October - 2020

This blog is about technology past, present, and future. It features commentary, reviews, posts on tech history, and tech book reviews.

30 Lines of Code Destroys $300,000

There is a great article on the Wired site that talks about how vulnerable our infrastructure can be. The article, which is an excerpt...

Zoom (finally) Rolls Out End to End Encryption

Zoom has started rolling out end to end encryption for its users. After initially saying that they would only offer it for paying...

I Don’t Often Need an 18TB Encrypted Hard Drive, but When I Do…

I’ve used Apricorn drives for years and they have been the perfect solution for keeping things simple. The other side has no excuse for...

Microsoft Plans Web Page Capture Feature for Edge

This would be great if it works. Right now you can try it in the Canary build of the browser, but it doesn’t feel full-featured yet–more...

Zoom takes on Teams at Zootopia

One of the most interesting announcements made by Zoom at their annual Zootopia was introducing what they are calling Zapps. Zapps are a...

News from Zoomtopia

Zoomtopia, Zoom’s annual user conference, began online today and the keynote had a whole host of announcements about new features,...

Would You Have a Chip Implanted to Give Your Employer A "Labor Market Advantage?"

And here I thought it was just a free “flu shot”!

At $300 This 55" TV Would Make a Great Second Monitor

Here’s a link to some great TV early Prime Day deals.

Run Xen on the Raspberry Pi–Why?

Now you can run a Xen hypervisor on your Raspberry Pi and put it in your teeny-weeney dollhouse data center. Article here.

Is There a Future for Desk Phones?

Here’s a good article on the future of telephones in the office and the coming ubiquity of softphones. My only questions is whether there...