Support for Windows XP SP2 Ends With today's Patch Tuesday, it marks the end of support for Windows XP Service Pack 2. This shouldn't be that much of a news story except at the same time, we find out from Microsoft that 74% of business computers are still running Windows XP. Chances are that there is a significant percent of those that might not be running the latest service … [Read more...]
Archives for 2010-07-13
A Google Fiber for Communities Update
Google has provided an update today regarding their Google Fiber for Communities project. Posted to the Official Google Blog, the update doesn't say much and it certainly doesn't say what we all want to hear: which communities have been selected for the fiber trial towns. What it does tell us is that 1,100 communities responded and almost 200,000 individuals lobbied for their … [Read more...]
How to Suck at Information Security
I received this as a hand out yesterday and thought it worth sharing. How to Suck at Information Security is an article written tongue-in-cheek that highlights some of the worst ways IT Security dives in head-first while doing more harm than good. Although it's a year and a half old, it's still worthwhile reading. The cheat sheet is written by Lenny Zeltser and appears on his … [Read more...]