Keep That Off the Cloud: 5 Things That Require Secure Local Storage
From it inception in the 1960s to now, cloud technology has evolved into a ubiquitous beast that few understand but most use. Smartphone packages automatically come with cloud storage and an app to...
View ArticleHow to turn off the annoying Facebook Browser on the Facebook App in Android
If you are like me you find the built in Facebook browser on the Android Facebook app annoying and buggy as hell. It doesn't load pages correctly, and trying to watch embedded videos on it makes me...
View ArticleThe Next Frontier in Space: Necessary Technology
There is a difference between science and engineering. Nothing illustrates this better than the Manhattan Project, where some of the greatest minds of the century turned theoretical physics into an...
View ArticleTrying out a new Adsense Alternative
Dollar (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Like many of you out there that have been screwed over by the mighty Google and their flagship monetization platform, Adsense, you are always looking for a good...
View ArticleHow to contact AWS support without knowing your account login information
I hate these cloud companies that offer a service, but make you jump through ridiculous hoops to speak to someone in customer support. Amazon's AWS is no different. If you click on their Contact Us...
View ArticleWhat Power Sources Are Available for Electric Cars?
Transportation contributed to over half of carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides emitted into the environment in 2013, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists. It also contributed to a quarter of...
View ArticleVitamin E: A Natural cure for stomach ulcers?
My six year old son has spent the last two years of his life suffering from stomach ulcers. Last year my ex-wife took him to see a pediatric gastroenterologist in Denver to have his stomach scoped to...
View ArticleThe Best Features Inside the iPhone 6s
The iPhone 6s has been in stores and online for several months now, so you don't have to wait in line or order one at 12:01 a.m. to get your hands on the world's most popular smartphone. In case you're...
View ArticleMore reliable free alternative to mRemoteNG
I have been using mRemote and mRemoteNG for a long time now. It is just way easier to keep all of your remote server connections in one place if you manage a lot of servers like I do.Well there has...
View ArticleTop Five Countries with Highest Percentages of Cybercrime
Often labeled white collar crime, cyber crime takes place in the intangible, online web-scape of the Internet, and is generally related to any activity that breaches or violates the rights or personal...
View ArticleHigh-Tech Holiday Gifts for Fellow Geeks
Getting the right gift for that tech geek in your life can be a challenge. Holiday shopping can get expensive, which is why it's important to shop smart when shopping high-tech — after all, the...
View ArticleMajor Linux Exploit Made The News (CVE-2016-0728)
A recently discovered Linux exploit has made the news that has gotten the whole cyber security industry's panties in a bunch. It's been labeled as CVE-2016-0728 and affects every major distribution of...
View ArticleAutomatically kill your torrent client when your VPN drops in Windows
Well, it happened again. I received another warning letter from my ISP for downloading one of my favorite TV shows. The really sucky part is that I've been using a VPN service to hide my torrent...
View ArticleGet notified via email when your VPN connection drops in Windows
Last Friday I mentioned a tool that lets me kill my Bittorrent client if my private VPN connection drops so the fuzz can't catch me in the act of *gasp* downloading my favorite TV shows. Today I will...
View ArticleDesigning Smart Sites for Smartphone Users
Last May, U.S. mobile search queries passed desktop queries for the first time, confirming a long-anticipated trend, according to Google. Smartphone usage grew 394 percent between December 2010 and...
View ArticleCheck your antivirus reports for false positives
The other night my email blew up because we use ClamWin on all of our servers. We do this because it has a decent detection rate, it can email out alerts, and it doesn't bog down the system with...
View ArticleTwo Easy Things You Can Do To Protect Yourself From CryptoLocker
It finally happened, I saw my first case of a CryptoLocker variant on one of my users laptops. If you are not familiar with it, Wikipedia describes it as:...a ransomware trojan which targeted computers...
View ArticleIncapsula had a major worldwide outage last night
Do you use Imperva's Incapsula service for CDN and cloud load balancing? Well we certainly do at my day job, and they really screwed the pooch big time last night! I got woken up around 3:00am MST to...
View Article5 Encryption Methods That Will Change the Face of Business in 2016
As a result of the San Bernardino County shootings, a Federal judge has ordered Apple to unlock one of the shooter’s iPhones. Apple has denied the request, citing customer privacy violations if it...
View ArticleMy company has finally moved away from tape backups!
I never thought I'd see the day when I'd work for a company that DIDN'T use tape backups. I mean, as far as storage goes tapes are pretty cheap. Well, a few years ago I developed a fairly cheap SAN...
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