Time runs out on mandatory non-IE installation tool
Fresh Windows PCs in Europe will no longer offer to install Google Chrome and other web browsers rivaling Internet Explorer.…
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Android gives Google a search monopoly? Not so fast, says judge
More facts needed before class-action suit can proceed
A US District Court judge has cast doubt on an antitrust lawsuit filed against Google, describing the damages sought as “speculative.”…
Banish the fear of Big Brother when you bring in BYOD
The magic of MDM
As I have said before, bring your own device (BYOD) can be a difficult concept to sell. After all, you are basically saying to users: “We want you to supply your own IT equipment but we want to be able to control the corporate data and applications that go on it.”…
Microsoft drops early Chrissie pressie on Mac Office fanbois
Stocking-fillers land for Mac Outlook
Microsoft’s not been kind to Office for Mac over the years: since the last major update in 2010 fanbois haven’t had much to get excited about.…
Forget Google’s robot cars, now it’s on to ANDROID cars
Next OS to come built into auto dashboards, sources claim
Google is planning a big push into in-car infotainment systems with an upcoming version of Android, sources claim.…
Git thee behind me, Git client bug!
Update anything on the desktop that touches GitHub if you want to live
GitHub has acknowledged there’s a flaw in its client software and recommended that users upgrade as soon as possible.…
VISC-y business: Can Soft Machines keep the free lunch counter open?
It’s a multicore world alright, but the ghost of Transmeta lingers
If the free lunch is over, then few have heeded the end-of-break bell.…
Dr. Dobb’s Journal sails into the sunset – yet again
Specialist programming site will post no new content
Programming journal and website Dr. Dobb’s is ceasing publication of new content at the end of 2014.…
Microsoft says to expect AWESOME things of Windows 10 in January
Next build to be a major update
Microsoft says Windows Insider program members shouldn’t be upset that no more Windows 10 Preview builds are coming this year, because the build that’s expected to arrive in late January will be awesome – literally.…
V. R. R. Stob’s magnificent saga A Game Of Dog-and-Bones
GUARANTEED no elves and hardly any violence. Or incest
Stob Laud Satya Nadella stood at the leaded casement of his garret, contemplating the ominous, brooding sky to the south. The flag over the Maeiouster’s Hub Complex barely stirred in the still air, so that he could not only see the sigil of his once-proud house – gules and vert oblongs accroupis sur a respectant brace, azure dexter and jaune sinister, of quatrocons, conjoined to the Mark of Registered Trade – but also make out the motto VENIT FENESTRAE (which, as everybody knows, is Old Visbasian for “Windows is coming”) proudly emblazoned in the finest, most delicate Comic Sans that the T-shirt weavers of Old Redmond could fashion.…