Microsoft retreats from scheme to change Chrome's search engine

Microsoft today backed away from its heavily criticized plan to force Google’s Chrome to use the…

Beware of the coming Android 'innovations'

Well, gang, this is it: the week when Android’s 2020 roadmap really starts to come into…

Why every enterprise needs Apple’s Pro apps team

Apple’s Mac Pro delivers plenty of power for its price, but its tight integration with macOS…

Reports say the manual-install-only 'Stretch' bug fix for Win7 and 2008R2 deletes boot file

Remember the manual-download-only patch For Win7/Server 2008 released late last week? You may know it better…

Always ask the obvious first

This help desk pilot fish is on the phone with a customer who’s having difficulties getting…

Why the Fed is considering a cash-backed cryptocurrency

The Federal Reserve is investigating the potential of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) as the backbone…

Patch Tuesday’s tomorrow. Verify you have 'Pause Updates' enabled

Remember the frenzy after last month’s Patch Tuesday? How everybody and his twice-removed cousin — even…

Anticipating IBM’s coming virtual desktop pivot

(Disclosure:  Most of the vendors listed are clients of the author.) One of the biggest mistakes…