Crytek announced VR FIRST today, an initiative to provide state-of-the-art facilities to those researching the potential of virtual reality. Crytek is best known for their Crysis game series and CRYENGINE, the engine that powers Crysis. These labs on university campuses will be provided with CRYENGINE source code and VR headsets and machines from hardware … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2016
Upgrading the Vultr WordPress application to PHP 7.0
I recently switched my hosting to save costs and gain performance. The unmanaged SSD VPS options are almost too good of a deal to pass up. 404 Tech Support is now running on Vultr and I have been very happy with the performance and price. To make things easier on me, I used the pre-built WordPress application on Cent OS 6 that Vultr offers. It was super easy to spin up an … [Read more...]
ICANN diagrams the “logical layer” of digital governance
ICANN, the organization that works with others to keep the Internet humming together, shared this diagram of the logical layer of Internet governance. It involves, domain registrars, the IETF, various audiences, and more layers working together. Click the image for a larger view. Interested in Internet Governance? Dig into the new Internet Governance infographic to … [Read more...]
Right-click Paste does not work to change passwords in Active Directory Administrative Center
When you install the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT), you get the older Active Directory Users and Computers but also the newer Active Directory Administrative Center. The ADAC got a refreshed look on Windows 8 and I have been trying to use it over ADUC because of its better global search and faster access to attributes. However, I ran into a small bug with the … [Read more...]
Microsoft expands ‘Get Windows 10’ prompts to domain-joined, Professional computers
Microsoft previously held the line on their aggressive pushing of Windows 10 to previous versions of the operating system at leaving domain-joined computers alone. They are now crossing that line and expanding the 'Get Windows 10' program to prompt domain-joined computers that run Windows 7 Professional or Windows 8.1 Professional and receive their updates directly from the … [Read more...]