• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Apr-17-2018
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Intel offloads virus scanning to the GPU for better battery life and performance

Microsoft will take advantage of a feature Intel is enabling within the integrated graphics chips of its Core microprocessors, allowing a PC to be scanned for threats without monopolizing the CPU.Normally, your system’s CPU scans the PC’s memory for malware […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Apr-17-2018
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Microsoft’s chip push continues with Azure Sphere: Securing gadgets with chips and Linux

Microsoft continued its unexpected push into the chip business by announcing “Azure Sphere,” combining a chip design, a cloud security service, and even a Linux (!) kernel to better secure billions of IoT devices around the world.In 2016, Microsoft announced […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Apr-16-2018
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Microsoft’s chip push continues with Azure Sphere: Securing gadgets with chips and Linux

Microsoft continued its unexpected push into the chip business by announcing “Azure Sphere,” combining a chip design, a cloud security service, and even a Linux (!) kernel to better secure billions of IoT devices around the world.In 2016, Microsoft announced […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Apr-13-2018
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on ZenMate VPN review: This simple VPN clears your mind of complexity

ZenMate VPN in brief:P2P allowed: Yes
Business location: Berlin, Germany
Number of servers: 300+
Number of country locations: 29
Cost: $60 per year
VPN protocol: IPSec + L2TP
Data encryption: 2048-bit PSK/ESP 
Data authentication: AES 256/HMAC
Handshake encryption: IKEv2 sha256 with 4096-bit RSA
When you think of Zen you probably think of monks, […]