March 11, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Come on, Microsoft! Is it really that hard to update Windows 10 right?
Yesterday, on Patch Tuesday, as I was finishing up the column that follows lamenting the sorry state of Windows 10 patches and providing copious examples of things gone very wrong, a big, fat example landed in my lap (but happily … Continue reading
March 11, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Come on, Microsoft! Is it really that hard to update Windows 10 right?
Yesterday, on Patch Tuesday, as I was finishing up the column that follows lamenting the sorry state of Windows 10 patches and providing copious examples of things gone very wrong, a big, fat example landed in my lap (but happily … Continue reading
March 9, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Linux and open-source conferences: List of what’s canceled or going virtual
In the next eight weeks, I had five business trips to cover open-source and Linux tradeshows. Now, I have none. Looking farther ahead, I have seven more shows this year. I doubt any of them will be held in real … Continue reading
March 6, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Coronavirus really is that bad and you should work from home
You can’t get the news anywhere now without hearing about how conferences are being cancelled left and right and companies, like Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and many others are telling employees in the Seattle area to work from home. Is the coronavirus … Continue reading
March 3, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Free video conferencing: Coronavirus spurs special deals from WebEx, Google, others
Twitter just told all its 5,000 workers to work from home because of the COVID-19 coronavirus. It wasn’t the first, and it won’t be the last. Your company may be next. Fortunately, many video-conferencing services are now offering free access to their … Continue reading
March 2, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on What’s the most popular web browser in 2020?
For ages, it was almost impossible to get hard data on which were the most popular web browsers. Sure, many companies claimed to have good information, such as NetMarketShare and StatCounter, but their numbers were massaged. The US federal government’s Digital Analytics Program (DAP), … Continue reading