” 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,...
Why the T-Mobile fine by the FCC is a good thing
I believe the FCC’s recent decision to go after T-Mobile and impose a $48M fine for lacking transparency in their throttling policies for “unlimited” plans...
T-Mobile busted throttling unlimited data. Will pay 48M FCC fine.
The Federal Communications Commission announced that wireless carrier T-Mobile will is the latest carrier to be caught throttling heavy data using customers who subscribe to...
Cloud Server Quick Review – GoDaddy Cloud
A relative newcomer to the cloud market, GoDaddy, through their “GoDaddy PRO” brand is offering cloud servers with features which are comparable to the likes...
I too wish George Carlin was still here…
The folks at the F- Sensitivity Facebook page (rated pg-13), posted this to their feed, it got me to thinking how much I actually miss...
Cloud Servers – Digital Ocean vs Vultr
When we talk about cloud providers many people think about the big three, Google’s Compute, Amazon’s AWS, and Microsoft’s Azure. While these are powerful services,...
Dude your phone is on fire! ( Oh Samsung… smh)
So for those of you who have been living under a rock, Samsung is facing major issues with their Note 7 phones. Their flagship mobile...