I’m sure by now most of you have heard of the WannaCry ransomware attack that spread across the world recently - affecting thousands of computers and causing concern in the information security community. The good news is that thanks to “accidental hero” - Marcus Hutchins, who activated the “kill switch” of the virus, the threat has been stopped - at least for the time … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2017
Saturday Night Live introduces the Amazon Echo Silver for The Greatest Generation
There have been plenty of Amazon Echo announcements lately. Saturday Night Live added one more with their parody of the Amazon Echo Silver, a version of Alexa for senior citizens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvT_gqs5ETk … [Read more...]
Will your next desktop be in the cloud?
Instead of spending $1000-$1500 every 4 years on a new computer, I'm sure you would prefer to buy a less powerful PC for around $600 every 6 years if you could still get all the power that you needed for your computing and gaming needs. One way to accomplish this would be to lean on the cloud services. For a monthly cost, you can get access to their full capabilities while … [Read more...]
Thunderbird to leave the Mozilla Corporation nest
Mozilla made a post yesterday on the Mozilla Thunderbird Blog. In the article, they layout a plan for Thunderbird's migration off the Mozilla Corporation infrastructure. While the Mozilla Foundation will continue to serve as the legal and fiscal home for the project, its operational aspects will be independent. At one point in my IT Pro career, I was frequently installing … [Read more...]
How to watch the Microsoft Build 2017 Keynote
The Microsoft Build 2017 developer conference begins today. You can watch a Livestream of the keynote event beginning at 8AM PDT on Microsoft's Channel 9 website. CEO Satya Nadella will be joined by Scott Guthrie and Harry Shum. For the full list of sessions that cover a variety of topics, see the MyBuild site. … [Read more...]