Unicode 9.0 was released today and includes 72 new emojis with various expressions and objects. You can view them from Unicode's Emoji Recently Added page or watch the video below for a slideshow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b81S9lWIMnE&feature=youtu.be For a sneak preview of emojis to be released with Unicode 10.0 in June 2017, you can see the Emoji Candidates page … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2016
Linksys launches line of cable modems
Linksys has been a little quiet since their acquisition by Belkin. They recently launched their latest products and are making the pitch to consumers to invest in their cable modem. Cable Internet providers will charge up to $10 each month to rent the required cable modem from them. You can purchase a compatible cable modem for $60 and break even after only 6 months. After … [Read more...]
PowerShell script to query AD for number of accounts with expired passwords
With a recent change to our password policy, some users' passwords began expiring more frequently than before. This has had our phone support seeing an increase in calls. In order to monitor the situation, we wanted to see numbers for those groups regarding how many accounts had expired passwords and were another potential phone call. This script is written with a function … [Read more...]
GoToMyPC resets all users’ passwords
Citrix GoToMyPC has published to their status page an incident that has resulted in all users' passwords being reset. As explained in an email to customers, the service was "targeted by a very sophisticated password attack." The status page for this incident reveals little other details beyond a timeline of events. It began yesterday and has been updated to provide … [Read more...]
Microsoft increasing certification exam prices
Microsoft will be increasing the price of their exams taken or scheduled after July 18, 2016. The price change is happening worldwide and the new price will differ by region. In the United States the price will be increasing from $150 per exam to $165. This $15 increase is less than the last price increase that happened in 2011 with a $25 increase. With the price change … [Read more...]