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September 19, 2011
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September 14, 2011
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Google and Intel Android pairing spells trouble for Microsoft
While all the attention was on Windows 8’s preview this week I wonder whether the real end-user operating news wasn’t happening elsewhere. To be exact, I think Google and Intel’s announcement that Android was coming to the Intel chip family … Continue reading
September 14, 2011
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Windows 8 distribution takes a page from Linux
You, yes you, can now download a copy of Windows 8. This marks the first time that Microsoft has released a pre-beta version of one of their flagship programs to the general public. I wonder where they got that idea. … Continue reading
September 12, 2011
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Lock Out the Security Idiots
After I wrote about the latest stupid user security trick, several of my friends reminded me that one-third of my audience already knows how to secure their computers and did so, another third sort-of-knew how to secure their PCs and … Continue reading
September 5, 2011
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Improve Your Security: Don’t Be Stupid
Two recent incidents brought today’s column topic to mind. The first was when a friend asked for help on a Windows PC that was being eaten alive by malware. The second was when an acquittance gave away some personal information … Continue reading
August 18, 2011
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Red Hat CEO thinks the desktop is becoming a legacy application
Vancouver, British Columbia—A running joke at this years LinuxCon is that “X is the year of the Linux desktop.” Jim Zemlin, head of the conference’s sponsoring organization, The Linux Foundation, started it with his keynote in noting how often he’d … Continue reading