It appears CloudFlare, the DNS CDN (among other features company, has significantly beat their own deadline. Initially promising mid-October to enable SSL for all of their free customers, the company announced they have begun the roll-out of that feature today. They are still provisioning free clients for their new Universal SSL service but upon signing in, you'll be greeted … [Read more...]
Symantec on ‘Shellshock’, the Bash Bug Vulnerability
Norton provided a write-up explaining on the Linux and Mac OS X vulnerability known as 'Shellshock' or the 'Bash Bug' works in an infographic and video, both are embedded below. The vulnerability is more formally known as CVE-2014-6271: GNU Bash Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. Windows computers are unaffected by the vulnerability but Linux and Mac OS X computers, as well … [Read more...]
Everybody should know psuedocode
Coding and writing scripts, like most things, gets better with practice and experience. To improve communication between developers and others, everybody should understand psuedocode as a middle ground communication means. Psuedocode is also great for beginning programmers to understand so that they can focus on the concepts and building blocks of good programming or a … [Read more...]
Microsoft certification exams now available for online testing
In July, Microsoft switched from Prometric to Pearson VUE as the administrators of the Microsoft Certified exams. This week they are announcing an expansion to that partnership and new offerings for IT Pros interested in becoming certified. The biggest update announced in the press release from Pearson VUE is the announcement that certification exams can now be taken online. … [Read more...]
Amazon introduces new Kindles, Kindle Fires, and Fire OS
Amazon updated their Kindle line with an announcement yesterday. The new e-readers and tablets can be pre-ordered today and will arrive October 21st. Everything from the basic Kindle e-reader to the advanced Fire HDX 8.9" tablet has been refreshed with this wave. There is also a durable new version of the tablet introduced for Kids. Kindle E-readers The Kindle and the Kindle … [Read more...]