Whether you’re in the office or on the road, a VPN is still one of the best ways to protect yourself on the big, bad internet. You’ve heard the advice before: Whether you’re in the office or on the road, a VPN is one of the best ways to protect yourself on the internet. But… Read More »
Those crazy-fast 5G networks are right around the corner. Unfortunately, they also come with their own vocabulary of tech jargon and buzzwords that wireless industry executives throw around a little too casually. First off, a quick definition of 5G: It’s the next (fifth) generation of cellular technology which promises to greatly enhance the speed, coverage… Read More »
Microsoft has confirmed that users of older versions of Windows should expect to “notice a decrease in system performance” after they apply system patches to protect against the Meltdown and Spectre processor bugs. The bugs, which affect mostly Intel processors but also some ARM and AMD chips, expose the majority of the world’s computers and… Read More »
One of the most basic premises of computer security is isolation: If you run somebody else’s sketchy code as an untrusted process on your machine, you should restrict it to its own tightly sealed playpen. Otherwise, it might peer into other processes, or snoop around the computer as a whole. So when a security flaw in… Read More »
NEWS ANALYSIS: Cyber-security threats will likely get worse next year as attacks get more sophisticated, but for organizations the focus will shift to loss prevention. Attackers are changing their tactics so some of the malware that you have become used to dealing with in 2017 has declined in favor of some other types that will… Read More »
This holiday shopping season, don’t just throw money at things because they’re marked down. Instead, buy gifts that retain value. Here are the gadgets we’ve lived with and loved over the past year. Amazon Echo (2nd Generation) Speaker For those who haven’t yet embraced living with a talking speaker, the second-gen Echo is the one… Read More »
For those of us who don’t know any better, we have come to learn that the term 4G LTE refers to wireless broadband speeds that allow us to download data and process applications faster — ten times faster, in fact — than the previous generation of broadband affectionately known as 3D. While 3D technology required… Read More »
Here’s a question which we at Epsilon get asked all of the time – which laptop or tablet should I buy? It’s a much bigger question than it may seem and fractions into a whole bunch of others. How much are you willing to put down? How do you plan to use this device? What… Read More »
On social media right now, strong rumours are spreading that the WPA2 encryption scheme has been broken in a fundamental way. What this means: the security built into WiFi is likely ineffective, and we should not assume it provides any security. The current name I’m seeing for this is “KRACK”: Key Reinstallation AttaCK. If this… Read More »
If you’ve used an iOS device at all, you’ve almost certainly been presented with the above popup asking you to enter your Apple ID password. It often appears within the App Store and iTunes Store, but it also has a tendency to randomly popup from time to time due to something running in the background.… Read More »