Today's XKCD comic shows "The Mother of All Suspicious Files". Seriously, which part of this file name doesn't make you nervous to download it? Sadly, how many people would still click Save? … [Read more...]
Archives for 2013
Time-lapse of building a Dell Data Center
Dell's enterprise solutions team has created a few YouTube videos to show off their modular data center designs. It is fun to see how much processing power they can put in place pretty quickly once the site is ready. This video provides a time-lapse overview of the modular data center construction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrZoRyAhG5A Another time-lapse of … [Read more...]
Driving without distraction
I ended a previous post about texting and driving with "It's illegal in some states but dangerous in all." Two and a half years later, the message and the danger has remained the same. The carriers have provided some additional resources since then. The website It Can Wait asks drivers to take a pledge to not drive distracted. Verizon is promoting the site and other resources … [Read more...]
All in an Internet minute
These two infographics covered the same topic. What all happens in one minute on the Internet? With billions of people able to access a site at once, what occurs in just your typical 60 seconds? There are over 2 million Google searches, Amazon makes over $83,000 in sales, and 277,000 people log in to Facebook. Much more happens as well, check out the infographics for other … [Read more...]
McAfee Artemis/GTI False Positive thrashing files
It is currently advised to turn off the Artemis file reputation checking service of McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise. "Due to a server issue" the service is producing false positives with pretty inconsistent results. People are reporting the U3 Autorun, Cisco Communicator, and other files are being detected as malware and being quarantined. While those files being quarantined won't … [Read more...]