[Disclosure: Microsoft is a client of the author.]One of the mistakes OEMs seem to make is that when they come up with a new and unique design they don’t market it very well. For instance, I’m convinced the Motorola Moto Z is better than an iPhone for most people, thanks to the modular accessories. Since it’s a different kind of form factor, it requires a much more aggressive marketing campaign to make people want the difference. But vendors like Motorola just never seem to budget that level of effort…and the result is Moto Z sales lag significantly compared to Samsung, Huawei and Apple, who have more cookie-cutter products. To read this article in full, please click here...
Pilot fish and his wife are on a road trip, and after a night at a hotel along the way they ask the desk clerk about the best way to get to their next destination."The clerk said to take the back way in, to avoid the traffic on the main street," says fish."My wife still likes a printed map so she can get a bigger overview of the area than you see on a cell phone, so we went to the hotel's business center and used the PC there to find a map of the route the hotel clerk suggested."Fish turns on the printer to print out the map, but what comes out isn't what he had in mind. Instead, it's a decidedly not-safe-for-work image that someone has tried to print from a pornographic website -- apparently with the printer still off, so the print job will be waiting for the next unlucky user who turns the printer on.To read this article in full, please click here...
Privacy is one of the hardest things to find today - and one of the most prized, especially online. Most people, even those not technologically adept, are concerned about the amount of personal information that is being harvested by governments, corporations, third-party advertising agencies and/or unethical hackers.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)...
So far this month we’ve only seen one cumulative update for each version of Windows 10, and one set of updates (Security only, Monthly Rollup) for Win7 and 8.1. With a few notable exceptions, those patches are going in rather nicely. What a difference a month makes.We’ve also seen a massive influx of microcode updates for the latest versions of Windows 10, running on Intel processors. Those patches, released on Aug. 20 and 21, have tied many admins up in knots, with conflicting descriptions and iffy rollout sequences.Big problems for small niches At this point, I’m seeing complaints about a handful of patches: The original SQL Server 2016 SP2 patch, KB 4293807, was so bad Microsoft yanked it - although the yanking took almost a week. It’s since been replaced by KB 4458621, which appears to solve the problem. The Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 patch, KB 4456688, has gone through two versions - released Aug. 14, pulled, then re-released Aug. 18 -...
Finish Line completed the migration of thousands of employees from Microsoft Office to G Suite in two months, part of a major project to improve workplace collaboration at the sportswear retailer.The Indiana-based company has more than 14,000 staff, including executives at its corporate offices and sales personnel at 1,000 store locations around the U.S.According to Warren Lenard, vice president of technology and operations solutions at Finish Line, staff communications had previously been siloed across the organization, while many employees relied each day on an aging intranet to access information needed to support them in their roles.To read this article in full, please click here...
Den coolen Comic-Shooter Overwatch können Sie ab Donnerstag, 23. August, 20 Uhr, für ein Wochenende lang gratis spielen - und das sowohl für PC wie auch für PlayStation 4 und Xbox One. Wir erklären Ihnen, was Sie dafür tun müssen....
Die Telekom rüstet zwei ihrer Tarife auf und erhöht jeweils das Datenvolumen - die Preise bleiben dabei unverändert und auch Bestandskunden profitieren. Der Haken: Das kostenlose Upgrade gibt's nur für junge Leute unter 27. Im Video verraten wir Ihnen, wie Sie den besten Tarif finden, auch wenn Sie schon älter sind....
Noch bis Sonntag ist das Indiegame Hollow Knight für 9,89 Euro anstatt 14,99 Euro im Humble-Store erhältlich....