Practical Technology

I have a dusty, old Dell computer. It used to run Windows 7. I could have “upgraded” it to Windows 8.x, but that was never an “upgrade” in my book. Today, though, I can bring it safely back to a productive life with Google’s beta-tested and…Read More

Hybrid working will fail if employers keep ignoring the needs of disabled workers Read now A little over a year ago, Rocky Linux arrived, and it was an instant hit. Rocky Linux, the brainchild of CentOS co-founder and high-performance computing (HPC)…Read More

Ever since Heartbleed made life miserable for anyone using OpenSSL, I get a sick feeling in my tummy whenever I hear about an OpenSSL security hole. The latest, CVE-2022-2274, didn’t reach Heartbleed levels of ick, but it was more than bad enough.…Read More

Ever since Heartbleed made life miserable for anyone using OpenSSL, I get a sick feeling in my tummy whenever I hear about an OpenSSL security hole. The latest, CVE-2022-2274, didn’t reach Heartbleed levels of ick, but it was more than bad enough.…Read More

Opinion In the beginning, Microsoft was The Evil Empire. In 2001 then CEO Steve Ballmer declared: “Linux is a cancer.” Later, Microsoft sponsored SCO’s copyright attack on Linux; claimed that Linux violated unnamed Microsoft patents; and forced…Read More

Google Cloud: When it comes to cyber risks, we’re all in it together Read now In a move many will find surprising, Red Hat announced that Paul Cormier, the company’s CEO and president since 2020, is stepping over to become chairman of the board. Matt…Read More