A simple problem with a complicated answer.
Something To Like About Windows 8.1
I’m a big email user, and Windows 8.1 finally gets it right.
How I Moved Away From The Mac After Leaving Apple
Take it from someone who knows Apple inside and out: The Mac can’t do it all.
It’s Time To Give Up On Swiping Credit Cards
The magnetic stripe is a dangerous, dead-end technology—but banks and merchants are keeping it alive, to our peril.
How I Fixed An iLemon
Repairing a Mac is no simple task—take it from someone who worked at Apple for 20 years.
The Perils of Plastic: The Problems With Debit And Credit Cards Are Deeper Than We Thought
It’s no longer about skimmers at the gas station. The Target hack shows our payment systems are in big trouble.
Think Email Is Dead Outside Of Work?
Email is in high use in the workplace, but not so much in consumer land. How multiple clients and use cases can make simple things like file sharing a torment.
Why Less Might Actually Be More With Pages 5
With the redesign and the reduction in cost to the low price of free, can Pages 5 be a real challenger to Microsoft Word?
State of the OS: Three Operating Systems, Three Upgrades
How does upgrading Linux, Windows and OS X at nearly the same time actually work? You might be surprised.
Just How Bad Is Your Internet Connection?
What you think of as broadband is actually not that fast, as far as Internet speeds go.
Coming To A Theater Near You: Apple’s Last Gasp At A Pro Computer
A new YouTube video promises that the Mac Pro we heard about in June will be here in the fall. The wait tells you how little Apple values its high-end customers.
10 Things The Tech Industry Should Fix Before Anyone Takes A Vacation
No rest for the wicked!
Google+ Turns Two: Why I’m Becoming A Convert
Better tools for posting and higher-quality discussions are what matter for me.
The State Of The Word Processor: HTML Compatibility
Word processors are no longer central to the computing experience, but there are still good reasons to use them. The question is, how well do the work in today’s computing environment?
How To Walk On Water With Google Maps
We’ll show you how to boldly walk where no one has walked before – at least according to Google Maps.
Dropbox vs. Google Drive vs. Amazon vs. Skydrive: Which One Is Fastest?
Just how long do the four best-known file-transfer/storage/backup services actually take to put the files where you want them?
Risk Averse: Will iOS Become Apple’s Windows XP?
Might updating iOS, the very product that helped put Apple on top, require risk-taking beyond what the new Apple can handle?
Home Virtualization & The New Power User
Windows 8 is not really my cup of tea. Mac OS X Mountain Lion is not what I hoped it would be. Google’s Chrome operating system is not powerful enough for my purposes. What is a modern power user to do?
Federal IT Is A Mess And We Really Should Give A Damn
Federal and other government IT shops often exude the air of hamstrung bureaucracies woefully behind the times. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Why Do Americans Hate Technological Change?
A “good enough for me” attitude towards technology is not the best way to keep up with the global economy.