There have been a lot of discussions about bad store practices of late in which Apple ends up consistently in the hot seat for overcharging for services that are provided by the application developer, not Apple. I’m amazed that any …
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This month Microsoft gave a briefing on the coming features for Windows 11 with some of the most compelling having to do with security and management. However, what really caught my eye was the promise that AI (artificial intelligence) technology …
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Targeted PCs are rare, and I think that is a generic mistake made by OEMs who shotgun out many different PCs with little knowledge of who will use them. Apple, who should be focused on creators, has created a far …
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From the 80s through the 90s, Microsoft didn’t take security seriously. They acted as if it was someone else’s job, and companies like Symantec and McAfee came to market and flourished. But, to flourish and sell their security offerings on …
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Up until the iPhone launched, smartphones were focused on business users. They didn’t play games, weren’t that good with music, and video was something Steve Jobs argued was stupid even on an iPod. With the iPhone, the market pivoted, and …
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The Microsoft Store experiment just ended, and the result wasn’t pretty. Designed to be a competitive response to the Apple Store, it largely repeated the recurring mistake that Steve Ballmer made with every failed project. It was a good idea …
I was at the launch of these Microsoft Surface Earbuds in New York, and I wasn’t that impressed. Part of it was I wasn’t able to try them with my music or settings; part was the app that they need …
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Qualys is a sponsor of TechSpective Microsoft kicked off the new decade with a bang. Last Tuesday was the first Microsoft Patch Tuesday of 2020, and one of the patches pushed out by Microsoft addresses a dangerous flaw in Crypt32.dll …
Patch or Mitigate Dangerous Microsoft Windows CryptoAPI Spoofing Vulnerability ASAP Read More »
Qualys is a sponsor of TechSpective Microsoft support for the Windows 7 operating system is officially expired. That means that Microsoft will no longer provide patches or fixes for vulnerabilities in Windows 7 by default—but there will still be vulnerabilities …
Earlier this week I was at an event at the New York Stock Exchange put on by BlackBerry’s CEO, John Chen. I’ve known John for several years, and he is one of my favorite CEOs to visit because he just …
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