'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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

The builders of the Brave browser have begun serving replacement advertisements to volunteers, a key part of a business model that relies on stripping others' ads from web pages."We're now ready to start voluntary testing of our ad model before we scale … [Read more...]

Wireless has been growing and changing for decades. Now, the cable television companies are going wireless. First it was Comcast with Xfinity Mobile last year. Then Charter with Spectrum Mobile will enter soon. Next Altice USA will enter wireless next … [Read more...]

We may not have heard much more about Apple's AirPods at WWDC, but soccer fans watching World Cup 2018 won’t have missed the number of players filmed wearing them as they arrive at the stadium.Shape of you Thirty-two national teams are battling to win th … [Read more...]

We don’t talk about rugged laptops very much, largely because these machines are almost exclusively used by a unique group of individuals: military personnel, first responders, law enforcement, petrochemical workers, field engineers and field tech … [Read more...]

As the number of sensors in vehicles, factory machinery, buildings and city infrastructure grows, companies are looking for a secure and automated way of enabling a mesh network for transactional processes. Blockchain appears to best fit that bill.The … [Read more...]