by Joseph Forbes | Apr 17, 2013 | Cloud Apps, DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY, Web Hosting
from the latest-and-greatest dept. Red Hat still doesn’t have a fully supported commercial version of OpenStack in the market yet (coming this summer) as it lags behind Ubuntu and SUSE. But Red Hat is doing something no other distro vendor has done, they are...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 16, 2013 | HARDWARE, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS, Technical Support, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
Depending on how long “several years” is exactly, there could be really good reason to upgrade your modem, or no reason at all. Still, the quick answer is that yes, there are some differences between older modems and newer ones that might make you...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 16, 2013 | HAPPINESS, HEALTH, MONEY, NERD NEWS
from the take-note-managers dept. The number of IT professionals considering leaving their job due to workplace stress has jumped from 69% last year to 73%. One-third of those surveyed cited dealing with managers as their most stressful job requirement, particularly...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 16, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, LAW, NERD NEWS, PRIVACY, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the surely-you-have-nothing-to-hide dept. I manage a few computers for an independent private medical practice connected to a hospital network. Recently I discovered repeated attempts to access these computers. After adjusting the firewall to drop connections...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 16, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, MONEY, POLITICAL, Technical Support, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the legislative-firewalls-are-less-effective-than-actual-firewalls dept. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) should know better. The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee claimed to told NBC News that the Operation Ababil U.S. bank disruption DDoS campaign could be...
