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At last, it's a new version of Linux
Life, James Hein, Published on 04/03/2015
» Linus Torvalds has decided it is time to release version 4.0 of the Linux kernel. For some this will make sense, but here's some background for the rest you who may have heard the term Linux but may not know what it is all about.
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Web of possibility
Life, James Hein, Published on 19/11/2014
» A decade ago the PC was the primary way that millions of people, mostly running a Windows operating system, interacted with companies and applications. At that same time many used Microsoft Office for building documents and Internet Explorer was the browser king of the era after deposing Netscape.
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Watch this? Maybe not
Life, James Hein, Published on 10/09/2014
» What would the week be without another Apple rumour? The new iWatch, out next year, will apparently cost US$400 (about 13,000 baht). I recently ordered a smartwatch for about $40, just to see what it could do. I seriously doubt I would ever pay 10 times that amount for a similar item. More when it arrives and I get to play with it.
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Do I really need my new Galaxy S5?
Life, James Hein, Published on 06/08/2014
» I've had the Galaxy S5 for some time now and so far the experience has been a pleasant one. One of my first add-ons was a 0.3mm glass screen protector that when compared to an unadorned S5 provides better clarity and viewability outside. I always use a case of some kind just in case I drop the unit so the combination should protect my device from standard heights, I hope.
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The Cloud is thinner than we think
Life, James Hein, Published on 28/05/2014
» The world is currently enamoured with the Cloud, which is more of a concept than a reality. The recent two-day crash of the Adobe Cloud highlights just how fragile this technology is. The Cloud is definitely spectacular, and the usual suspects jumped onto the bandwagon — unfortunately so did certain CEOs captivated by glossy handouts and presentations, as usual not bothering to first check in with their system administrators. This is new, bleeding-edge technology that should typically be something from which an organisation steers clear until it has matured.
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Are Padfones one step too far?
Life, James Hein, Published on 11/06/2014
» Sometimes all you need, or want, is a simple version of a device that will meet your needs. All too often in the IT and technology industries, builders keep adding bits and pieces to a product to try and make it all things to all people. Microsoft Office is one example. How many people use all the functionality of, say, Word — or even 50% of what’s available?
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#hashtag is now official
Life, James Hein, Published on 25/06/2014
» It is as official as it is going to get — Oxford have accepted the word “hashtag” into their dictionary. Normally it would take longer, but due to the widespread use of the word it has been added early. The first use was on Aug 25, 2007, in a Twitter posting. The symbol itself has a longer history when back before the 1960s the # symbol, technically known as the “octothorp”, was used as an indicator for a number. It is also called the hash, hatch, crunch, pound, number and tic-tac-toe sign. Yes, I made up that last one.
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Can’t hide your head in the Cloud
Life, James Hein, Published on 02/07/2014
» According to marketing hype, the Cloud is good for businesses, both small and large, and for social media (i.e. everyone). Microsoft, Amazon, Google and a whole bunch of others will sell you Cloud-based access with a wide range of options and plans. To be fair, there are a lot of businesses out there that don’t care where their data is kept. There are also banks, healthcare providers and a range of others subject to privacy and strict data protection laws that do care where and how their information is looked after. Since we are talking about the Cloud, your data could be held in countries that don’t care for such things, or those which have different rules on privacy. In that case, what could you do to stop them from accessing your data? Hint: not much at all.
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Connectivity ain't what it used to be
Life, James Hein, Published on 09/07/2014
» I have seen a few stories in the last month of so which indicate that our global connectivity is being stretched to its limits in some areas. Network dropouts are increasing and lasting longer. A simple DNS mistake recently took Virgin Media off the network for a while, annoying their Twitterati and other customers. Expectations these days are that people will be notified instantly if there is a problem and Virgin fielded complaints that their website hadn’t been updated indicating an outage within 10 minutes of it occurring. Hackers are finding more gaps to exploit and every other day a person’s supposedly secure information gets into the hands of some unknown group. To some extent it comes down to infrastructure.
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Hackers getting younger
Life, James Hein, Published on 16/04/2014
» As a parent here is a headline you don’t want to see every day "A five-year-old boy has found and exploited a password flaw in his Xbox to hack into his father's Xbox Live account". Special irony points for this story comes via the father who is a computer security specialist. Kristoffer, yes you guessed it, from California, broke in by entering the wrong password, navigating to the verification screen and entering spaces before hitting submit. This allowed him entry and exposed a password bug. Microsoft has since fixed the problem and rewarded Kristoffer. As a one-year-old he held down the home key on Dad’s phone to defeat a lockout so it looks like this kid is going places.
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