21 Free Must-Have Mac OS X Apps

  Foreword Located deep in the bowels of a subterranean man-cave in Southern California, the LarryTalksTech computers patiently await daily instructions from their users. Though there is a sprinkling of Debian Linux powered computers, the main work-horses here are Macs. As our capital expenditure budget is next to “0”, so open-source software answers most of… Continue reading 21 Free Must-Have Mac OS X Apps

HeartBleed: What it is, How dangerous is it, and What you should do

What it is… Last week, a nasty bug, Heartbleed, was found in OpenSSL, version 1.0.1 (released April 19, 2012). OpenSSL, allows for the encrypted transference of data (usernames, passwords, cookies, etc.) from users to website servers.  There are several versions of OpenSSL, but the one I just mentioned is very popular. The actual percent of… Continue reading HeartBleed: What it is, How dangerous is it, and What you should do