Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

This will likely be the last Technology Short Take of 2020, so it’s a tad longer than usual. Servers/Hardware. Kay Singh collects some user comments on the new M1-powered Apple hardware. Wei Lien Dang discusses the recent MITM vulnerability in Kubernetes (assigned CVE-2020-8554). Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 17, 2020

Welcome to Technology Short Take #123, the first of 2020! Servers/Hardware. dll , a core Windows cryptographic component) that was rumored to be fixed the next day (January 14) on the first “Patch Tuesday” of 2020. Now I really want to see hardware security key support in the desktop and mobile apps!

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The Verge

JUNE 26, 2020

The first Mac with Apple silicon is coming by the end of 2020, but Apple expects the full transition process to take two years. But it also means that apps that were developed for Intel’s architecture originally won’t run natively on Apple’s upcoming hardware. You also won’t be able to run Windows in Boot Camp mode on ARM Macs.

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The Verge

MAY 27, 2021

We’ve known for a while that Apple isn’t going to make iMessage available outside of iOS devices, but this trial showed exactly how thoroughly Apple has considered expanding iMessage into other operating systems — and exactly why the company doesn’t want to.

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The Verge

APRIL 8, 2022

The hardware differences between 2020’s Tab S7 / S7 Plus and this year’s Tab S8 versions are such: New Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor. Just like before, the hardware is impressive, and either tablet provides an excellent video watching experience. The Tab S8 Plus has a 12.4-inch Wi-Fi 6E support.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 17, 2020

This is a great read overall, but one sentence in particular really caught my eye: “30 years ago I was able to write a complete multitasking operating system in Z80 assembly code. Jon Langemak is blogging again, and he jumps back into the “blogging saddle” with a post on working with tc on Linux systems.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Uh oh… more hardware exploits. Here’s number 43 , from 9 November 2020. Adrian’s operational review readiness template is another great post as well. Operating Systems/Applications. It almost feels like we are well into Windows Registry territory here. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Yet the company needed top hardware engineers to devote themselves to the project. Mike Angiulo, the former Microsoft executive who was secretly in charge of the project under then-Windows chief Steven Sinofsky at the time, solved this dilemma with a strategic recruit from another part of the company.

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The Verge

MAY 12, 2020

I’m reviewing two very different computers right now: the new 2020 13-inch MacBook Pro and the new 2020 Surface Go 2. But I’m just as interested in something they share: their attempts to bring their desktop operating systems into the modern era of what I’ll call “Managed Operating Systems.”

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Z Fold 2 hardware. There is, of course, an entirely different way to talk about the Z Fold 2’s hardware: by discussing what Samsung has done to try to make it more rugged than the original. It’s irritating because it’s Samsung’s system. Samsung didn’t radically change the formula for the Z Fold 2.

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The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2020

Join the fight to stop 2020 from becoming ‘1984.’”. Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) August 14, 2020. Games of the future may not need players to own powerful hardware or even to pay full price for the title itself. In retaliation, Apple is blocking Fornite from a billion devices. Few have had the gall to do that before.)

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

It’s taken Microsoft years to get the hardware and software right, but the company firmly believes now is the ideal time for something new. Work began on the Duo just after Microsoft had canceled the Surface Mini , an eight-inch tablet running Windows. Image: Windows Central. A small Surface was Panay’s dream for years. “It

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The Verge

JANUARY 13, 2021

In that spirit, let’s look at the most popular devices from CES 2020, as well as some products from even further back that are still kicking around in our minds, and ask “hey, whatever happened to the.?”. Alienware would not confirm at the time it had any intention of making a real, consumer version of its Windows handheld.

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The Verge

JUNE 30, 2021

The two updates were clearly born in 2020’s norm-shattering pandemic. The feature list at WWDC and on Apple’s website wears last year’s remote-first influences firmly, from the heavy emphasis on FaceTime features to a better system for corralling notifications into “work” and “personal” buckets. Multitasking on iPadOS 15 is still.

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Dataconomy

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Hardware malfunction: In some cases, the router or the network adapter in your device might be failing, necessitating a repair or replacement. To address this, there are free software tools available, such as NetSpot (compatible with Mac, Windows, and Android) or WiFi Analyzer (for Android).

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 12, 2020

It’s a beautiful piece of hardware, and a novel take on mobile computing. Hardware: This is a sleek, high-quality device. Some have reported issues with hardware discoloration and cracking around the USB-C port; I haven’t run into those issue on my device.). — toddbishop (@toddbishop) October 11, 2020.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

announced the Deck in July as its latest foray into both hardware and its support of gaming on the Linux operating system. The hardware is, admittedly, crowded, and you’re going to want to rework some keybindings sooner or later, but it all works better than I expected it would. GeekWire Photo / Thomas Wilde).

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The Verge

MAY 4, 2021

Shopify creates a centralized retail operating system. But what Shopify’s role in all that is, is that we want to integrate all of it into a centralized retail operating system. You had to use this credit card, but they didn’t accept that credit card. But basically, it’s always the same. The majority was direct.

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