Extending the Horizons of Computer Technology
OK, I’ll admit it—at one time I was a hardware guy. I still enjoy working with hardware from time-to-time and it’s my love of hardware that helps me see the almost infinite possibilities for extending...
View ArticleIn Praise of Dual Monitors
A lot of people have claimed that the desktop system is dead—that people are only interested in using tablets and smartphones for computing. In fact, there is concern that the desktop might become a...
View ArticleThinking of All the Possibilities in Software Design
A number of books on my shelf, some of which I’ve written, broach the topic of divergent thinking. Unfortunately, many developers (and many more managers) don’t really grasp the ideas behind divergent...
View ArticleAntivirus and Application Compilation
Sometimes applications don’t get along, especially when one application is designed to create new content at a low level and the other is designed to prevent low level access to a system. Such is the...
View ArticleDeath of Windows XP?
There have been a lot of stories in the trade press about Windows XP as of late. A number of readers have written to ask about the aging operating system because they’re confused by stories from one...
View ArticleDeath of Windows XP? (Part 2)
The fact that Windows XP, despite some pretty aggressive attack by Microsoft on its own product, is still alive isn’t in doubt. Of course, there is the matter of support to consider. Microsoft has...
View ArticleAn Update on the RunAs Command
It has been a while since I wrote the Simulating Users with the RunAs Command post that describes how to use the RunAs command to perform tasks that the user’s account can’t normally perform. (The...
View ArticleDeath of Windows XP? (Part 3)
Questions continue to come in from readers who are still using Windows XP despite the fact that Microsoft is only marginally supporting it. Yes, it’s the operating system that refuses to die and...
View ArticleDeath of Windows XP? (Part 4)
The last post, Death of Windows XP? (Part 3), was supposed to be the last word on this topic that won’t die, but as usual, it isn’t. The hackers of the world have figured out a new an interesting way...
View ArticleCoding Schools and the Learning Process
There are three essential ways to begin a career as a developer. The first is to get a college degree in the subject, which is normally a Bachelor of Computer Science or a Bachelor of Information...
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