The Verge

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

While Apple had been ahead in producing mouse-driven GUIs at the time, it remained focused on the combination of hardware and software. Microsoft had already created its low-cost PC DOS operating system for IBM PCs, and was firmly positioned as a software company. With Windows 1.0, Where it all began: Windows 1.0

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The Verge

JUNE 7, 2021

Apple’s hosting its second all-virtual Worldwide Developers Conference this year, and it seems like the company plans to squeeze in even more hardware announcements alongside its usual software updates. WWDC 2021 will run all week long, but things start off with the traditional Apple keynote on June 7th at 10AM PT / 1PM ET.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 31, 2021

And, yes, I realize that this is not the first time we’ve announced the death of the company or its devices (and, for reasons I’ll explain below, it likely won’t be the last) but this is a very definite ending for legacy BlackBerry hardware. As of January 4th, any phones or tablets running BlackBerry’s own software — that’s BlackBerry 7.1

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2021

A promotional image for WWDC 2021. While we aren’t expecting any announcements on the level of Apple’s shift to custom silicon in its computers, which was WWDC 2020’s big news, Apple presumably has some notable changes in the works for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and its other operating systems. Image: Apple.

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The Verge

JANUARY 21, 2021

Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, has previously ruled out official support for natively booting alternate operating systems like Windows or Linux. pic.twitter.com/uBDbDmvJUG — Chris Wade (@cmwdotme) January 20, 2021. Apple hasn’t designed its M1 Macs with dual-boot or Boot Camp in mind.

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The Verge

MAY 18, 2021

Android’s new Private Compute Core will be a privileged space within the operating system, similar to the partitions used for passwords or sensitive biometric data. The partition will make it easier for the operating system to protect that data, while still keeping it available for system-level functions.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 6, 2024

When IDC surveyed cross-regional IT decision-makers earlier in 2023 about their biggest organisational concerns relative to remote and flexible work models, 44% cited security across endpoints, networks, applications, and the cloud (up from 40% in 2021). bios-level security) as the parameters of the virtual office become more expansive.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 24, 2022

After all, entry-level pricing for mainframes in the z15 family running IBM Z operating systems is $250,000. IBM LinuxONE III systems run only Linux at prices starting at $135,000. The program enables customers to pay only for what they use of Z system hardware and software. Z upgrades and open source.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Microsoft just launched the affordable Surface Go 3, but maybe it will reveal new hardware at an education-focused event on Tuesday. The event arrives just over a month after the company released Windows 11, its next major operating system. Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge. It’s taking place November 9th at 12PM ET.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 26, 2023

Of those surveyed, only 9% of respondents said they felt certifications weren’t necessary for their role, down from 12% in 2021. Similarly, 12% of respondents said they were currently working toward earning a certification, up from 9% in 2021. According to the data from Dice, that is a 1% increase from 2021.

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Network World

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Open RAN (O-RAN) O-RAN is a wireless-industry initiative for designing and building 5G radio access networks using software-defined technology and general-purpose, vendor-neutral hardware. Enterprises can choose an appliance from a single vendor or install hardware-agnostic hyperconvergence software on white-box servers.

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TM Forum

JULY 19, 2021

For those of us following online, there was a noticeable stream of Open RAN headlines, and as I added them to my records, it seemed an opportune moment to recap what has happened so far in 2021 and where we are headed with Open RAN. What is it? The graphic below, published by TIP in October 2020, shows deployments and trials: image.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

4K, which Amazon says is coming soon, might be more of a challenge for Luna on this hardware, especially without dialing down graphical settings in some demanding games. Amazon’s main cloud streaming rivals, Microsoft and Google, are using entirely different hardware and operating systems for their own cloud gaming services.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 20, 2021

He noted that Google’s acquisition of Fitbit is still “pretty early in the integration” since the purchase only went through a few months ago — it takes time to develop a product, after all, especially one with a new operating system that Fitbit has never used before. But years later, Google’s list of hardware partners is wearing thin.

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The Verge

MAY 17, 2021

A new tweet from the official Wear OS Twitter account is teasing an update tomorrow at I/O 2021 to Google’s frequently forgotten smartwatch operating system. pic.twitter.com/ylGiIevTc4 — Wear OS by Google (@WearOSbyGoogle) May 17, 2021. If anything, Google’s tease is a welcome sign of life.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s time to evolve beyond the UNIX operating system. So while I was editing this podcast on self-healing operating systems, I was reminded of an article that I never finished for Fobes.com. He died prematurely on April 23 in 2021. Music] VAMOSI: What is an operating system?

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GeekWire

JULY 23, 2020

Revenue in Microsoft’s Surface hardware business jumped 28% to more than $1.7 Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet reported this week that the new version of the operating system is now slated for release in 2021, with the Neo and other dual-screen devices pushed to 2020 as a result.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Windows 11 is available on new devices today or for eligible existing hardware. Microsoft is taking a gradual approach to rolling out this new operating system, but it’s available as a free upgrade for eligible Windows 10 devices. If you don’t see the Windows 11 upgrade just yet, there’s even a way to skip the line.

