Cisco Meraki has quietly expanded their product line-up from access points, switches, and security devices to venture into communications. The MC74 is a premium VoIP phone that shares the same cloud-management backbone as other Meraki products. The MC74, pictured below and listed at https://meraki.cisco.com/products/communications, provides a 7-inch IPS-backlit touchscreen … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2016
Adobe helps ‘The Simpsons’ with live animation
This past Sunday's episode of 'The Simpsons' included a 3-minute segment at the end that was live animation. Back in 1997 in The Simpsons episode “The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show”, Homer Simpson got an up-close look at the world of animation when he became the voice talent behind the animated dog Poochie. When Homer asked whether the episode was airing live, a … [Read more...]
Trailer for Mr. Robot season 2.0
MR. ROBOT follows Elliot Alderson (Rami Malek), a young cyber-security engineer who becomes involved in the underground hacker group fsociety, after being recruited by their mysterious leader (Christian Slater). Following the events of fsociety’s hack on multi-national company Evil Corp, the second season will explore the consequences of that attack as well as the illusion of … [Read more...]
Automattic will control .blog gTLD
Looking to create a new blog or get a domain that is a perfect match for your site? Later this year, there will be a new option on the table. You will be register the generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) .blog for your site or specifically for the blog part of your site such as MyCompany.blog. Why .blog? For years, .com was the dominant choice for website names, but it’s become … [Read more...]
CBS cancels CSI: Cyber
CBS has cancelled the CSI franchise. CSI: Cyber was the last to remain after CSI, CSI: New York, and CSI: Miami ended previously. At one point, CSI was the most-watched show in the world. CSI: Cyber took the franchise against cyber threats but from my limited viewing of the show, it looked like TV's classic bad use of technology as a plot device with all of the latest … [Read more...]