That lesson? Some IT departments (not 404 Tech Support) are willing to fry lots of equipment and waste company dollars to teach you to not just connect whatever piece of equipment you want to the network. … [Read more...]
Archives for 2011
Obama Signs the America Invents Act into Law
From the White House Blog, it was announced that President Obama signed the America Invents Act into law earlier this morning. After passing through both houses last week, Obama signed the bill today at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology saying ideas create jobs. The America Invents Act was passed with President Obama’s strong leadership after nearly a … [Read more...]
Do Some Basic Edits To Your Uploaded Videos with YouTube
As announced on the YouTube blog yesterday, a new feature has been rolled out that allows you to do some editing of your videos on YouTube instead of being required to do that editing beforehand with a separate video editor. Starting today, you can edit your uploaded videos right on YouTube and maintain the same video IDs. This means you keep your view count and comments, and … [Read more...]
Windows BUILD Event Gives A Look At Windows Server 8
While the Windows 8 operating system for desktops and tablets was the star of the show on the first day, yesterday and today Windows 8 Server is getting some attention. The Server 8 keynote is available on the BUILD homepage until it is replaced with today's webcast. 24-48 hours after the keynote, it should be available again for watching with everything else on the Build … [Read more...]
Book Review: Ghost in the Wires by Kevin Mitnick
In medieval times, the myths that built up around magicians used to cause them serious trouble. Sometimes these myths and superstitions even got them killed. A traveling performer would amaze the local villagers with tricks ans sleights of hand. Because they had no idea how he was doing those tricks, they couldn't guess at the extend of his abilities. He seemed to have the … [Read more...]