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404TS technology news wrap up – 2013/05/18

Jason Hamilton — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:15:41 +0000

Technology changes very quickly and the industry changes right alongside it. There is more written about new products, security concerns, coming-soon hardware, and other technology news than can be covered sufficiently and in-depth. These technology news wrap ups hope to provide a one-stop resource to make sure you did not ...

PDFMate offers free PDF Merger and Converter tools

Jason Hamilton — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:41:12 +0000

Adobe Acrobat, the de facto PDF software, is an expensive utility when you only occasionally need to alter PDF documents. But when you need to, it is nice to have something readily available that works and works well. Even with Office 2013 gaining the ability to edit PDFs, there is ...

Free security software tools from HBGary

Jason Hamilton — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:23:19 +0000

HBGary was a technology security company that made more of a name for itself in its demise than its successes. The company was founded by Greg Hoglund, a security researcher and author of books on rootkits, exploiting online games, and exploiting software, each of which I have previously read and reviewed. ...

Catincan – a crowdfunding site for open source projects

Jason Hamilton — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:49:49 +0000

Kickstarter and IndieGoGo have standardized crowdfunding for a variety of projects. One type of projects, open-source software, has been around for far longer but has often faced gaps between interest in projects and funding. One website aims to fix that problem as a crowdfunding site specializing in open source projects. ...

Book Review: This Machine Kills Secrets by Andy Greenberg

Jason Hamilton — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:30:03 +0000

This Machine Kills Secrets – How WikiLeakers, Cypherpunks, and Hacktivists Aim to Free the World’s Information is written by Forbes journalist Andy Greenberg and provides a historical recount of the use of the cryptography revolution. This takes the story from the Pentagon Papers of 1971 to the WikiLeaks of 2010 ...

Bill Gates 2.0 on 60 Minutes

Jason Hamilton — Tue, 14 May 2013 03:22:17 +0000

Bill Gates appeared on 60 Minutes yesterday. He was able to show off some of the technology that his foundation is pushing to be developed. Some of the work is working to wipe out diseases, improve vaccine delivery, and improve clean water to developing nations. With interests as varied as ...

Diamonds as a luxury in technology

Jason Hamilton — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:01:10 +0000

Whenever someone hears the word diamond, images of luxurious precious stones and extremely hard substances may arise in the mind. Diamonds have built their legacy and reputation as being known for being one of the most expensive m hardest substances in the planet. Diamonds have been used as pieces of ...

Could Google Fiber become the only ISP?

Jason Hamilton — Sun, 12 May 2013 12:13:12 +0000

The answer, based on this infographic, is no. Where I live, I have access to faster speeds for broadband but the cost gets prohibitive. Google Fiber is very fast and cheap but only available in a few select places, mostly Kansas City at the moment. This infographic dives into comparing ...

Electronic Signatures [infographic]

Jason Hamilton — Sat, 11 May 2013 13:11:01 +0000

It has been almost a year since my previous article on electronic signatures and almost 13 years since the ESIGN Act was signed into place. This infographic on electronic signatures explain some of the numbers behind them, their benefits by industry, common uses, and more. Infographic: (click image for larger ...

Implementing external DNS for small sites

Jason Hamilton — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:44:12 +0000

Just as you can drive a car without being a mechanic, you can also set up a website without understanding how all of the components under the hood work. While moving my sites to a new server (moved to a Hybrid server with WiredTree to reduce my costs), I was ...