Everyone wants to sell services now. Software companies that were once shipping boxed software now prefer to sell you a cloud subscription service. While at one time you could “own” a boxed software package, or at ...
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Category: Technology
All technology things, computers, networking, IT security, etc.
My home PC server has been installed with CentOS 7. After three years with Ubuntu on this PC, I’ve decided this was a good time to switch back to something I’m more familiar and comfortable with. Although Ubuntu was ...
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 was released about one month ago. The community version of that, CentOS, unveiled its version 7 this week. Many enterprise Linux users might perhaps not notice because, well, we like our servers ...
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Mention Lego, and what comes to mind is usually those colourful interlocking plastic bricks that kids play. There are also a great assortment of other parts like gears and figurines. But did you know Lego also sells a line ...
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After downsizing my work desk, the next thing I needed was to downsize my monitor too. For the last couple of years, I’ve been using a large display. A huge 27″ Samsung TV served as my monitor. It was spare set, so ...
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The second person involved in the purported hacking of the Istana website has been convicted. As you recall, this hack involved a Cross-Site Scripting attack (XSS) on the Istana website. Two persons were charged. The other was ...
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No IT system is perfectly secure. It’s not about if you get compromised or hacked, but when. You still need to do a great job securing your IT systems, but equally important these days is having a great recovery plan in ...
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Last Saturday, some of us woke up to a piece of bad news. It was the announcement of the demise of a great one, one that many of us have grown very attached to and very dependent on. It’s Aperture, ...
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One of the nice things about Nexus devices is the direct support that comes from Google. Shortly after announcing Android L Developer Preview at Google I/O, the images are already available for anyone to download. The images are ...
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This year, Google I/O 2014 attendees didn’t get to bring home a Nexus device. There was no Nexus device. In fact, they didn’t even announce a new Nexus device. I know some of us are holding out for the next iteration ...
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