2016
04.15
Stephen Hawking’s Starship Sci-fi childhood dreams are coming to life: Stephen Hawking and Russian billionaire, Yuri Milner, are building an interstellar spacecraft. Announced at One World Observatory in New York this week, Milner and Hawking revealed the groundwork for this unprecedented expedition through the stars. The technology prototype behind it include a “Starship” with cameras, navigation, power.... Continue Reading >>
2016
04.08
Nest Disabling Revolv Hub Purchasers of Revolv smart home hubs are getting some much-asked-for support from Nest this week. Nest (owned by Google) discontinued the smart home product after acquiring Revolv in 2014, but promised owners they would still receive technical support. However, after recently notifying customers they’ll be terminating the promised ongoing backing, they’ve caught wind.... Continue Reading >>
2016
03.25
Microsoft AI Teen Gone Horribly Wrong Microsoft’s Teen AI debuted on Twitter this week and…. It’s a huge jerk. As a combined technology, AI and very public social experiment (turned PR nightmare), the tech giant programmed their bot to impersonate its followers and respond to Tweets in an “amusing” way. They may have forgotten that the internet (aside from.... Continue Reading >>
2016
03.14
Netflix & VPN Begrudgingly to international Netflix & Chill consumers, the House of Cards empire has blocked VPN users from accessing any of its content. With the rising frequency of subscribers retrieving US content by disguising their location, Netflix implemented the block this January and the reactions haven’t been pretty. With all the fuss and unhappy customers,.... Continue Reading >>
2016
03.03
We’ve started a new series called This Week in Tech (TWiT) where we will review all things tech that have happened in the past week. Google’s Mountain View Self-Driving Snafu Google is making headway with their self-driving car, but the tech giant’s effort to humanize its software contributed to a recent Mountain View crash this month. Before.... Continue Reading >>
2015
11.02
As of yesterday (November 1, 2015), HP has officially split into two separate Fortune 50 companies – Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP Inc. This change ushers in a new minimalist logo and re-branding for HPE, symbolizing the combination of renewed focus and simplicity within the company. Meg Whitman, HPE’s CEO, explains the new green square outside the.... Continue Reading >>
2015
05.29
Thinking about exploring the Converged & Hyper-Converged space? Wondering what exactly it is and what it can do for you? Here’s the low down on where it’s at now and where we think it’s headed, too. History Lesson Adoption of newer and more innovative technologies in the consumer space (tablets, smart phones, etc.) are causing.... Continue Reading >>
2015
02.04
Change is upon us and it’s time to take a look at migrating from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012. It’s a bit daunting to think about, but it’s an essential migration with a fast approaching deadline. If you’re just starting to take a look at the process (or its been on your to-do list for.... Continue Reading >>
2015
01.20
We’ve seen quite a few worst case scenarios in the news recently, mostly revolving around security. Threats, private data exposed and an overall corporate embarrassment. Although extremely (italics mean business) important, a breach in security isn’t the only major snafu an organization of any size can make. There’s another type of worst case scenario, and that’s being.... Continue Reading >>
2014
11.05
Recently introduced, HP has a new series of ProLiant Gen9 Servers to address growing data center demands. With the pressure to deliver services and shell out data in the speediest and most cost effective way, traditional data center architectures are becoming constricting. In the era of mobility, big data and cloud, traditional server set-ups are slowing down.... Continue Reading >>
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