If you're like me, this was a trip back to computer science classes. This video demonstrates sorting a sample of data with 15 different algorithms. It also includes a sound effect to correspond to the values being compared. The visual representation of the sorting algorithms should make it easier to see how each merge processes through the data and the sound helps compare the … [Read more...]
Archives for 2013
Please hold. – Enjoy the hold music of tech companies off the phone
With a company's hardware or services in your organization, you have probably had to call them a few times. With the phone calls comes being on hold. It seems some fellow techs have begun to experience Stockholm Syndrome with the hold music. A Reddit thread collected some of the great hold music and other songs from top tech … [Read more...]
Xbox One Unboxing video
Microsoft is still seeking to improve the general opinion of their next-generation console. Hoping to drum up excitement, the company cut the line and did their own unboxing video before its release. Here you can see Microsoft's unboxing video of the Xbox One (or Xbone). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbrmAsxJPv4 … [Read more...]
When a robot calls tech support
The Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic for today reverses the technology and human roles with fatal results. For an extra panel, visit the comic and click the red button. … [Read more...]
Analyzing malware Attentive Antivirus files
Earlier this week, a computer was flagged by our security software as still infected. The malware was residing in C:ProgramDataaUs6sdpV with an executable of the same name as the folder. Symantec identified it as Suspicious.Cloud.5.A while others flagged it as AA2014 or Attentive Antivirus 2014 malware. More interesting than the executable itself which ComboFix was able to … [Read more...]