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Rant alert: Why are U.S. Government agencies still using 50 year old computer equipment?

Posted on May 26, 2016

70s-era-computer With the federal government spending trillions of dollars each and every year, wouldn’t you expect our most critical government agencies to be using the latest technology?

Well here’s a news flash for you: They don’t.

According to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), some of the government’s most important tasks are still being completed using computer equipment and software that was developed as far back as the 1950’s.

If you’re thinking that tasks being completed using such outdated equipment can’t be all that important, consider this quote from the GAO report: [Read more…]

Chromebooks outsell Macs for the first time

Posted on May 24, 2016

According to sales data compiled by the folks at IDC Research, more people bought laptops running Google’s Chrome operating system than Apple Macs for the first time ever in the first quarter of 2016.

Chromebooks (#ad) have been steadily gaining market share for some time now, and it was fairly inevitable that this would happen sooner or later.

While they won’t overtake Windows PCs any time soon, Microsoft must still be wringing their collective hands as these nifty devices eat into their market share as well. [Read more…]

Warning: Pay attention to this Windows 10 upgrade notice if you don’t want Windows 10!

Posted on May 17, 2016

As you probably know, Microsoft has been very aggressive of late with their attempts to get you to install the free Windows 10 update.

Well, it appears that they have decided to try toning it down just a bit with their latest update notice, but that “toning down” can be a bit misleading.

In order to understand why it’s misleading, it’s important to carefully consider the way the Windows 10 update notice is constructed.

With that in mind, lets take a look at the notice: [Read more…]

Updates to Windows 10 on older PCs have slowed to a trickle

Posted on May 4, 2016

As you probably know, Microsoft has become extremely aggressive with their attempts to push the free Windows 10 upgrade onto reluctant Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users.

Since its official release in July 2015, Windows 10 has gained market share at a healthy clip each and every month as users decided to take advantage of the free upgrade deal while it was still available.

But apparently users weren’t upgrading fast enough to meet Microsoft’s long-term goals, so they decided to change the Windows Update procedure to make the update to Windows 10 virtually automatic. [Read more…]

Security alert: Update Google Chrome now to fix 9 security bugs

Posted on May 3, 2016

Google has just released an important security update for their popular Chrome web browser, and I recommend that you install it right away.

This update patches a total of nine different security bugs, some of which are classified as high risk.

As you probably know, Chrome is currently the most popular browser in use today, and that makes it a big target for hackers.

That’s why it’s important to always make sure the latest security updates are installed as quickly as possible.

Follow the steps below to update Chrome to the latest (and most secure) version: [Read more…]