How To Set Interface Duplex/Speed In Fortigate
Fortigate 60C This morning my sales team was complaining about our hosted VoIP service, which occasionally has it's problems but for the most part has been pretty good for the last few weeks. Well...
View ArticleAnonymous Reveals Bank of America's Dirt
In this report from RT, apparently the hacker group Anonymous obtained a bunch of sensitive data, about 14GB worth, from Bank of America. Some of the data shows that Bank of American actively...
View Article50 Million Passwords Reset After Evernote Hack
How many of you use Evernote? Sundance McClure did a review of Evernote back in their younger days. I for one like good old fashioned Notepad++ for my note taking, but that's just me. Many more prefer...
View ArticleThe State of SaaS (Infographic)
Every few years in the IT profession you hear buzzwords that marketing and sales folk like to throw around. They sound cool, and make many IT directors want to get involved with the latest things....
View ArticleShould You Upgrade to Windows 8?
Making upgrades to your operating system takes precious time out of your day, and no one wants to deal with unnecessary downtime. Windows 8 is new and shiny, but is it really worth the cost, effort...
View ArticleFacebook Gets A Face-lift... Again
Image via CrunchBase [RT] Facebook unveiled an updated look to its News Feed feature today, a core element of the social networking site’s interface since nearly its start. From their Menlo Park,...
View ArticleObama's Cyber Security Executive Orders Were A Smoke Screen
Youtube channel StormCloudsGathering is saying that Obama's cyber security executive orders are a smoke screen to distract people from the real attacks on the Internet planned by the federal...
View ArticleTruecrypt vs Compusec: A Boot Time Comparison
I shot this using my Samsung SIII while at work. We took two identical Lenovo T530's running Windows 7 and encrypted one with Compusec and encrypted the other with Truecrypt. Then I put them...
View Article3 Steps to Using Smartphones or Tablets for Your Small Business
Choosing the degree to which business is transacted and managed digitally is just one of many questions that small business owners need to answer in the new business landscape. Now, with the ubiquity...
View ArticleEU Antitrust Complaint Says Microsoft Locking out Linux
Image via CrunchBase Machines that utilize the UEFI secure Boot mechanism give Windows 8 and unfair advantage over Linux according to an 8,000-member Spanish open source group. The group has called the...
View ArticleT-Mobile To Start Selling iPhones April 12th
Image via CrunchBase For those of you who have been wanting to lower your monthly phone bill by switching to T-Mobile, but have been hesitant on doing so because you can't live without your iPhone...
View ArticleCongress To Telecommute?
US Rep. Steve Pearce(Photo credit: Wikipedia) New Mexico Rep. Steve Pearce has re-introduced a resolution to the US House of Representatives that would allow Congressmen to telecommute to Washington...
View ArticleSpamhaus Targeted In Biggest Cyber-Attack in History
(Photo credit: marsmet526) A spat between the widely used Spamhaus that provides a blacklist of potential spammer IP addresses and a Dutch Webhost called Cyberbunker has sparked what some are now...
View ArticleHulu is Looking For Buyers
Image via CrunchBase It appears that the streaming television service, Hulu may be looking for a buyer. Three sources have told the Thompson Reuters news service that Hulu's board is putting out...
View ArticleSpotify To Compete With Netflix, Amazon Prime and HBO Go
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) In an attempt to branch out from the streaming music business that is already dominated by companies like Pandora, Spotify is thinking about breaking into the streaming movie...
View ArticleCalifornia City Offers Free Wi-fi Using Smart Meters
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Santa Clara California now have free wireless internet to go with their new smart meter program. The reason they are able to do this is that the city will be using the...
View ArticleYou Can Buy A Piece of Canadian Property With Bitcoin
A man is selling his 2 bedroom bungalow that sits on 2.9 acres in Canada for 6,750 BTC which is currently worth around $405,000. Bitcoin is an electronic currency that has no central bank, and isn't...
View Article"Wiping" Your Cell Phone Doesn't Necessarily Wipe The Data
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Have you ever performed a factory reset, or a data wipe of your cell phone then turned around on Craigslist? Well you may have been giving away more than you bargained for....
View ArticleTouch Laptops With Windows 8 May Be Hazardous To Your Health
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) It appears that the folks at the Microsoft Headquarters in Redmund Washington didn't think about ergonomics too much when they designed the Windows 8 interface for Touch...
View ArticleGoogle's Privacy Policy is Under Legal Attack in Europe
Image via CrunchBase Google's privacy policy is under legal attack from European regulators because they say the internet giant's policies create a goldmine of data from unwitting users. The legal...
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