Yet another story about the End Of The Operating System As We Know It, based more on wishful thinking than cold reality. Hope springs eternal, more now with the Browser as the ultimate program, instead of another dig at Microsoft.
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Every piece of software can be improved by a code review. How these are actually done successfully depends on many things. Here’s a review of an excellent overview of code reviews.
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The movement of the WWW into greater interaction is having some unintended consequences and, surprisingly, revisiting some very old conflicts. Ultimately, these are right-brain/left-brain divides. FutureWare’s recent experience with these new/old issues has been, well, eye opening.
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The telco carriers that control mobile communications access learned how to maximize their service charges very long ago. To paraphrase the Bard, it’s good to be a monopoly, indeed.
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The telco carriers that control mobile communications access learned how to maximize their service charges very long ago. To paraphrase the Bard, it’s good to be a monopoly, indeed.
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Periodic checkups aren’t enough to maintain good health. Here are some things we use every day that are better than the proverbial Apple in keeping the doctor away.
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Taking a live training course can be frustrating for the attendees, and trying for the presenter(s). Here are some tips, based on direct experience, that can make it easy and productive for all concerned.
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Being a paid-up certified partner has its privileges, but the overhead is starting to really add up, which leads us to re-examine the original reason for becoming a member.
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The reason that Apple’s MacBooks are more expensive than their Windows counterparts is amazingly simple: they’re worth more.

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Trial Lawyers are overlooking a huge windfall by not going after software failures, many of which spectacularly described in the media. A recent decision in California (where else?) appears to give trial lawyers easy pickings.
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