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Windows turns 35: a visual history

The Verge

From Windows 1.0 to Windows 10 The PC revolution started off life 35 years ago this week. Microsoft launched its first version of Windows on November 20th, 1985, to succeed MS-DOS. It was a huge milestone that paved the way for the modern versions of Windows we use today. At the time, many complained that Windows 1.0

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Asus Chromebook Flip CX5 review: the 15-inch Chromebook to beat

The Verge

While that would be a midrange price for a Windows laptop, it’s high for a Chromebook ( and most other reviewers have panned the thing for its price ). The most unique feature of the CX5, even among recent Windows laptops, is its finish. And, of course, you can forget about all kinds of desktop apps to which Windows gives you access.).

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: EP 69 Self-Healing Operating Systems

ForAllSecure

It’s time to evolve beyond the UNIX operating system. So while I was editing this podcast on self-healing operating systems, I was reminded of an article that I never finished for Fobes.com. It’s a radical rethinking of how we even view our current choices of UNIX-derived operating systems.

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Technology Short Take #81

Scott Lowe

Operating Systems/Applications. Ben Armstrong shows you how to use PowerShell to give your Windows server a proper fully-qualified domain name. Here’s a Windows-centric walkthrough to using Nginx to load balance across a Docker Swarm cluster. A command-line client for Twitter ? Yes, please! (I Virtualization.

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Cloud Storage 2.0 Set To Dominate Market

Cloud Musings

Many business processes are now expected to be dynamically executed in a parallel fashion (Agile business, Social Media Customer Service). In fact, expanding legal and regulatory requirements are now the driving force behind operational needs to execute real-time retrieval of complex data assets (i.e.,

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Technology Short Take #83

Scott Lowe

Unfortunately, if you were the owner of a Logitech device, you had to boot into Windows just to update the firmware—until now. Even with public cloud and managed services, you can’t avoid good old-fashioned data management processes.” Operating Systems/Applications. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Technology Short Take #83

Scott Lowe

Unfortunately, if you were the owner of a Logitech device, you had to boot into Windows just to update the firmware—until now. Even with public cloud and managed services, you can’t avoid good old-fashioned data management processes.” Operating Systems/Applications. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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