Amazon Prime is Amazon’s subscription offering that gives you access to “free” 2-day shipping on eligible products. The service costs $99 per year, which is why I put the word free in quotation marks. We have subscribed to Amazon Prime
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US intelligence and law enforcement agencies are fighting for a back door in encryption tools that would allow them to spy on and monitor “encrypted” information. The concept is a bad idea on multiple levels and will end up causing
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Organizations and IT security professionals spend a lot of time focusing on guarding against external threats–building up the defensive wall that keeps internal systems and data safe from outside attackers. Those efforts are all well and good, but miss the
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Have you had an opportunity to try out the Samsung Gear VR virtual reality headset? If not, your’e missing out. Unlike the lame 3D fad, virtual reality has tremendous potential to change the way we view content and interact with
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Samsung Gear VR is here. The first major consumer-focused commercial effort in virtual reality is available for a mere $99. The bargain price has led to the device selling out in a matter of days and it will probably fill
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Time flies. We’re already up to Episode #5 of The Almost Internet Famous Weekly TechSpective Happy Hour. I should start thinking about something special to do for the 10th episode–maybe some sort of giveaway. For Episode #5 of TAIFWTHH I
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One of the primary goals of DevOps is to remove hurdles and break down walls so that organizations can function more efficiently and effectively. As the scope and variety of DevOps tools proliferates, though, DevOps itself can become complex and
Automic brings continuous everything to one DevOps platform Read More »
The recent attack in Paris by Daesh terrorists has raised the debate over privacy versus the surveillance state to a fever pitch. Supporters of surveillance in the name of national security are using the event to attack Edward Snowden and
Privacy and security: A Schrödinger’s Cat dilemma Read More »
There aren’t many devices on the market with the right camera technology to take advantage of the Windows Hello facial recognition feature in Windows 10. The new Surface Book and Surface Pro 4, however, are among the few that do
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This post is later than usual. I created The Almost Internet Famous Weekly TechSpective Happy Hour podcast at the end of the work day on Friday–right when news of the horrific attacks in Paris exploded on the Internet. My attention
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