The Verge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The Oculus Go, originally released in 2018. Facebook originally released the Oculus Go in 2018 before supplanting it with the Oculus Quest the following year. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. Facebook is unlocking the bootloader of its discontinued Oculus Go headset and giving users full root access.

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Operating Systems Fractional CTO System CTO 118

Galido

JULY 20, 2018

Information Technology Blog - - iPhone Vs Android — A Comparative Study 2018 - Information Technology Blog. This could be true as Apple software only needs to work on Apple hardware, where Android software needs to work on multiple varieties of devices. Aesthetics, Hardware and Price. iPhones have a beautiful design.

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Study Apple Google Operating Systems 66

The Verge

JUNE 29, 2021

Microsoft’s big security push is complicated Microsoft has had six years to prepare for the launch of Windows 11, but the company is still struggling to explain its new hardware requirements. Trusted Platform Module) support, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. Windows 11 will require Intel 8th Gen Coffee Lake or Zen 2 CPUs and up, TPM 2.0

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Windows Microsoft Hardware Intel 91

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 22, 2018

This will be the last Technology Short Take of 2018, so here’s hoping I can provide something useful for you. Servers/Hardware. On the hardware side of things, we have James Hamilton of AWS discussing two hardware-related items coming out of AWS re:Invent 2018. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Case Study 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Servers/Hardware. Serve The Home takes a critical look at the Bloomberg Supermicro stories, debunking or at least calling into question many details of the alleged hardware hack as reported by Bloomberg. Operating Systems/Applications. Many of these concepts had direct impacts on the design of Envoy. Good stuff!

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Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

For many of my readers, VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas was “front and center” for them since the last Tech Short Take. Servers/Hardware. Greg Schulz discusses new Power9-based systems announced by IBM; see his post. Operating Systems/Applications. Welcome to Technology Short Take 104! An 8TB NVMe drive?

Vmware 60

Vmware Conference Cloud Windows 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 29, 2020

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Nicola Apicella has a nice, in-depth write-up discussing Docker images, overlay file systems, and the OCI specification. Former manager and colleague Paul Lundin penned this piece about working in a startup versus working in an enterprise back in June 2018.

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Linux Virtualization Security Backup 60