'Twas a time, not long ago, that Google's Chrome OS platform was laughed off by pundits as being a glorified "browser in a box" environment — a limited-use, destined-for-failure setup that'd be practical for practically no one and couldn't possibly amou … [Read more...]

Just weeks since announcing iOS 12, Apple has already shipped its first public beta of the operating system. Any iPhone user can sign up for the beta. I thought I’d drop a few first impressions.An upgrade older iPhones will thank you for iOS 12 is look … [Read more...]

Business users have lots of ideas for tools and add-ons that could improve daily operations — for instance, adding a workflow to an asset tracking application to govern how new assets are added into inventory. But with many IT departments caught up in in … [Read more...]

This contract programmer pilot fish frequently gets urgent requests from IT shops that farm out software projects to his company -- and by now he's pretty sure he knows just what that means."We get these 'urgent' requests from the software developers all … [Read more...]

Susan Bradley, the driving force behind the patchmanagement.org mailing list, really wants to know: What do you, as an individual, think about Windows updates?She’s started two SurveyMonkey surveys that ask for your feedback on Windows patching, the qual … [Read more...]