Google Chrome came out with a ton of new features with the release of Chrome 32 this week. These new features include an icon in the tab title to indicate which tabs are playing sound, using your webcam, or casting to your TV. This is very helpful if you open a bunch of tabs and want to track down which ones are playing. We have talked about this feature before when it was … [Read more...]
Java 7 “Application Blocked by Security Settings”
Oracle released version 7u51 of Java on Tuesday. Along with the update's release, they flipped the switch on a security setting to block unsigned or self-signed Java applets. This impacts previous version of Java 7 but not Java 6. As a result, if you have Java 7 installed and try to run a Java application, you may get a message like the following that says: "Application … [Read more...]
Understanding a Clear Desk Policy
A Clear Desk Policy (CDP) or sometimes called a Clean Desk Policy is a security practice that might be put in place at an organization. A clear desk policy explains how an employee is to leave their workspace when they leave at the end of the day. For example, a desk should be clear of all papers when leaving the office for the evening. Like other good policies, a CDP explains … [Read more...]
Setting up the Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite and first impressions
Previously, my network setup included a Linksys WRT160N router running dd-wrt. It was a steady little work horse but had a few downsides like not having gigabit ports. I coasted for quite a while with this setup but over the last year I had been hearing names like Ubiquiti and Mikrotik which were bringing enterprise-grade routing to the consumer price point. You may recall both … [Read more...]
Reflecting on 2013 for 404TS
2013 was a rough year for 404 Tech Support. Beginning April 17th, 2013, the site traffic plummeted and has yet been able to recover. Along with the traffic went the site revenue, which took the site from being a self-sustaining hobby to a costly one. (I wrote more about that traffic swing in a previous article, so I won't go into it further.) Since ads weren't bringing in … [Read more...]