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Category Archives: Internet

May 28, 2020
by sjvn01
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Strapi introduces new open-source headless content management system

Strapi, the company behind the most popular open-source headless content management system (CMS), has announced the general availability of its Community Edition after two years of development. The business also announced paid support plans and disclosed plans for an Enterprise Edition, which … Continue reading →

May 5, 2020
by sjvn01
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Technology winners and losers in the days of COVID-19

Who knew a few months ago that we’d be working from home? Or, dealing with sluggish unemployment systems written in 60-year old COBOL? Or, spending all day watching streaming TV because you’re literally stuck at home pretty much 24×7? Welcome … Continue reading →

April 2, 2020
by sjvn01
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Zoom safely: How to password-protect your meetings

No one wants a naked man barging into a virtual classroom video conference, but that’s what happened in Norway-based class using the WhereBy service. Here, in the US, the enormously popular Zoom video-conferencing service meetings are getting attacked so often … Continue reading →

March 31, 2020
by sjvn01
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Content Delivery Networks and clouds join MANRS internet security effort

So far, the internet is holding up underneath the unprecedented demands being put on it by the coronavirus pandemic. But, as the recent Google services failure from a single router failure showed, the internet remains fragile. That’s why the Internet … Continue reading →