Silicon Cowboys is a documentary that was shown at SXSW and is now hitting select theaters and on-demand outlets. It tells the story of founding Compaq Computers and its competition against the well established IBM. You can see the trailer below and find out more from the official site at filmrise.com/silicon-cowboys/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z96uzo55RGg Launched … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2016
NIST launches cyber security self-assessment tools for organizations
NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, created and released their Cybersecurity Framework in 2014. A collaborative process from industry, academia and government agencies through NIST has now released a draft of the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder, which is a self-assessment tool that organizations can follow to understand their risk management … [Read more...]
Office 365 will stop providing Office for Mac 2011 this month
Microsoft has announced that it will no longer make the Office for Mac 2011 installer available through Office 365 after September 22nd. If you would like to get a copy of the installer before that date, you can head to the My Software page of the Office 365 Portal. Office for Mac 2011 has been succeeded by Office 2016 for Mac. It is vastly superior, in my opinion, and … [Read more...]
Google Chrome goes back and forth on Backspace as back button
Almost universally through all of the different web browsers, the backspace key on your keyboard can serve as the Back button to navigate to the previous page. It has been this way for a long time and perhaps it made more sense in the prior days with less content creation in the browser. Now, I am sure almost every person has experienced it at least once, the painful moment … [Read more...]
Open Google Now cards in full browser
Like many articles, this one stems from something that annoyed me. Android, at some point, changed how their Google Now cards in a light version of Chrome. They claim it is faster but I would gladly trade the speed for the familiar, full-featured Chrome browser. Fortunately, there is a setting to disable this light "Powered by Chrome" browser and use your full, preferred … [Read more...]