As recently as two years ago, several cities in the United States and around the world were struggling with adopting LTE, the latest mobile network protocol.  I wrote last month about how 5G will bring interactive video experiences and am happy to see that 5G deployment is just around the corner. At…

Toyota is often at the forefront of technology. They were one of the first with a hybrid car and known for innovation. While Google, using the company name Waymo, is the one grabbing most of the headlines, others including Tesla and Toyota are moving closer. Toyota has recently shown off…

While Artificial Intelligence is being used in a myriad of ways to enhance our lives, one thing to watch is the way in which it has already begun to cross the line into creating life itself. Of course, that is a long way off, if it ever comes to pass. However,…

Introduction I telecommute at least one day every two weeks and need access to my corporate network. Since we use a Cisco VPN at my office, I have been using the Cisco client to connect. However, after a recent kernel upgrade, I noticed that I got the following message when…

It occurred to me recently that I’ve now been using Linux in one form or another for fifteen years. Thanks to the power of Google, one of my early posts to USENET about getting a Linux-based office program to sync with my Palm Pilot PDA is still lurking…. https://groups.google.com/forum/?nomobile=true#!original/staroffice.com.support.install.linux/vLu-5B6FBwg/m8quB_SYjoEJ Here…

As I’ve mentioned previously, the trend in information technology design has been for a shift from desktop computing to mobile computing. While many things are still done better at a desk with a full-size keyboard. This post, for example, was produced at my home desk on my laptop. I recently noticed…

xhttps://www.inc.com/magazine/201404/jason-fried/do-not-overdesign-your-website.html?cid=sf01001 Great short article on why it is sometimes better to keep things simple. I’ve always been in favor of simplistic design for web sites – one of my pet peeves has always been having to wade through the cluttered mess I find on many sites. As seen in this…

Microsoft has just released the source for Singularity. This is the up-and-coming .NET based operating system. I downloaded and compiled it just for fun. Wonder if it runs on Linux? 🙂

After exhaustive study, I have obtained a copy of the Windows Vista Kernel Source code. It appears that Microsoft has moved to utilizing more of the .net environment to handle kernel events. Here is the kernel386 source code: using genuineadvantage;using propriatery.codecs;using os2.core.modules;using vms.core.modules;using sun.java.core.libraries;using apple.macintosh.gui;using Win31.api.thunk; public class kernel386 {public…