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The Verge

JULY 27, 2021

Microsoft posted the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2021 financial results today , reporting revenue of $46.2 Windows 11 is a visual overhaul to the operating system, with a new Start menu, updated design, and an overall simplification of Windows. Hardware revenue is up again, as expected, by 172 percent.

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The Verge

JUNE 29, 2021

Microsoft’s big security push is complicated Microsoft has had six years to prepare for the launch of Windows 11, but the company is still struggling to explain its new hardware requirements. Coupled with Microsoft’s hardware requirements is a push to enable a more modern BIOS (UEFI) that supports features like Secure Boot and TPM 2.0

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

A lot has changed since Windows debuted in 1985 as a graphical operating environment which runs on the Microsoft MS-DOS operating system. Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen chose to produce software for a range of PCs, rather than making hardware of their own.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Yet the company needed top hardware engineers to devote themselves to the project. He joined Microsoft in 2004, working on hardware projects in the company’s Entertainment & Devices Division before he was recruited to the nascent Surface team. Windows revenue fell 13% to $24.7 A shot in the arm for Alexa?

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The Verge

JANUARY 13, 2022

There are some unique complicating factors this year, but it’s the same old Android — the good and the bad Android 12 is one of the platform’s most ambitious updates in recent history, bringing a major design overhaul to every corner of the operating system. A full stable release came a month later than usual, on October 4th, 2021.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Modern smartphone operating systems now do a good job of telling you when an app is accessing your camera or microphone while you’re using the device, but it’s not clear how they’d be able to inform you of a rogue app tapping into the always-on camera. The OnePlus 7 Pro hid its entire camera system in a motorized pop-up module.

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The Verge

JUNE 7, 2021

Apple announced iOS 15 , macOS Monterey , watchOS 8 , and iPadOS 15 software at WWDC 2021. The public beta period will begin in July, and whether you’re curious to download them then, or just waiting for the final release, you’ll need to have the right hardware to do it. Here’s the list: iPad Pro 12.9-inch iPad Pro 10.5-inch.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 31, 2021

This is the last Technology Short Take of 2021, so hopefully I’ll close the year out “with a bang” with this collection of links and articles on various technology areas. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Not only for this Technology Short Take, but also for 2021. Networking.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Windows 11 has only just arrived on new devices earlier this month, so Microsoft and OEMs will be hoping the supply issues improve and that the new operating system drives even more demand for laptops and PCs. Hardware revenue is up again this quarter by 166 percent, thanks to continued demand for Xbox Series X and Series S consoles.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 28, 2022

Introduced in September 2021 as a part of HPE GreenLake for data protection, HPE Backup and Recovery Service is designed to deliver five key benefits to hybrid cloud environments: Cloud simplicity. HPE Backup and Recovery Service creates backup stores which are not directly accessible by the operating system.

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The Verge

MAY 19, 2021

Yesterday brought the momentous news that Google and Samsung will merge together their Wear OS and Tizen-based smartwatch platforms into a single operating system. Speed and responsiveness were one of the major talking points when Google and Samsung made this announcement during the I/O 2021 keynote.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 15, 2021

Welcome to Technology Short Take #136, the first Short Take of 2021! Servers/Hardware. Want to enable logging in every AWS service that exists (as of 2021)? Cormac Hogan shares some lessons learned using a Kubernetes Operator to query vSphere resources. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

Servers/Hardware. Michael Gasch pontificates on Knative’s missteps in this post from June 2021. Operating Systems/Applications. Aidan Steele examines how VPC sharing could potentially improve security and reduce cost. What do you think microsegmentation means ? Ru Singh provides a review of his M1-based MacBook Air.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The first step in making it a mainstream kind of experience is to put it in the operating system. April 2021 : During an interview with journalist Kara Swisher Cook agreed with her that augmented reality is “a critically important part of Apple’s future.” Apple’s AR hardware is perennially two years away.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

Servers/Hardware. Although a bit older (from June 2021), this article on unknown values in Terraform feels like a direct response to the rise of tools leveraging general purpose programming languages for declarative infrastructure management (think tools like Pulumi, AWS CDK, etc.). Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Servers/Hardware. William Lam takes a look at some potentially interesting homelab hardware. Anders Eknert shows how to do—or at least provides a framework on getting started with—dynamic policy composition with Open Policy Agent (OPA) in this blog post from April 2021. (Seriously.).

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Scott Lowe

MAY 7, 2021

It’s hard to believe it’s already the start of May 2021—my how time flies! Servers/Hardware. maximizing revenue per hardware instance). Operating Systems/Applications. Justin Garrison shares some thoughts on whiteboarding software (and hardware). Welcome to Technology Short Take #140!

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2024

From networking to security and from hardware to the cloud, there’s something in here for just about everyone. Servers/Hardware Permanent damage? Operating Systems/Applications Bhushan Shah shares some “lessons learned” using git bisect to do some Linux kernel troubleshooting.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Servers/Hardware I must admit that I always wanted to have a Sun workstation, and I’ve had an interest in SunOS/Solaris for years (check out this link if you don’t believe me). As detailed in this article , it turns out BitLocker can be bypassed—assuming physical access to the hardware—with a cheap logic analyzer.

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