security. Just read this individuals blog. There’s entry upon entry of businesses getting malware tuned to logging their keystrokes for the purpose of accessing their online bank accounts. Just do a few things and...
by wwarren | Nov 2, 2010 | Open Source
Slashdot Developers Story | 33 Developers Leave OpenOffice.org. Openoffice is for all intents dead. Libreoffice is where it’s at which is what i am going to be trying out for possible reccomendations.
by wwarren | Oct 26, 2010 | Linux, NPO's, Open Source, Radio
I have been doing IT work as a volunteer for a local radio station WTHU for a few years now. Slowly but surely we have been moving along the technology track int he right direction. We have a stout server in wash state that handles our streaming. The costs for this...
by wwarren | Oct 14, 2010 | Vendors
Read this article carefully. It was just a matter of time: As more Americans have become smart phone users, their appetite for Web video, music downloads and other data-intense apps on those phones has increased. And now it’s time for some who are the heaviest...
by wwarren | Oct 14, 2010 | Church, Linux, NPO's, Open Source
Well i got the servers in and really didn’t want to wait for the 12u rack…mainly because it’s not int he budget right now. I took one of the servers and have installed untangle on it. I now have 4 network cards in the thing. One is red(internet),...
by wwarren | Oct 12, 2010 | Vendors
Sprint just plain sucks. We’ve been customers for over 10 years..yet they say we’ve only been there for 8. That’s not what irks me. What really irks me is the constant threat of account suicide I have to face anytime i call sprint for anything and...
by wwarren | Sep 30, 2010 | Vendors
*IMPORTANT NOTE TO ECC CLIENTS* ECC is currently embroiled in a dispute with my phone provider Sprint-Nextel. ECC may loose phone service during this time. If you try to call and cannot get through please use the contact form on this site to reach me. My internet...
by wwarren | Sep 28, 2010 | Hardware
Ars Technica has a good system build series going for a long time. It’s been on vacation but it’s back and as good as ever. Take a gander. The Ars System Guide: September 2010 Edition.
by wwarren | Sep 22, 2010 | Microsoft, Security
I have severals tweaks with group policy that combined with a decent a/v malware is reduced to a small chance. Now that this is now true as soon as they open up the partner branding I have one client that uses avg, another that uses Kaspersky(which is currently...
