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Is The Desktop Really (Pretty Much) Dead?
I read an article recently claiming that “The desktop is (pretty much) dead” and I could not help but wonder if this was just an attempt at riling people up, drawing readership (they got me to read it), or just plain fantasy that “cloud” providers cook up to justify their continued push for ever increasing [...]
How To Cut Costs With Hosted Digital Phones
This is the Internet Age. Broadband and high-speed connections in the small to midsize business environment is now the norm as opposed to the exception it was a few years ago. What does that mean for the small and midsize business owner? Huge cost savings for one, in the area of communication. With the many [...]
Drive-by Trojan Download: CNET Embraces the Dark Side
It appears that the draw of the almighty dollar has pulled CNET to the dark side. CNET is a popular technology news site with a download portal called Download.com where many users go to download software that are free, shareware and open source. The site built a reputation a while back as a dependable location [...]
The DigiNotar Breach: Another Exposure of Negligence
In case you have not heard, another SSL Certificate provider, Dutch certificate authority DigiNotar, a subsidiary of Vasco Data Security, was breached recently and from the preliminary report coming from the company that did an audit, it looks pretty bad. Some of the names in the list of bogus certificates generated by the attackers include [...]
Privacy: How To Lock Down Google's Chrome Browser
Google’s Chrome browser is quickly becoming a favorite of users in the ever competitive Internet browser market mostly because of its perceived speed and clean interface. A lot of the accolades are warranted, but my focus in this write-up is on the area of user data privacy and how the Chrome browser seems to have [...]
