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The User/Password relationship is tenuous at best.

Anyone who has worked in IT from more then a week more then likely knows that users suck when it comes to password practices.  They make them the same on multiple devices.  They wright them down on paper and leave them on their desk.  Then they even have the nerve save them into a browser and then forget them since they have been saved in their for so long.  That is what happened at my place of employment the other day.  This is expected from users these days but how can we enhance our security practices with passwords and not piss off our users at the same time?

Excerpt from “Tekk Life: Users Love Passwords, Just Kidding They Hate Them”

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No More Encryption on Kindles! WHAT!?

So Amazon decided to remove encryption support on Fire OS. You know the OS on their Kindle devices. So people with Kindles could encrypt their devices to protect their data one day, and then not the next. Nice one Amazon. Nice one

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This Finally Excites Me About a Smartphone Again!

Found this video on hp.com this morning.  Looks like HP is coming out with a new Windows Phone and someone at HP finally learned out to make a good promotional video.  This actually has me excited by a smartphone 

again.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCJ9pYuxDNc

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128GB Floppy Disk, You Read That Right

Someone went and managed to make a 128GB Floppy Disk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IZcP0oP0OU

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Subgraph OS - Another Way to Stump Those Hackers

Subgraph OS is a new Linux distro that puts security first.  But using the Tor network and a sandboxing-like technology it makes things more difficult for hackers when they try to break into your system.

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There Is Nothing Lovelier Than A Spanning Tree

“VERY simply put Spanning-Tree Protocol (aka STP) blocks one of those links to prevent a loop.  If another of the links goes down then the blocked one is unblocked so you don't lose connectivity.  The real fun part is the different versions and technologies that go with each.  Here is a quick summary of the types for you if you are a crazy like me and would like to have something to throw into Google and read up more on. “

Excerpt From “Tekk Life: In The Throngs of Exchange and STP”

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A few countries in Europe think Ad Block Plus should be illegal..  They say it is hurting online sites that make revenue through ads and when people don't see or click the ads, they don't make any money.  What do you think?  Should Ad Block Plus be illegal or is this going a bit far?  Let me know in the comments.