One of my clients qualify for the avast! Free for Education program. At my suggestion, they applied and were approved. While remaining license compliant with a free antivirus beforehand, as I would come to find out, it didn't quite do the job. Not only did it allow malware onto clients but it also had no central management. It was free and the environment is small enough I … [Read more...]
Nine best practices with technology for small business
I have had the pleasure of working with a variety of small businesses from startups to well established organizations. From website design to computer tune-ups and IT consulting, I get to see a good variety of approaches to implementing technology into their business. Through working with these clients and being a small business myself, I think I have come up with a list of … [Read more...]
Google Chrome still won’t allow popups as tabs
I spent some time this weekend looking into a past feature request and minor annoyance that has to do with Chrome. I modified a phpBB installation to keep track and indicate unread posts. I further modified it to be able to open all of those unread threads in a single click. In Firefox and Internet Explorer, the feature works great as it opens a new tab for each thread and … [Read more...]
Dell’s WiGig Wireless dock with the Latitude 6430u Ultrabook
Dell has introduced an accessory that simplifies the desk of those using a laptop as their primary workstation. When you return to your desk, you might slide your laptop into a dock or even worse have to plug a variety of cables into it. The next evolution of the dock is here if you have Dell's Latitude 6430u Ultrabook. That laptop, along with a Core i5 or i7 processor and up … [Read more...]
The results of Pwn2Own 2013
Reporting on Pwn2Own results always proves to be a popular article and the topic is always interesting with the contest changing a little bit each year. This year's contest is taking place over yesterday, today, and tomorrow at the CanSecWest 2013 conference. It places bounties on bugs in browsers Chrome, IE, Firefox, and Safari. This year's twist is also allowing compromises … [Read more...]