Aug. 25 may be Linux's official birthday, but Oct. 5 is in many ways the day it began to make a real mark on the world. Read More ▶ |
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| Microsoft got, and deserved, a lot of grief for forcing users to upgrade to Windows 10, but the OS is surprisingly solid and can result in real productivity gains. Read More ▶ |
| Microsoft's Windows 10 lost user share in September for the first time since its debut more than a year ago. Read More ▶ |
| Google made a big deal about the confluence of its new hardware designs and its software – particularly AI – on Tuesday at its launch event in San Francisco. And, indeed, many of the new products that Google introduced seem designed to pull consumers farther into the Google ecosystem, but there’s no denying that there were some impressive capabilities on show. Read More ▶ |
| | Android phones will eventually get these new features (if they get updated) but some are Pixel exclusives. Read More ▶ |
| Clever use of history commands to help you move faster on the Unix command line. Read More ▶ |
| Windows 10 Mobile suffers yet another blow as Lenovo calls Microsoft's long-term smartphone support into question. Read More ▶ |
| You’d think that when it made patches pretty much inescapable, Microsoft would have made darn sure those patches were problem-free. But you’d be wrong. Read More ▶ |
| What projects are CIOs prioritizing in the year ahead? Where are they spending those precious IT dollars? These are the questions that will be answered (with your help!) in our 16th annual State of the CIO survey. Make your voice heard! ▶ | Historically, hardware upgrades on Windows PCs that involved major changes (new motherboard and/or CPU, for example) required a phone call to Microsoft to reactivate the Windows license. Microsoft has altered its licensing policy to cut down on calls. Here’s what happened when we tested this hypothesis. ▶ | Cloud-based ERP will eventually rule, and on-premises software is destined for legacy status. How can IT ensure a smooth transition? ▶ |
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