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Mar’s Motorsports Website Build
Owner of DEC Networks, Ian, has set out on a second business venture with his performance auto shop “Mar’s Motorsports”. Ian knew from the beginning that he wanted to keep all logo design and web development in-house so he contracted DEC Networks to get the job done. After many revisions we have finally designed the […]
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Windows 9 Videos Show The Future Of Your Computer
As consumers continue to dislike the Windows 8 Start Menu and other forced upgrades, Windows 9 appears to promise a return to more familiar surroundings, in the form of a mashup Start Menu, combining the best of Win 7 & 8’s interface. As the videos show, we will now have the ability to select from […]
Microsoft OneDrive Continues To Lead Cloud Storage
With this most recent comparison released by Gizmodo (admittedly not the most attractive graph we’ve ever seen), Microsoft continues to prove itself as the clear leader in free & paid online cloud storage. While local and tape backups will always be the fastest recovery option for large data sets, a mobile workforce looking for additional […]
Two Years Of EMails Gone, IRS & Backup Company Come Up Empty
It’s recently come to light that the IRS has limited to no internal backup and archiving solutions in place for their critical e-mail system. Thousand to tens of thousands of messages were “lost” during a hard drive crash on the agencies internal Exchange server, and their tape backup system utilized a six month rotation on […]
Microsoft Increases Free OneDrive Cloud Storage To 15GB
Microsoft’s answer to Cloud Storage has been in existence for a number of years, originally debuting under the name Windows Live SkyDrive, before the name change to fit in with their other online services. Up until recently, the free account only included 7GB of storage space online. By simply installing the app on Mac or […]
Pew! Pew! Watch International Hackers In Real Time.
White hat security group, Norse, have distributed “open” machines around the world (and by open, we mean no firewall, no security of any type, just a raw internet connection), and are tracking the number and source of hack attempts in real time, with this awesome graph. From the numbers, it appears that the majority of […]
Security – The Most Important Technology Focus For Businesses
In the ever changing technology landscape, businesses are constantly being forced in different directions, and it’s easy for core concepts to be overlooked. A recent discussion from Entrepreneur magazine highlights exactly this issue, as guest speaker Veronica Belmont attests. Weekly, it seems, large companies are coming forward with security issues and failures, often times affecting […]
Canadian ATM’s Default Passwords Allow Admin Access
Recently, two teenagers from Winnipeg attempted to access an ATM inside a local grocery store. After performing research online, they found a few of the weak default passwords, intended to be changed before the units were put into service. In less that one mintue of Googling, administrative guides showing “123456” are easily discovered. Instead of […]
Free Encryption Pack From Reset The Net
In the wake of the Edward Snowden NSA leaks, and the prevalence of data breaches online and at home, the group from Reset The Net teamed up with Google and other top tier companies, to release a free encryption and security package. These tools and guides cover everything from encrypting your iPhone & Android devices, […]
International Space Station Installs Laser Data Link
NASA’s antiquated radio based data transfer system, typically required about 10 minutes to transfer a 300MB file over the 4Mbps network. However, with the recent additions of laser based digital link, they managed to transfer the following video in a short 3.5 seconds. The complexity of aligning the laser from an orbiting station, to Earth, […]