Flashback Friday: No worries, we’ve already solved that problem more expensively
The company where this pilot fish works finally decides to upgrade, across its many facilities, the scanners it uses in production, and the new ones...
Tag : Hardware
How will Apple tempt developers to ARM-based Macs?
Apple is expected to announce a migration from Intel to its own ARM-based processors inside Macs at WWDC, how might it motivate developers to join...
How to set up a work-from-home ‘office’ for the long term
Working from home is hardly a new phenomenon, but the COVID-19 pandemic has made it an unplanned requirement for many office and knowledge workers. Even...
How to block the Windows 10 May 2020 update, version 2004, from installing
Things change — sometimes for the better. There are two big changes in the Windows 10 world that come into focus with Windows 10 version...
Flashback Friday: You can’t give that stuff away
It’s the 1990s, and this very big nonprofit hospital has 20 years’ worth of computer equipment when it decides to spend $20 million to replace...
How PaaS could drive sustainability into the PC market
PaaS, or “PCs-as-a-Service,” is a concept we’ve been chasing under different terms ever since we moved from mainframes and terminals. The irony is that back...
Amid the pandemic, using trust to fight shadow IT
Shadow IT, where workers sometimes go rogue in their efforts to solve business problems, can create challenges – and opportunities – for companies in the...
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Back in the days of 5.25-in. floppy disks, this pilot fish is working as a consultant at an engineering company, where the dress code is...
Memory-Lane Monday: Never let a software guy near hardware
This pilot fish gets an early-evening call from his business’s security company, telling him that the computer room is sending out a “high thermal event”...
Flashback Friday: It was like this when I got here
Pilot fish is working on solving a problem at a user’s desk when the user asks about something unrelated: Is it possible to change a...