Computex is a hardware show, but Microsoft was there to promote Windows as a platform, including recent developments like Windows with Bing, Windows 8.1 Update, Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows universal apps. Practical advice for you to take full advantage […]
An Internet of Things prediction for 2025 — with caveats
A massive survey by the Pew Research Center about the Internet of Things in 2025 is very optimistic about the future of the technology. But even though the report seemingly tramples on IoT skeptics, its responses are filled with questions, […]
Microsoft scraps ‘Windows-first’ practice, puts Office on iPad before Surface
New CEO Satya Nadella comes out swinging on ‘cloud first, mobile first’ strategy As expected, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella today hosted a press conference where the company unveiled Office for iPad, breaking with its past practice of protecting Windows by […]
What’s the price of not upgrading from Windows XP?
Microsoft and its hardware partners really, really want everyone to abandon Windows XP by April 8. But the world won’t end if you don’t. It’s the end of an era at Microsoft. No, I’m not talking about CEO Steve Ballmer […]
13 Job Search Apps That Will Help You Get Hired
13 Job Search Apps That Will Help You Get Hired Looking for a new job? In a market as competitive as IT you’ve got to be connected, organized and prepared. These apps will help you stay ahead of the curve […]
Tech Salary Guide for 2014
Tech Salary Guide for 2014 If you work in the tech industry, the good news is that overall salaries are up year-over-year. But you’re probably thinking, ‘Fine, but what does that mean to me?’ If you want to see where […]
How Microsoft had a hand in inventing Google’s glucose-sensing smart contact lens
Google X may have announced its smart contact lens project, but Microsoft Research says it worked on it first. Do you recall how Microsoft claimed it invented, or invisibly runs, practically everything? Along those lines, Microsoft Research is claiming partial […]
Ubuntu 13.10 takes aim at Microsoft, Apple, Google
Canonical is making a serious run at the cloud, client, server and smartphone markets Ubuntu is moving into the rarified class of operating systems that cover x86/x64 clients and servers, ARM-based tablets/smartphones, and commodity cloud instances. Meaning that it’s taking […]
Triple hop issue with ASP.NET delegation Part I: Our Windows XP Pro desktops
Last Friday we had an issue in production: we have a very simple web application with one single page on our intranet that consumes an array of web services. These web services talk to a back end SQL Server. All […]
True tales of (mostly) white-hat hacking
True tales of (mostly) white-hat hacking Stings, penetration pwns, spy games — it’s all in a day’s work along the thin gray line of IT security In the mainstream media, hacking gets a bum rap. Sure, the headline grabbers are […]