@Curt Franklin, I agree with that. Why upgrade to the latest tablet besides the show appeal. Once you can't run the latest iOS version, it's only a matter of time before the apps won't run either. I'm still shocked when...
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@asksqn, I'm usually in the crowd that waits for the *.1 version to be released before I jump in. But I didn't even use Win8. 8.1 is decent minus the Metro UI. It just seems like a little faster Win7 build. But I've heard...
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@asksqn,
Doesn't that seem like a conflict of intereset. But then again, who better than someone in the communications industry to be the chair?
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@Curt Franklin, They're trying to get more use out of their cloud. I guess they figure it couldn't hurt since the AWS utilization isn't spiking in the way they expected. They have huge scaling capabilites so once the email...
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@SaneIT,
Ahh how familar that schpiel sounds. Nothing better than getting trapped on a conf call where someone says something like that then a few others pile on as well.
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It's interesting to me that, unlike many other major industries, software providers are not subject to ethical codes that bar them from selling to multiple competitors in a field because of conflicts of interest. Maybe...
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It seems to me that these numbers are confirmation of something that has become obvious to most observers: That the tablet replacement cycle looks much more like that of laptops than that of cell phones. I suspect that the...
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@Charlie, your question echoes one I've heard several network security specialists ask. They point out that "man in the middle" attacks are quite possible in public WiFi areas and that the venues (like hotels and conference...
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@ProfTheory, anything remotely like "intentional interference" isn't allowed in the US. The FCC's decision seems to be a clarification that this interference can be at essentially any network layer and still be considered...
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It's most interesting to hear that Amazon is leaping into the enterprise mail space -- especially since we've been treated to so many stories in the last year talking about "the end of email." Anyone in the enterprise knows...
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Don't forget policies that allow the company to remote wipe the brought device!
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It requires two players (at the same keyboard), but the online game I'm currently addicted to -- when I have someone to play with -- is Wrestle Jump.
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I've always been a big SimCity fan, and my goal used to be to just get as big of a city as possible while meeting the constant, nagging demands of the citizenry. I remember buying a strategy book on SimCity 2000 back...
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Fascinating. Sounds like Kolejka meets Oregon Trail meets Survivor.
In reply to: Re: Something simpler
These are good tips in a legal sense. But we're still falling short of meaningful cloud SLAs if we don't have a way to measure the service that we're getting. What's a virtual CPU in a particular service? How does it compare?...
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How do you distinguish the WiFi hotspot user from the WiFi snooper, who wants to capture your log in name and password and email contacts as you stay in a hotel, either here or abroad?
In reply to: Cracking down on blocking, how about snooping?
Windows OS phone sales are down but MS wants developers to wait for an official seminar in April? Evidently, MS has never heard of the you snooze you lose concept.
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On the surface, Win10 **seems** like it could be a lot better than the steaming pile of fail known as Windows 8. Hopefully this will be the case.
In reply to: Time will tell
These tips are tremendous resources. Thanks for writing them.
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As I see it BYOD pretty much turns w-2 employees into independent contractors since using one's own equipment is one prong of the test for IC vs. employee. I have to wonder how long til some penny pinching suit...
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Oracle's cloud service for the moment seems innovative. Only time will tell for how long.
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