April 16, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on The internet is hanging in there despite the coronavirus
The US now has 31,000 dead from the coronavirus. There are also 22 million unemployed, and the Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan program is out of money. But, against the constant darkness of bad news, there … Continue reading
April 15, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on With coronavirus forcing us to work from home, SUSE suggests the Linux desktop
Misery is being a system administrator and discovering — as your workforce marches away to work from home, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic — that many of your home users are still running Windows 7 or Windows XP. Of course, … Continue reading
April 14, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on The coronavirus is revealing our technology blunders
You’ve lost your job and now you face an obsolete, sluggish unemployment system that feels like it was written in the 1950s. Actually, it’s more than a feeling. If you’re in New Jersey, New York or Connecticut, your unemployment system … Continue reading
April 14, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on How Apple and Google coronavirus contact tracing will work
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said, “We have the capability of mobilizing identification — testing — identification, isolation, contact tracing” to finally get a grip on the coronavirus. The first three we … Continue reading
April 2, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on How to protect yourself from coronavirus phishing threats
I just got an e-mail from the World Health Organization (WHO) asking for a donation to help fight coronavirus. It looked good. It sounded good. It was a fake. Asking for a donation in Bitcoin set off my alarm. Anytime, … Continue reading
March 30, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Debian Linux readies an anti-coronavirus hack-a-thon
Open-source programmers and engineers have been working on a wide variety of projects to beat coronavirus. These range from hospital management programs to speeding up drug development to building inexpensive ventilators. Now, Debian Linux, one of the oldest and largest … Continue reading