Snap, Inc’s (Snapchat) Spectacles….Why do we need this?
Back in September Snapchat made two rather large announcements, the first of which being that they are changing their name to Snap, Inc, dropping the chat...
Category: News and Commentary
Some good tips for spotting fake news
Recently the issue of fake and inaccurate news, also called junk news, has found its way in to public discussion. This is not a new...
The fake news problem facing Social Media (..were looking at you Facebook)
On November 8th, 2016 something that many thought was impossible happened, NYC business mogul and reality TV star Donald J. Trump was elected as the...
Microsoft joins The Linux Foundation..Did Hell freeze over?
In what many will consider shocking news Microsoft has not only been on a path of embracing Linux, but now they have joined the Linux...
Happy 20th Birthday to ICQ Messenger
Popular messaging platform ICQ turned 20 years old today, that is a crazy amount of time for an application to remain in existence and definitely...
Congressional Blunder – Senate calls wrong CEO to testify in Time Warner merger hearing
In their latest blunder the Senate has called the wrong CEO to testify in the ATT/Time Warner merger hearings. As reported by CNET, it seems...
” Celebgate” hacker gets 18 MOS, We’ve learned nothing.
Today CNET, among other outlets is reporting that the man behind the “CelebGate” ( AKA, “The Fappening” phishing scam that lead to the release of nude...
IOT DDOS attack shows dangers
Todays Internet of Things (IoT) based DDOS attack against DNS Service provider DYN brought caused outages at several prominent websites. Reuters published a great piece...
Massive DDOS caused outages for Twitter, several other major websites
It has been a rough day for Managed DNS provider Dynamic Network Services, more commonly known as Dyn, and many of their largest clients. Their...
Domain Investors or “Domainers” are often hated, but is this fair?
If you have ever tried to register a domain, you have likely encountered the work of Domain Investors. The business model of a domain investor,...