General News and Notes

The unrest in Egypt and resultant Internet brownout (roughly 10% of Egypt's connectivity is still up, so it's not quite a blackout) serves not only as a point of political and human rights concern, but also as a reminder that Internet connectivity can be… more »

A few quick thoughts as we take steps to prepare for the possible Tsunami today.... First and foremost please make sure that you and your family and neighbors are safe and prepared.  Stay away from the beaches (Tsunamis are NOT surfable waves). If yo… more »

In this post we'll touch on a couple of random information technology topics...Don't Drink and Type Heard from a colleague today that he has a client who, after consuming a bottle of wine, decided to change the admin and user passwords on his laptop.… more »

In this article the Department of Defense is claiming that they have a cloud that is more secure and reliable than Google's offering. That may well be true, we saw just recently how a denial-of-service attack crippled Bitbucket's cloud service which is… more »

Today is Patch Tuesday and Microsoft has released a number of critical security patches for everything from Windows Server to Internet Explorer and even Office and Excel. Virtually all of them claim the same effect - they patch a vulnerability that co… more »