PC Magazine is advocating a bring your own laptop, with your own software approach to business. It likens it to mechanics who bring their own tools. The trouble is that while mechanical tools in a toolbox operate autonomously and don’t interfere with one another, software residing on a computer does.
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The trouble with bringing your own software
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 3, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/05/the-trouble-with-bringing-your-own-software/
Mark Hurd doesn’t sound like he’s just what Dell needed
Word on the street is that Blackstone Group has a plan for turning around Dell: Buy the company, take it private, and install Mark Hurd as CEO. The thinking is that he’s available, has experience, and would have baggage keeping him from being the CEO of a public company. I just see one glitch. Available [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on March 25, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/03/mark-hurd-doesnt-sound-like-hes-just-what-dell-needed/
And this is why I’ve been saying to uninstall Java, rather than disable it
Apple just uncovered and fixed a vulnerability that allowed an exploit to re-enable Java in a browser when it’s been disabled, which then of course allows a litany of exploits. There are two lessons here. Macintoshes are hackable just like any other device, and latent software can be re-enabled. If you don’t think someone’s trying [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on March 17, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/03/and-this-is-why-ive-been-saying-to-uninstall-java-rather-than-disable-it/
The men (boys) who spy on women through webcams
Ars Technica made a bit of a splash this week with this provocative headline. This is real. The article gives the usual advice, like not opening e-mail from strangers, not clicking attachments from strangers, and not visiting dodgy websites. That’s all good advice, as is staying off torrent and other file sharing sites, but even [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on March 13, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/03/the-men-boys-who-spy-on-women-through-webcams/
If you needed another reason not to buy Windows 8….
I’m still waiting for someone I know to tell me he or she likes Windows 8. I’ve seen some strangers online say they like it, but not a lot of them, and many of them appear to be astroturfers because they just like it too much. I’m sure Apple loves it, because, like my boss [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on January 21, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/01/if-you-needed-another-reason-not-to-buy-windows-8/
If you’re wondering where those anti-Google ads came from
If you’re wondering why political-style anti-Google ads are suddenly running everywhere, it’s no coincidence. Microsoft has hired one of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s advertising masterminds to try his hand at campaigning against Google. While it seems to be having some effect on public opinion, its effect on market share and Microsoft’s bottom line will take [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on December 17, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/12/if-youre-wondering-where-those-anti-google-ads-came-from/
How to be an Apple Genius
Gizmodo got its grubby little hands on a training manual allegedly used in Apple Stores. It looks credible, and answers some questions.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on August 30, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/08/how-to-be-an-apple-genius/
Whatever happened to GEM?
GEM was an early GUI for the IBM PC and compatibles and, later, the Atari ST, developed by Digital Research, the developers of CP/M and, later, DR-DOS. It was very similar to the Apple Lisa, and Apple saw it as a Lisa/Macintosh ripoff and sued. While elements of GEM probably were inspired by the Lisa, [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on August 10, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/08/whatever-happened-to-gem/
What’s going on with Macintosh security?
The latest figures I’ve read say there are perhaps a half-million infected Macintoshes still floating around out there, an improvement from the high of 600,000 that I was seeing a few weeks ago, but probably not what Apple had hoped after releasing its most recent fix. I argued three weeks ago that the end of [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on April 22, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/04/whats-going-on-with-macintosh-security/