Chinese firm says no more Microsoft mobes, even if the OS is FREE
Windows Phone has never paid off for Microsoft’s hardware partners, Chinese smartphone maker Huawei has claimed.…
Be your own Big Brother: With the help of Apple, Facebook … oh, HANG ON
(Don’t fret, there are other options to keep tabs on kids)
So far in this series, we’ve looked at ways of monitoring specific things, but this time round, people are the topic. There are, the media would have you believe, dreadful things out there – predators lurking behind every corner, dreadful accidents waiting to befall the unwary.…
Some of the week’s tech news in VIDEO EGG form!
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systemd row ends with Debian getting forked
Greybeards vs. Gnomes fight sees creation of new ‘Devuan’ distro
The vivid difference of opinion over Debian’s future direction has ended with a new fork of the Linux distribution.…
Azure has put new life into Active Directory
Cynical sysadmin ventures into the blue yonder
Active Directory is dead: long live Active Directory. While Microsoft’s Windows Server Active Directory (WSAD) is unable to meet the needs of today, its younger sibling Azure Active Directory (AAD) looks set to take the world by storm.…
Ten Mac freeware apps for your new Apple baby
The latest from the software gift horse stables
Product round-up One saving grace of buying a shiny new Mac over a PC is certainly the lack of factory-installed bloatware. However, while Mac OS X is far from featureless, many users will find themselves headed straight to the Mac App Store or elsewhere to supplement their experience.…
Docker: Sorry, you’re just going to have to learn about it. Today we begin
Containers! Containers! Containers!
Sysadmin Blog Docker, meet hype. Hype, meet Docker. Now: Let’s have a sit down here and see if we can work through your neuroses.…
Google Chrome on Windows ‘completely unusable’, gripe users
Recent versions of browser attract performance, stability complaints
Google’s Chrome browser promises “speed, simplicity and security”, but for a significant number of Windows users you can strike “speed” from that list.…
Post-Microsoft, post-PC programming: The portable REVOLUTION
Code jockeys: count up and grab your fabulous tablets
Some years back, when Microsoft was mired in Windows Vista and open source issues, and web developers were on an accelerating trajectory, a quiet revolution took place.…
Pity the poor Windows developer: The tools for desktop development are in disarray
A Microsoft posting reveals deep-seated issues
Analysis When Microsoft came up with Windows 8 a couple of years ago, the message was clear: the future is tablet-shaped. The Windows desktop is still there, but not much changed from Windows 7 – some things went backwards, such as translucent “Aero” windows, available in 7 but gone in 8. Now the company is scrambling to fix its desktop development tools.…