Apple’s ‘Everyone Can Code’ courses are now available in braille

Apple teams with blind advocacy groups to make coding skills more accessible. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

5G or faux G?

Forget all those stories of 20 Gbps speeds and 1 millisecond latency. 5G will never deliver performance like that — and anyway its time is still years away for most of us most of the time. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

Best Linux apps for Chromebooks

Make your Chromebook even more capable with this carefully selected set of Linux apps for expanding Chrome OS's potential as a business tool. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

Old-school programming techniques you probably don't miss (2009)

Software development has gotten easier over the years. Really, it has. Here are 11 skills and tactics that every programmer once needed to master ... and today can blissfully forget. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

Patch Tuesday updates for Win7, KB 4480970 and KB 4480960 knock out networking

Reports are popping up all over that yesterday’s Win7 Monthly Rollup and Security-only patches are causing big problems with networks using SMBv2 shares. The known solution is to uninstall the patch. There’s also a registry fix that may or may not work. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

Microsoft tries to take on the Chromebook once more

Will the third time be the charm, or will Windows Lite join Windows 10 S and Windows RT as failed Windows variations? | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

Anatomy of a Hard Disk (2001)

A hard disk (also called a fixed disk) is the primary medium for storing information on computers, because it combines high capacity, relatively fast access and low price. A hard disk drive is made up of four basic components: a motor, a spinning platter, a pivoting arm with a re … | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

Tech luminaries we lost in 2018

Hailing from five different nations, the 13 remarkable women and men memorialized here had a lasting influence on technology and the world. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

Innovative anti-phishing app comes to iPhones

MetaCert checks emails on iPhones for phishing links, but giving the app access to all of your messages could be a concern for some. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

Microsoft trash talks Windows 10 LTSC – again

LTSC, which was once called LTSB, is a specialized edition of Windows 10 Enterprise that promises the longest intervals between OS feature upgrades. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

Google Maps is the new social network

While Twitter tumbles and Facebook flounders, Google Maps has emerged as the best social network for businesses. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

Amid calls for a Windows bug dashboard, Microsoft belatedly agrees to build one

The move, expected to roll out in 2019, comes in the aftermath of the company's botched rollout of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

The Linux desktop: With great success comes great failure

Linux is both the most popular operating system and a niche end-user OS. How can that be? Follow along, my friends, and I’ll tell you. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

There’s a rash of WDF_VIOLATION blue screens on Win10 HP's with unknown cause

Fingers point to the Patch Tuesday Win10 cumulative updates, a Windows-pushed HP keyboard driver, or a combination of both. A Microsoft agent says that it’s not just on HP machines and that the cumulative updates have been pulled, but there’s no confirmation. Whodunit? | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

The world’s two largest enterprise blockchain groups join forces

Hyperledger and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance are teaming up to promote blockchain technology to companies and to collaborate on development efforts. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

We’re inching closer to DaaS Windows

How Windows is supported and sold is changing. Or should I say ‘sold’? | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

In killing Inbox, Google takes another swipe at its most passionate users

It fits a pattern that tells us that Google sees everyone as having equal value, which just isn’t true. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

Windows on Chromebooks? Stay tuned

Could you soon see Windows running on a Chromebook? Clues are pointing that way. But why would Google do it? Here’s my take. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

An open letter to Microsoft management re: Windows updating

Enterprise patching veteran Susan Bradley summarizes her Windows update survey results, asking Microsoft management to rethink the breakneck pace of frequently destructive patches. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

With DaaS Windows coming, say goodbye to your PC as you know it

How much are you going to like having Microsoft in charge of your desktop? | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

Atlassian move to ditch Stride and Hipchat in Slack deal angers users

Atlassian’s Stride bites the dust less than a year after launch as Slack moves to strengthen its team chat position with this week’s deal. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

The transistor: The most important invention of the 20th century

Analysts and researchers call the transistor the most important invention of the 20th century on the event of its 60th birthday. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

Brave browser begins controversial ad repeal-and-replace tests

The browser maker is now serving replacement ads to as many as 1,000 volunteers who agreed to help test out the company's plans. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

Everything you knew about Chromebooks is wrong

Myth: Chromebooks don’t run apps. Fact: Chromebooks run more apps than any device ever. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

What is Quick Base? A low-code database platform for citizen developers

Filling the gap between shared spreadsheets and IT-oriented development tools, Quick Base aims to let business users quickly create their own applications. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

Making sense of Google's podcast flip-flop

Make no mistake about it: Google's podcast about-face is about much more than the launch of a single new app. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

Is Microsoft already killing off Windows 7

It sure looks like it’s regretting promising 18 more months of support for Windows 10’s biggest competitor. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

Android's sharing system is morphing into an unpredictable mess

One of Android's most powerful elements is losing its edge as poor design practices spread surprisingly far. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

RIP Macintosh: 1984–201

You may still love your Mac, but Apple doesn’t share your passion. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

Apple Hiding with iOS 11.4

Have you installed iOS 11.4? Once you’d looked at AirPlay 2 and Messages in iCloud, did you happen to take a look at the contents of the security updates? | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

Don’t believe the hype: We’re a long way from 5G

There’s a host of reasons why we won’t see 5G roll out in production anytime soon. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 5 years ago

Microsoft's Surface Hub 2 puts Teams collaboration at its core

The first iteration of Microsoft’s digital whiteboard is now in use at 5,000 businesses, but questions remain about customer demand long term. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 6 years ago

The unspoken truth about managing geeks

The stereotypes that lump IT professionals together are misguided. It's actually the conditions that surround the IT pros that are stereotypical, and the geeks are just reacting to those conditions the way they always react -- logically. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 6 years ago

Kiss Apple networking goodbye

Maybe Wi-Fi and backup hardware just isn’t sexy enough for a company with its headquarters in a flying saucer. | Continue reading


@computerworld.com | 6 years ago