It took the hacking of 70 million Target credit cards during the 2013 holiday season to spur Congress into abandoning the highly unsecure magnetic-stripe cards used by most Americans and setting a deadline for the new (to the U.S., anyway) smart card technology. While Americans are just starting to learn what a smart card is, … Read more
The support for Windows XP will end soon. April 8th in fact. This means that existing installations of Windows XP, and there are many around the world will be rendered vulnerable to exploits. Windows XP has been around since 2001 and it is time that is was replaced by something better. Windows 7 is still … Read more
Enterprise computing may seem like something that only belongs deep in the halls of a large business. The reality is that it is something that should be considered by every business. If a company has more than a single computer at work for them, then networking technologies should be in place. Anytime a business connects … Read more
The new Apple SSL vulnerability is a concerning bug in the Apple Macintosh iOS and desktop operating systems. This allows SSL spoofing as it will allow a faked SSL vulnerability to pass as a real one. Apparently it uses ports 1266 & 1267, if you block these with your firewall, this should alleviate this threat … Read more
In years past, devising a marketing strategy was much simpler than it is now. With strategically placed billboards, public press, television, radio and newspaper advertisements, one could easily create a vast sphere of influence. While these methods still work, the internet and mobile technology have made dramatic changes in the way marketers do business. Luckily, … Read more
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As the times change, so must companies if they want to survive. While not all marketing trends are worth following, some make sense, and ignoring them can be detrimental to the health of one’s bottom line. A major part of stepping into this decade before it ends is in embracing AdWords, a program that one … Read more
http://www.therestartpage.com/#. This is a website that has shutdown dialogs for a host of operating systems. Click restart on one of them and you can watch the restart animation and/or POST for that OS. This is one very cool website. The ability to see what the boot animation for Windows `95 and 2000 looked like really … Read more
In this contemporary era, more and more business owners are recognizing the importance of having a great digital marketing strategy. Developing and implementing high quality marketing strategies is important for many reasons, including the fact that the internet has become a primary medium through which people buy and/or sell goods. If you are a business … Read more
In this contemporary era, more and more people are making use of electronic devices to work and play. In recognizing this reality, many businesses are now seeking to maximize profits by designing creative and brand-building apps. If you are interested in making an app but are not quite sure how to do so, the following … Read more
The NetworkManager daemon on Linux does store WIFI passwords in plain text, but you need root access to read the files. Here is a sample WIFI connection file in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections. homer@deusexmachina /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections $ sudo cat PIZZACATSWIFI [connection] id=PIZZACATSWIFI uuid=f4f0260d-ca5e-4b86-808d-3dce65fa80cf type=802-11-wireless [802-11-wireless] ssid=PIZZACATSWIFI mode=infrastructure mac-address=4C:0F:6E:5D:E1:25 security=802-11-wireless-security [802-11-wireless-security] key-mgmt=wpa-psk auth-alg=open psk=302c64ff12 [ipv4] method=auto … Read more
The picture sharing website Snapchat has been compromised. This hack has leaked data on all of the users online. This shows that the staff of this website do not care about security at all. And he turned down 4 billion dollars from Facebook, but will the website be worth that much now? I hope that … Read more
Epic failure computer consultant. Put the captions on as this video is in Hebrew.
The onslaught of technological innovations over the last decade posed an enormous challenge to web developers in adapting to the various devices, platforms and browsers. Every day we see a new smart phone, tablet and notebooks being launched and this mad invasion of Technology is only meant to grow bigger by the day. Why Responsive … Read more
How to expand a VDI disk image on a Macintosh computer: http://mithunme.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/how-to-increase-the-disk-size-of-a-ubuntu-vdi-on-mac/. This would also be applicable to a Linux machine. A very useful tip. How to add a standard user to the /etc/sudoers file on a Macintosh computer: http://mithunme.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/adding-a-standard-user-to-etcsudoers-in-mac-os-x/. This is also applicable to a Linux machine. How to install World Of Warcraft on … Read more
Where can you buy GTA V? Get the PS3 version of GTA V here: http://www.amazon.com/Grand-Theft-Auto-V-Playstation-3/dp/B0050SXKU4. Amazon.com. Buy the Xbox 360 version of this game here: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Grand-Theft-Auto-V-for-Xbox-360/productID.260620700. $US59.99 Microsoftstore.com. GTA V Xbox 360 version on Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Grand-Theft-Auto-V-Xbox-360/dp/B0050SYILE. US$59.99 The PC version of this game might be a while coming out; there is proof of life of … Read more
With the NSA monitoring the Internet and usage of the encrypted TOR network rising; the people are waking up to the reality of total government control of the Internet. But the SSL encryption on the Internet that secures communications between a computer user and the server has been broken by the NSA. This means that … Read more
How to take a screenshot on Macintosh OSX: http://guides.macrumors.com/Taking_Screenshots_in_Mac_OS_X. To delete your Internet history quickly in Firefox; use the Ctrl-Shift-Del keyboard combination. You will be presented with a dialog that allows you to select the time period to erase. Watch the original Star Wars movie in ASCII with this awesome website: http://asciimation.co.nz/. How to monitor … Read more
The new Google Glass technology is here and it is becoming quite controversial indeed. The glasses that overlay computer information into your field of view and are capable of taking photographs are something that will be possibly used for invading the privacy of members of the public. I would not want to use Google Glass … Read more