Ctrl+Alt+Del has thankfully become less prevalent in the Windows world. It certainly still has its uses though. Back in its hay day, the keyboard command even received a nickname like the 'three-finger salute'. Developer of various Mac utilities Two Canoes has created an open source counterpart for Mac OS X with 'Salute'. It allows you to press Ctrl-Command-Delete in order to … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2013
Neustar on DDoS Protection [infographic]
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Neustar has created their annual report on DDoS attack and impact survey. Distributed Denial of Service attacks are harder to mitigate than DoS attacks and the results can me your website or other servers are down as a result. This can make it impossible for your customers to do business with you and cost an organization time, effort, and money. The nice thing about Neustar's … [Read more...]
Extending a projector’s lamp life
Now that projectors have become more affordable than ever, a potential buyer may become easily overwhelmed when looking at the dozens of different options available. Each individual projector has its own features: picture quality, color depth, lamp life, etc. One of the most important concerns of new projector owners is lamp life. On average, the normal range of expected lamp … [Read more...]
Social engineering examples, methods, and stats [infographic]
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Firewalls, antivirus programs, and other security measures protect our systems and data from unauthorized access. Unfortunately, there is still a means to access the data that requires no technical exploits. Humans being kind or open to manipulation can allow social engineers to get the information they want. By using the credentials of somebody that should have access they are … [Read more...]
PBS Off Book talks Photoshop and Wearable Technology
Manipulation of images with Photoshop means seeing is no longer believing and wearable technology like Google Glass puts technology readily available right to your eye. While using the term 'Photoshop' as a verb goes against Adobe's trademark guidelines (pdf), it has become a term in the common vernacular. Adobe hopes to avoid becoming the next Kleenex or Xerox but … [Read more...]