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Friday July 26, 2024. 12:00 PM
Sometimes a Windows 10 system starts misbehaving to the point where repair is needed. This often takes the form of worsening performance or stability, and can originate from damage to, loss of, or corruption of Windows system files (normally in the C:Windows folder...
The modern web browser is rather staid and not terribly exciting. Google Chrome rules the roost, browser technologies like HTML and JavaScript have gone unchanged for years, and updates to browsers are more often bug fixes than new features. But it’s about to get a little...
Let me just take a second to say what I suspect most of us are thinking right now: Sigh. All right — with that out of the way, we’re ready to get to the crux of this conversation: Google’s next-gen Pixel 9 devices are set to officially break cover in just over a couple ...
Tuesday July 23, 2024. 01:33 PM
As a major update to Chrome’s new cross-site tracking protection policy, Google announced that it is no longer considering dropping support for third-party cookies. Third-party cookies, which refer to the cookies that are set by a website other than the one a user is...
What do the Boll Weevil, Cavendish bananas, and the recent Windows/CrowdStrike fiasco all have in common? They’re all economic disasters that occurred because far too many people put their trust in a monoculture. I’m serious. Indeed, I warned you years ago about...
During the last two years of the Great Depression, Westinghouse built a robot. One of several famous “mechanical men” built in that era, the company’s Elektro robot was created to showcase Westinghouse’s electrical engineering prowess at the 1939 New York...
Monday July 22, 2024. 10:18 PM
Legacy virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions that rely on centralized servers and complex infrastructure are not well-suited for the dynamic and diverse needs of modern organizations. Instead, many are looking for a cloud-based alternative that reduces complexity...
The advantages of cloud computing come with notable challenges that frustrate enterprises, particularly managing costs and optimizing resources. Desktop as a service (DaaS) is one notable cloud service that can be complex and requires careful planning and monitoring to avoid ...
The US government has introduced new regulations that make it difficult for Western technology companies to export certain computer components to China. So, Nvidia is now in the process of developing a special version of its AI chip that can be sold to China without...
An interoperability deal Microsoft enforced by the European Commission in 2009 may have led the Windows-maker to open itself to the recent CrowdStrike-led outage, according to Microsoft. In an interview with WSJ, a Microsoft spokesperson indicated the deal could have...
The biggest rationale behind adding business internet security to your small business is one, simple, but crucial, factor—safety. Business internet security protects you against multiple levels of threats. It doesn’t matter what size business you’re running, what...
Dell had it all figured out. The venerable computer company wouldn’t force people back into the office. Instead, it would just insist that all staffers show up at the office for at least three days a week. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t be laid off — they just...
Saturday July 20, 2024. 10:17 AM
CrowdStrike CEO has apologized to the company’s customers and partners for crashing their Windows systems, and the company has described the error that caused the disaster. “I want to sincerely apologize directly to all of you for today’s outage. All of CrowdStrike...
Friday July 19, 2024. 05:00 PM
From the editors of Computerworld, this enterprise buyer’s guide helps IT staff understand what the various desk-booking software options can do for their organizations and how to choose the right solution.
CrowdStrike has admitted to pushing out a bad software update, causing many Windows machines running the affected software to crash. The problem, apparently affecting its Falcon platform, brought down servers at airlines, locked up computers at banks, and hurt healthcare...
I don’t mean to brag, but — well, my browser’s new tab page is much better than yours. All right, so that didn’t come across quite as humble as I’d hoped. But it’s true, all right. I added an exceptional new tool into my Chrome setup a while back, and no...
The run-up to the Olympic Games in Paris this month has been electrifying — and terrifying. The games begin July 26. Images shown online display routes through the city as completely painted purple. Beautiful! And did you see the new Tom Cruise movie, “Olympics have...
Confession time: I know embarrassingly little about car repair, and I couldn’t fix a misbehaving house appliance if my life depended on it (which, on at least a couple occasions, it almost has). Heck, I can barely hang a piece of wall art without screwing something up...
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