MAC OS 13 – High Sierra. Upgrade or no? short answer NOT YET I have been evaluating High Sierra the lastest Mac OSX – and there are a number of serious issues. They fall into various categories. Work arounds are available for some, but far from all. For now STAY AWAY. A number of customers … Read more
ALL ABOUT KRACK NEW WIFI VULNERABILITY – I’ve had a quite number of customers ask me about KRACK – the subject of quite a bit of recent news! Well – here is the scoop. KRACK – the name comes from Key Re-installation Attack. It exploits a weakness in the WPA protocol that protects Wifi traffic, … Read more
THE RUSSIAN THING I have been watching this with considerable interest (as I’ve pointed out several times) and I’ve been asked recently -whats changed? whats different? and what do we really KNOW. These are interesting questions – but fundamentally I’m still convinced that Russia had NOTHING to do with the hacks. Not because they might … Read more
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Jobs in the future We are getting VERY close to a true AI system folks. And the implications are rather huge. No I’m not talking about Watson – I’m far from impressed by it. A true AI system. And I can tell you where it will start (been saying this for … Read more
SSD UPGRADE IN YOUR FUTURE? MAC? PC? iMac? BEWARE YOUTUBE!!! I’ve been struck in having 3 customers very recently who all purchased SSD upgrade kits for their Imacs. In each case it seemed to be a simple job and youtube showed how to do it. All led to major problems if not disaster. BEWARE YOUTUBE … Read more
SIERRA – whats the story now? OS Sierra seems to be acceptable now – and we are putting it on our newer macs 🙂 And I’ve just installed it on MY macbook – and make sure you immediately get to 10.12.2 updates! Apply ALL updates. So far, so good! I like it and it seems … Read more
HACKING – whats the story? I’ve been asked a lot recently about hacking. Folks thinking they had been hacked. Worried about their data. Their computers. Their servers. Their websites…. so let me explain. Hacking takes MANY forms. Often is not malicious. People just wondering ‘what does the computer at 192.xxx.yyy.zzz do??’. My own servers are … Read more
Thoughts on the Galaxy Note 5 – and android google lock is broken! I’ve been loving my Galaxy S5 for quite a while – and just picked up a Note 5 and have been evaluating it! So far – thoughts – it looks super good. it is MUCH faster, snappier, and though I thought I … Read more
JULY 29 HAS PASSED. FREE WIN10 UPGRADE DONE. I’ve gone back and forth many times over my own possible upgrade. I’ve decided AGAINST doing it. For several reasons. One – my own laptop is a 2011 17in Macbook Pro. Best laptop Apple has made. And Apple in their wisdom decided in BootCamp6 to limit windows … Read more
MEMORIAL DAY A good day for reflection – on our country and on the various aspects of our lives! And a good day to remember the veterans. I see many at the Antique Center (we are open today btw) – and its hard to overstate the debt we as a nation owe to those willing … Read more