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Today is was announced that Futuremark would be “joining” Underwriters Laboratories. The standards group that most people in the US are familiar with his buying up the same benchmarking company that most of us have come to love and hate.…
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Monday, 03 November 2014 12:43
Is Facebook's new TOR Policy a way to track Anonymity?
Written by Sean Kalinich
When you hear people talking about anonymity on the internet it most people will think privacy. When companies hear anonymity on the internet they think piracy, crime, hacking and lost revenue. This is probably the biggest disconnect in the internet…
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Friday, 31 October 2014 16:48
Another game title is axed as Prey 2 is canceled, is this a trend?
Written by Sean Kalinich
I do not know if it just me or if there is something else happening, but there seems to be a lot of “long awaited” games getting the axe because they are just not good enough. The latest in the…
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We all knew this day would come, with all of the smaller and hidden cameras on phones, smartwatches and products like Google Glass it was only time before the MPAA stepped in and shut things down. This is exactly what…
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Wednesday, 29 October 2014 15:20
Apple Pay Competing with Walmart, not Google
Written by Sean Kalinich
When Apple announced their new NFC payment system it seemed the press and analysts were in nirvana. You could not open up a news site without seeing a headline on how Apple pay was going to change your life. Most…
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Wednesday, 29 October 2014 10:31
RIAA claims piracy is an "assault on our humanity"
Written by Sean Kalinich
It would seem that the guys over at the Recording Industry Artists of America have lost their collective minds. In a recent rant they are actually trying to claim that sites like The Pirate Bay are an “assault on our…
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Tuesday, 28 October 2014 15:36
Cisco updates IronPort to fix a bug in a protocol that should not be used anyway...
Written by Sean Kalinich
If you are in the information security field then the latest “news” that Cisco fixed a flaw in a protocol that should not be used will probably give you a chuckle. I am talking about Telnet which is not exactly…
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Tuesday, 28 October 2014 13:56
Shellshock used to spread botnet through SMTP
Written by Sean Kalinich
There appear to be developments in the way that Shellshock is used to push malware around. According to new information the Bash Bug is now being used to send malware out through the use of compromised SMTP gateways. The clever…
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Wednesday, 22 October 2014 07:01
Dotcom Must Hand Over Financial Information to US Studios
Written by Sean Kalinich
Kim Dotcom has faced a series of setbacks in his defense against the US copyright lobby. Incensed that the original suit did not impoverish Dotcom as they had hoped the US copyright industry has continually sought to identify where Dotcom…
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Tuesday, 21 October 2014 13:54
Independent Dev's Twitter Rant gets Game Booted out of Steam
Written by Sean Kalinich
Social Media can be a great thing if used properly. However, lately people tend to use it for… well let’s call it ranting. I cannot count the number of rants and tantrums I have seen on Twitter, Facebook and even…
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If you were to look back over the years and pick one seriously mismanaged tech company it would probably be AMD. Even going back into the K6 days we find that AMD just did not know what it wanted to…
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Wednesday, 15 October 2014 10:24
After Two Major Bugs and Poodle Security Experts Say it is Time to Upgrade the Internet.
Written by Sean Kalinich
Yesterday morning we told you about a rumored bug in an older encryption protocol, SSL 3.0. Today the details of this bug were released and although it looks bad, it might not be as big as first hinted. The bug…
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When I first started covering the computer world the most common resolution was 640x680 with the hard core gamers getting 800x600. The dream of the day, which some called the golden age of gaming, was 1600x1200 with around 30Fps. Now…
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Tuesday, 14 October 2014 07:23
New Sandworm 0-Day and Possible SSL V3.0 Flaw is a Great Way For a Sysadmin to Start the Day
Written by Sean Kalinich
When you are a sysadmin there is nothing like waking up to not one, but two troubling bits of news. The first one centers on a new and fun Zero-Day vulnerability that affects just about every version of windows that…
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Monday, 13 October 2014 10:15
Samsung Claims to Have Created 4.6Gbps 60GHz Wireless
Written by Sean Kalinich
One of the biggest issues with wireless is that you never really get the speeds you are promised. Right now the maximum theoretical speed you can get in consumer wireless is about 1.3Gbps. This is assuming you are running the…
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Thursday, 09 October 2014 13:56
Rory Read to step down as AMD CEO: Lisa Su to Take Over
Written by Sean Kalinich
In any technology based company there is a need for strong leadership. The problem comes in finding the right person to take the role of leader. We have seen how much of an impact the right and wrong choices can…
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