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Author Archives: halberenson
Don’t they claim Linux is secure?
I’ve spent so many years hearing Linux fans claim it is totally secure that I just had to post this one. Duqu, the most sophisticated and mysterious Trojan since Stuxnet (and perhaps related to it) compromised Linux servers to create its … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Linux and Android, Security, Windows
Tagged Duqu, Linux, security myths, Windows
4 Comments
Stop SOPA and PIPA
One of the biggest threats to the Internet is censorship legislation currently in the U.S. Congress known as SOPA in the House and PIPA (“Protect IP Act”) in the Senate. SOPA was dealt a huge blow a couple of weeks … Continue reading
Can Windows 8/Windows Phone 8 ship in June 2012
While most observers expect to see Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 no earlier than next fall, there have been various indicators that we could see one or both much earlier. Indeed, there is increasing evidence that we might see … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows, Windows Phone
Tagged Windows, Windows 8, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 8
10 Comments
Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8: Cousins or Siblings
For quite some time now there have been rumours about Windows Phone 8 (WP8) being based on the Windows NT kernel (WinNTk). More recently a blogger called MS Nerd made the case that this is not true. Well, I’m going to … Continue reading
Posted in Microsoft, Mobile, Windows, Windows Phone
Tagged Windows NT Kernel, Windows Phone 8
49 Comments
More proof that Toyota needs Microsoft-style Program Managers
Every few years I rent a Toyota Prius when I’m on one of my trips, and the most recent trip was one of them. The Prius is a marvel of engineering, showing what is really possible when you choose a … Continue reading
“For all of us who have lives, there’s Windows” – David Gewirtz
I couldn’t resist pointing out this article about dropping Linux in favor of Windows. In the mid-2000s I made a concerted effort to learn and use Linux. I even went as far as running it on my laptop, and taking that laptop … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Linux and Android, Windows
Tagged Linux, Linux Server, Microsoft Windows
5 Comments
What the heck is “Program Management”?
When I first joined Microsoft back in 1994 I, like many other outsiders, was shocked by its split of Software Engineering into three (rather than two) disciplines. Splitting Development from Test was pretty common in the industry. But subdividing Development … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet
Tagged Program Management, Program Manager, SDE, Software Design, Software Design Engineer
3 Comments
OLE DB and SQL Server: History, End-Game, and some Microsoft “dirt”
Last month the Microsoft SQL Server team effectively sounded the death knell for Microsoft’s OLE DB. I say “effectively” because while SQL Server isn’t the only implementor of OLE DB, it is (or rather was) Microsoft’s flagship for this data … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Database, Microsoft, SQL Server
Tagged Microsoft SQL Server, OLE DB, SQL Server, SQL Server OLE DB
4 Comments
Good summary of Windows 8 security
Jason Garms, the Group Program Manager at Microsoft responsible for Windows 8’s security features, has written an overview of Windows 8’s added malware protection. If you are on the techie-side then it’s a great read, but otherwise your eyes will probably … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Security, Windows
Tagged Anti-Malware, Malware Protection, Windows 8, Windows 8 malware, Windows 8 Security
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Thinking about User Interface paradigms and an eventual “Humanoid UI”
(Let me apologize before you start for the length of this blog entry. If it were a magazine article I’d spend hours more trying to edit it to perhaps half its current length. But this is a blog, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet
Tagged GUI, Humanoid UI, Kinect, Speech Recognition, Touch and Gesture, User Interface, WIMP
2 Comments
Hal's (Im)Perfect Vision 