CPUsage, the company that pays to use your processor's spare cycles, shipped a new version of its software over the weekend. The company also recently sent out its first round of payments to early participants. With new work coming, you can earn points again. Grab this new version of the software to participate. … [Read more...]
Earth Day 2012
Every Earth Day, as part of our Energy Saving category here at 404 Tech Support, we compile some of the green tech-related news (2009, 2010, 2011). In 2012, it seems like a lot of companies are pushing their green news in this week leading up to Earth Day. In no particular order, here's a selection of green news from the past year. … [Read more...]
The 2012 Illinois Electronic Waste Recycling Law
Public Act 097-0287 went into effect January 1st, 2012 for the state of Illinois. It updated the Illinois Products Recycling and Reuse Act to cover seventeen electronic products that must be recycled. It also introduced a number of mandates, fees, and deadlines for manufacturers that sell electronics in Illinois (such as recycling 40% of previous years' sales, by weight). … [Read more...]
Important client versus datacenter manager
Money spent on conferences is money well spent, right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDfLXAtRJfY Yuck! Have you ever been in that situation? … [Read more...]
National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition gets underway today
You have just been hired as the network and security administrators at a small company and will be taking administrative control of all information systems. You know very little about the network, what security level has been maintained, or what software has been installed. You have a limited time frame to familiarize yourself with the network and systems and to begin the … [Read more...]