January 24, 2019
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Patriots vs Rams: How to stream Super Bowl 2019
If you can’t afford $7,500 for a Super Bowl ticket, chances are you’ll watch it on TV. In the US, you’ll find the game on your local CBS (ZDNet’sparent company) channel. But say you’re not home or you can’t watch … Continue reading
January 23, 2019
by sjvn01
Comments Off on 5G or faux G?
I am so, so tired of reading stories proclaiming the mobile wonders of the world of tomorrow. 5G will bring up 8K videos to our self-driving cars, and it will do it 100 times faster than 4G! Give me a … Continue reading
January 22, 2019
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Cord-cutting services are following cable TV’s footsteps
When I cut the cable cord in 2009, I saved over $100 a month and still got to watch all my shows. Ten years later, my internet video streaming bills are closing in on cable TV-level bills. What happened? What … Continue reading
January 11, 2019
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Ockam provides easy to deploy identity, trust, and interoperability for IoT developers
Maybe you’re not going to buy a $7,000 smart toilet, but the Internet of Things (IoT) is on its way to your home and office. Silly gadgets aside, IoT device inventors face many programming challenges. It’s hard adding identity, trust, and interoperability to … Continue reading
December 12, 2018
by sjvn01
Comments Off on What’s really the fastest Windows 10 web browser today?
Opera claims its eponymous web browser is “far faster than Firefox Quantum 58.” Mozilla claims its better use of CPU time makes Firefox really fast. And when I turned on Edge the other day, it claimed it’s the fastest browser of all. … Continue reading
December 7, 2018
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Edge goes Chromium, and open source wins the browser wars
A little over twenty years ago, US Attorney General Janet Reno stated Microsoft had “used its monopoly power to develop a choke hold on the browser software needed to access the internet.” Although Microsoft would lose United States v. Microsoft Corporation, … Continue reading