by Joseph Forbes | Apr 17, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, SOFTWARE, Technical Support, Technicals
A year from now, Microsoft will stop supporting the archaic Windows XP operating system. Make haste in migrating to another OS. The one-year countdown to the end of support for Windows XP began ticking down yesterday. If you’re still using the ancient, legacy...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 17, 2013 | Blog Entry, The Daily WTF
Maurice had always found it curious that his company didn’t administer any tests to new hires. It seemed like a minimal amount of work to save the company time and money. The new “IT Systems Expert” that HR sent to his department did little in his...
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...
