Category: Tech Insight
Tech Time Warp: How Mirai turned insecure IoT devices into a powerful botnet
Ten years ago, the tech world was abuzz with possibilities for the “Internet of Things” (IoT) — including bad actors. A hacker’s frustration sparks a bigger scheme In this case, the bad actors were a trio of college-age hackers whose...
Tech Time Warp: Lessons learned from the Yahoo breaches of the early 2010s
Ten years ago, Yahoo announced a massive security breach—the largest of its time. Account information for 500 million Yahoo users had been stolen in a hybrid state-sponsored and criminal hacker attack. When cyber espionage reached Yahoo The details sound straight...
Tech Time Warp: There she is… Miss computer-predicted America
In 1981, David Remnick — future editor of The New Yorker — wrote the following in The Washington Post: “… something has to be said for any kind of technology that can interpret hazy Miss America qualities like radiance and...
Pioneers in Tech: Charles Geschke and the desktop publishing revolution
The PDF is ubiquitous — such a workhorse of modern life that you might not often think about its origin story or how remarkable it is. It’s only been since 1992 that you could create a document with any application...
Tech Time Warp: Cryptolocker spreads fast and at great cost
Thirteen years ago, computer users in the United States were returning to the office after the long Labor Day weekend when reports began surfacing of a new virus: Cryptolocker. The concept of ransomware wasn’t new — it had started back...
Survey: AI readiness and data integration shape MSP loyalty
A recent survey of 600 IT and security decision-makers at organizations with 200 to 1,000 employees found that nearly two-thirds of respondents are considering switching to a new managed services provider (MSP) within the next 12 months. Conducted by market...
Tech Time Warp: Intel recalls its 1.13GHz Pentium III processor
It was billed as the “fastest x86 processor” ever manufactured, and maybe it was — when it worked properly. Twenty-six years ago, Intel had to pull its 1.13GHz Pentium III processor off the market only four weeks after its first...
Tech Time Warp: Were the Ashley Madison hackers doing a good deed?
The summer of 2015 was a long hot summer for millions of people — 36 million, in fact. That’s the estimated number of users registered on AshleyMadison.com, a dating website for married people. The site’s motto? “Life Is Short. Have...
Managed AI inference becomes the next big services market
As more organizations deploy artificial intelligence (AI) applications, a growing number are relying on managed AI inference servers to run them in production environments. A report published by The Futurum Group notes that by the end of 2025, the managed...
Pioneers in Tech: Happy 80th birthday to Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson!
A very happy birthday to Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, who turned 80 on Aug. 5. Jackson — whom Time magazine once called “perhaps the ultimate role model for women in science” — was the first Black woman to earn a...
