Sep 10, 2013 | business, Microsoft, news, phone, Surface, tablet, Windows Phone 8, Windows8
Part 1: Some Thoughts On The Future Of Windows Part 2: Some Thoughts On The Future Of Microsoft This is the second of two articles about what lies ahead for Microsoft and Windows. In the last month, there have been two huge corporate shakeups that will change...
Aug 16, 2013 | bruceb, news, science
These two photos look identical to me. This isn’t about computers, but indulge me for a moment. This is extraordinary technology and might be as important for some of you as it is for me. Eight percent of men are red-green colorblind. (Almost no women. It’s a genetic...
May 25, 2013 | Android, Apple, business, Lenovo, mobile, news, phone, tablet
Think you’re keeping up with the tech industry? Here are two recent reports that took me by surprise. Android is crushing everything in its path. In the first quarter of 2013, Android smartphones had a 75% market share. Apple’s iOS came in at a distant second place,...
Jul 5, 2012 | news, security
Lock the doors! Hide the children in the root cellar! Stock up on canned food! DNSChanger is coming and it’s Internet Doomsday! If you see any of this coverage – which is now distressingly widespread – you’d be forgiven for thinking that this is actually...
Jul 18, 2011 | Google, news
When I opened Google News today, I was greeted by this screen, asking me to “collect private badges for [my] favorite topics”: Here’s the way it was described in the Google Blog: “On Google News, the average reader of political news has read 20 articles about politics...
May 20, 2011 | Android, Apple, computers, news, phone
Everyone might get something useful out of David Pogue’s column today for the New York Times, a collection of tips and tricks for cellphones and computers. Some of them are basic, some won’t apply, but I’ll bet you find a pearl or two that give you an “A Ha!” moment....
