Today marks one year since Illinois Circuit Court Judge Robert Lopez Cepero ruled that HB 3659, Public Act 96-1544, was unconstitutional. Affiliates within the State of Illinois were cut off by most companies such as Amazon and eBay after the bill was signed into law. As a result, Illinois entered a lose-lose-lose situation by reducing taxable income of its citizens, forcing … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2013
How do you keep track of dozens of screws during a hardware replacement?
At a previous employer, I was an HP certified technician. It gave us faster access to hardware replacements and a good rate for reimbursement to compensate for me performing the labor. It was pretty much an all-positive experience but performing the hardware replacements could vary from an easy two second process to a more complicated motherboard replacement in a laptop. It's … [Read more...]
Exablox aims to simplify storage
Exablox came out of stealth startup yesterday at Storage Field Day and detailed their storage solution. From my understanding of the company and their product, they wish to bring an enterprise-grade storage appliance to market that is usable for all businesses, not just those with storage engineers. They want to provide a solution that is not too costly, too complex, nor too … [Read more...]
Sync and send large files and folders across devices without the cloud with BitTorrent Sync
Being able to send large files from one computer to another has been a problem without a perfect solution for a while. The prevalence of broadband did not solve the problem but only made it more noticeable. For smaller files, you can send them as an attachment. For larger files, you can involve a third party like Dropbox or a file sharing locker to upload the file and send your … [Read more...]
Security reports released from Microsoft, Symantec, and others
Microsoft, Symantec, Verizon, and Trend Micro have all released security reports recently. There must have been enough time since the last quarter ended or something else coordinating them. The reports cover topics like data breaches, vulnerabilities, exploits, hacktivism, malware, and more. If you are a security-minded individual, give these a read through to learn about the … [Read more...]