Monthly Archives: November 2017

Sonos One

Posted on November 27, 2017 by halberenson

I’ve been a Sonos fan for years, and recently talked about my first experience using Alexa to control older Sonos equipment.  I have one room, my exercise room, that isn’t covered by the Niles multi-zone system.  I was using an … Continue reading →

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Good browsing habits gone bad

Posted on November 24, 2017 by halberenson

We always think that the best protection against web-distributed malware is to exercise caution while browsing.  But what if you aren’t even browsing in the classic sense, and an application renders a malware infested page?  I found out this morning. … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Security, Windows | 8 Comments

Product Launches and Vendor Conferences

Posted on November 23, 2017 by halberenson

My favorite tech conference, AWS’ re:Invent is coming up next week.  I attended the last three as an Amazon VP, and was hoping to attend this year as a customer, but unfortunately can’t make it.  I’ll be streaming the keynotes, … Continue reading →

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Surface Book 2

Posted on November 22, 2017 by halberenson

I picked up my Surface Book 2 (SB2) from the UPS Store last Friday and wanted to provide my impressions. Setup was in the Wow category.  You turn on the SB2, connect to WiFi, answer a couple of questions, log … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Windows | 6 Comments

Where is my Surface Book 2?

Posted on November 16, 2017 by halberenson

This is not a complaint, it is me anxiously waiting for a new device in a way that I haven’t for years.  You see, I have been without a PC for about 6 weeks.  Until then I had my work-owned … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Phone (Part 2)

Posted on November 14, 2017 by halberenson

Does anyone think it was a coincidence that Joe Belfiore’s admission Microsoft’s journey to make Windows succeed on phones was dead came just days after he had announced that Microsoft was bringing the Edge browser to Android and iOS, and had … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows Phone | 14 Comments

Microsoft Phone (Part 1)

Posted on November 13, 2017 by halberenson

There is a lot of focus on the death of Windows 10 Mobile, bringing an end to Microsoft’s dream of a world running Windows on every client device.  But I don’t believe Microsoft feels Mobile is any less important now … Continue reading →

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Using DNS for Security – Comodo Dome Shield

Posted on November 12, 2017 by halberenson

I’ve written a number of times about DNS offerings that allow for increased security.  Blocking you from going to a website that does a drive-by download of malware, blocking phishing sites, blocking your IoT devices from talking to a BOT … Continue reading →

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Does per-incident support make sense in the cloud?

Posted on November 4, 2017 by halberenson

Although I haven’t looked at this deeply I know that AWS, and it appears Azure as well, only offer subscription-based support models.  On-premises Microsoft offers both subscription-based models and per-incident support.  So does per-incident support make sense in the cloud?  … Continue reading →

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