So I have to admit it, I am a technolust… If it involves technology I need to know about it. I would almost say it is an addiction, but not to the point where it’s an issue that I’m spending every penny on something silly just for the sake of having it. If it solves…
2014.09.15 – So I have a confirmation from a reliable source that this is, in fact, how Amazon App Store will function. As I suspected AAS will allow you to install a purchase on as many devices as you are logged onto. So this is a win for users! Now before you go taking all…
By now I am sure even your grandmother has heard about Bad USB. It is a fundamental flaw in the way USB works that some German researchers found can be leveraged to do bad things. I will not go into detail as to what Bad USB is because I am sure if you are looking…
So last week I decided to undertake the job of upgrading server rack 4 in our IT room. I knew the old server rack was doing its job just fine but we were running out of space quickly in the half rack. I ran into a few issues like forgetting to measure the space properly…
So your Windows 8 drive just crashed and won’t boot, but you were smart enough to create a repair DVD or flash drive. You place your flash drive into the computer and boot from it. You chose the ‘Automatic Repair’ or ‘Refresh your PC’ option only to to get the following message The drive where…
Creating a bootable drive for a UEFI/EFI machine is actually quite simple. All you need to do is format the flash drive and set it up then dump your files on it from any bootable OS CD like Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8 or any of your favourite bootable CD images you use for…
So I was listening to a podcast last night call Security Now. It is a security show that is hosted by Leo Leport of the TWiT Network and features Steve Gibson of Gibson Research Corporation. Security Now is one of my favourite podcasts to listen to every week. I love what Steve has to say and…
BlackBerry OS 10.2.1 has added a new and very innovative feature to the OS called Picture Password. What Picture Password does is it allows you to chose an image, and then place a number (0-9) somewhere on that image. Picture Password replaces the need to type in a password or PIN, to unlock your device…
We were having issues where a single user was having troubles trying to see other users free busy time. They would try to schedule a meeting and add users and rooms but they always got the “No free/busy information could be retrieved, Your server Location could not be determined” This was on a Windows 8 machine…
I have been a Chrome user for a long time. I love the way Chrome works, it’s fast, it loads quickly, Chrome is a no mess no fuss browser. Recently I have been having issues with Chrome and some plugin interference with a page I was developing. While trying to troubleshoot the issue a friend…
