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For over the last 30 years, the Internet ran on a suite of protocols, the principal one known as the Internet Protocol version 4, or IPv4. You’ve likely heard of it, and maybe also how IPv4 addresses are scarce, and that ...
Category: Technology
All technology things, computers, networking, IT security, etc.
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Earlier this year, I shared about my plans to build a storage server. I had been quite excited about Btrfs. Btrfs has very nice features, particularly attractive to home users needing flexibility in growing, shrinking, or ...
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I have been eagerly anticipating the arrival of KitKat on my Samsung Galaxy S4 (SGS4). Unless you have a pure Android Nexus device, or one of those Google Play Edition handsets, you’d typically have to wait for the ...
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While most companies have transitioned from conventional spinning hard disk drives to solid state storage using some form of hybrid storage solution, Western Digital has taken quite a different approach with their Black2. It is a ...
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SSDs are getting pretty mainstream these days. Several years ago, I’ve posted about how SSDs are the best upgrade you can do for your notebook. Today, new Apple notebooks no longer come with conventional hard disk drives. ...
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One would have reasonably expected a server operating system to be stable and robust (and secure too, among other things). When you apply patches, and/or upgrade system software components, one would expect things to “just ...
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I’ve been on the Raspberry Pi bandwagon for quite a long time. However, I’ve not actually gotten around to doing anything particularly productive with it. Well, it’s never too late to start, and I’m ...
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Western Digital’s My Cloud EX4 is a four-bay network-attached storage (NAS) designed for prosumer and SOHO users. It looks to be pretty capable, packing just about all the features you’d expect from a NAS. In fact, ...
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Nowadays, it’s usually not a question of if, but when. Every organisation, every website, they will all eventually find their IT security compromised one way or another. This time it is Kickstarter. In a message to all it ...
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I’ve been having a bit of a name resolving problem at home. My home network is not the most straight-forward, but it’s certainly not too complicated either. There’s a pfSense gateway, and a Linux server behind ...