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Siri and Cortana on the desktop: Features or bugs to be squashed?
The words “personal digital assistant” bring to mind visions of Stepford Wives speaking in monotone unison, beckoning with waggling index fingers, to come hither and ask them anything. And for Apple’s...
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Ubuntu Mate, Windows 10 and macOS Sierra: A marriage of 3 OSs
I gave myself a little gift recently and revisited Ubuntu Mate by virtue of a transplanted hard disk. In my case, Mate was a gift that was giving and giving until it […]
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Apple vs. Microsoft III: The quest for electronic medical record supremacy?
The current state of healthcare delivery, and specifically electronic medical records (EMR), is reminiscent of the state of office productivity software in the business world during the ’90s. During...
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Tower of power, Apple-branded display promise Mac resurgence
There isn’t anything flashy about computer towers. And their lack of style made it easy for Apple to abandon them. But do we really prefer Apple produces more iMacs and unconventionally shaped […]
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The phenomenon of old tech guilty pleasures
[Editor’s Note: This originally appeared in Computerworld on July 22, 2016] Most everyone has a go to throwback piece of technology they occasionally deploy. Many of us are slightly embarrassed about...
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Is Chromebook the perfect agile writing tool?
I work on Windows machines more than anything. While Windows 10 is relatively fast on older PCs, over time, and as with all versions of Windows, it becomes less fast more rapidly–especially […]
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Apple should deliver 'Sphonatch' as greatest-selling, most amazing thing ever
English: Bharata Asks for Rama’s Footwear (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I think Apple missed the boat with the Apple Watch, iWatch or whatever it’s called. Hey, Apple fans, seriously, I know it’s called...
View ArticleOS X rebranding further marginalizes Mac
I’ve always loved the Mac. Let me put that right out there. But Apple’s recent announcement that OS X has gone bye-bye in favor of “macOS” will do nothing for the Mac except accelerate its downward...
View ArticleSiri and Cortana on the desktop: Features or bugs to be squashed?
The words “personal digital assistant” bring to mind visions of Stepford Wives speaking in monotone unison, beckoning with waggling index fingers, to come hither and ask them anything. And for Apple’s...
View ArticleUbuntu Mate, Windows 10 and macOS Sierra: A marriage of 3 OSs
I gave myself a little gift recently and revisited Ubuntu Mate by virtue of a transplanted hard disk. In my case, Mate was a gift that was giving and giving until it wasn’t. When the eMachines T6528...
View ArticleApple vs. Microsoft III: The quest for electronic medical record supremacy?
The current state of healthcare delivery, and specifically electronic medical records (EMR), is reminiscent of the state of office productivity software in the business world during the ’90s. During...
View ArticleTower of power, Apple-branded display promise Mac resurgence
There isn’t anything flashy about computer towers. And their lack of style made it easy for Apple to abandon them. But do we really prefer Apple produces more iMacs and unconventionally shaped Mac...
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The phenomenon of old tech guilty pleasures
[Editor’s Note: This originally appeared in Computerworld on July 22, 2016] Most everyone has a go to throwback piece of technology they occasionally deploy. Many of us are slightly embarrassed about...
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Is Chromebook the perfect agile writing tool?
I work on Windows machines more than anything. While Windows 10 is relatively fast on older PCs, over time, and as with all versions of Windows, it becomes less fast more rapidly–especially on machines...
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The breaking point for good enough?
When did good enough become good enough? I believe settling for less than really good software should not be commonplace. Nor a sign of the times. But it is. I also believe this is one area artificial...
View ArticleForget ARM: Just send in Mac clones
Apple’s rumored plan to move away from Intel processors in its Macs did not light up the comments section on LinkedIn like I thought it might. That’s because the Mac has already lost so much relevance....
View ArticleLike to save money, upgrade when YOU want to? Try Linux
Using Linux is like doing push-ups. No one wants to do either and this is something that should change. In the case of push-ups, if you do them regularly you can avoid having a pirate’s dream–aka a...
View ArticleNevermind Apple, Facebook has lost its mojo
It’s fashionable for tech journalists to periodically write about Apple losing its mojo. It can create a spike of views and readers. But it also is mostly fake news. Apple’s approach to negative news,...
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Ubuntu Mate on prehistoric PCs is a big deal
Ubuntu Mate 18.04 LTS (long-term support) has been out since April, but I just did the update from 16.04 to it and I must say, I’ve never been happier about an OS that runs on a glorified jump drive....
View ArticleReading the Sunday ‘phone’ and other cool thoughts
It’s been an alternative operating system kind of month and after reading the Sunday “phone”, I’ve come to the conclusion sometimes you have to try yet another Linux Debian computer operating system. I...
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