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Predicting the demise of RIM and Blackberry is becoming easy sport by bloggers and in the press. Last week’s announcement RIM is retrenching from the consumer space, their management shakeup, disappointing earnings, lackluster Playbook tablet acceptance, and decreasing units shipped compared to iPhone and Android…well, saying more feels like piling on. Following their Q4 earnings [...]
Steve Jobs has been a part of my career in computer and networking since it began in the 1980′s. My first computer and business were based on the Apple II Plus, creating medical office software and consulting to the State of Nebraska Education Department while attending college at the University of Nebraska at Kearney (then Kearney [...]
Thou shalt only use Internet Explorer. Gone are the days of the “one official browser” corporate IT standard. At least that’s the principle I operate under. I’ve vowed not to purchase or select a product, application or SaaS service that restricts itself to Internet Explorer, or any other single web browser. The world of web [...]
MacBook Air refresh coming soon? Will MacBook Air dominate? With Mac OS X Lion?Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:25:52 PDT
Speculation around the MacBook Air refresh is at a fevered pitch. It seems the speculation around every move by Apple has become a constant. I’m waiting on the expected MacBook Airs as part of a company computer refresh. I’m guessing the specs around the new MacBook Air will receive a respectable bump up with the [...]
If you're upgrading to Microsoft Office 2007 or 2010, or recently upgraded, then you're in the thick of relearning all of the Office products. It's a bit daunting at first. I remember when the first Office 2007 and 2010 public betas came out. I hated the new ribbon menu and all that entailed learning how [...]
How will Google's Android Nexus S smartphone fair? Phones bearing Google's Android OS continue to gain steam in the marketplace. I see lots of users who probably would have liked an iPhone but have Android phones instead, and seem just as happy with them. A Best Buy email ad just popped into my inbox promoting [...]
Welcome again to the Alan and Mitchell Podcast. We're still working on a new podcast name so hang in there until we have something better. During the podcast, Alan and I talk about: 1. New security features in Windows Azure2. The first zero day for Windows 73. 2nd iPhone worm4. HP/3Com5. Why is security so hard6. [...]
I was driving back from a meeting downtown today and needed to stop by my house to pick up the zip pouch with my bank stuff in it. I needed to make a deposit at the 1st Bank I use down the street. Driving west on 120th on the border dividing Westminster and Broomfield (Colorado), [...]
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Well, we're back at it again. Alan and I are doing the podcast again and we are enjoying it even more. During this episode, Alan and I talk about: Is the CISO role really just a consulting gig? Microsoft Security Essentials free malware software Microsoft Forefront 2010 for Exchange and Alan's leaving StillSecure The podcast [...]
