Practical Technology

In just over an hour I was back up and running. Chromebooks feature streamlined menus and tons of learning apps, making them perfect for students of all ages. Linux laptop player System76 is joining forces with HP to release a high-powered…Read More

There are two kinds of paid streaming services: live TV and video-on-demand. Here’s what to look for in the best live TV packages. What is the best free video streaming service? Tubi TV is our top pick, followed by Pluto TV. We researched and…Read More

So, there I was in Austin, Texas, covering The Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit a few weeks ago when — pop! — an electrical surge blew out my Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5, a great two-in-one Chromebook/tablet. Argh! I was on deadline — when am I…Read More

For better or worse, I’m back on the business travel road again. And, friends, let me tell you, it’s miserable out there these days. Here are some woes my friends and I have faced — and what you can do to avoid them. First, remember that COVID-19…Read More

Back in the 2010s, I averaged almost 100,000 miles a year on business travel. I went to endless Linux, open-source, and cloud conferences. When COVID-19 hit, I went from flying around the country and to Europe every few weeks to driving to the…Read More

Wikipedia states that Log4Shell was a zero-day vulnerability in Log4j, the popular Apache logging program. The key word is “was.” Log4Shell, even though there have been patches for it since Log4j2 2.17.1 was released in February, is still alive, well…Read More