Category Archives: Computer and Internet

Protecting yourself from malicious websites

Posted on June 12, 2012 by halberenson

With all the press about the Flame malware the last couple of weeks I took yet another look at my own security precautions. This involved a bunch of ad-hoc testing on my part, and I’ve come up with a couple … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Security | Tagged Anti-Malware, Anti-Virus, botnet, DNS, Domain Name Service, Flame, malware, Norton Connectsafe, OpenDNS, URL Filtering | 5 Comments

Anatomy of a startup – PredictableIT Part II

Posted on June 11, 2012 by halberenson

In the first part of this series I alluded to what we put together as an operating environment and before I flesh that out I want to go through the heart of our “IP”. As I’d mentioned the major initial development … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud, Computer and Internet, Microsoft | Tagged IaaS, PredictableIT, SaaS, Software as a Service | 6 Comments

Keeping Windows 8 “Fresh” after RTM

Posted on June 9, 2012 by halberenson

One of the outstanding questions around Windows 8 is how Microsoft will keep it fresh after RTM. Most recently Long Zheng raised this question in the context of the relative immaturity of the new Windows Runtime. If the Windows team retains … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Windows | Tagged Windows 8, Windows 8 evolution, WIndows 8 Update Strategy | 4 Comments

Windows 8 Release Preview Impressions

Posted on June 8, 2012 by halberenson

I’ve been using the Release Preview for a week now and thought it would be a good time to provide some impressions. With the previous (Developer, Consumer) Previews I only installed Windows 8 on otherwise “out of service” PCs. For … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Windows | Tagged Windows 8 Release Preview | 3 Comments

100,000 Apps and I can’t find anything to install

Posted on June 6, 2012 by halberenson

Back at the beginning of April I wrote a blog post that posited Windows Phone’s biggest App problem was the absence of key applications for interacting with the physical world. So I found it really interesting that in the same week … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows Phone | Tagged Windows Phone Apps | 4 Comments

Uber Failure

Posted on June 1, 2012 by halberenson

I truly love the Internet and Apps and Mobile and the resulting improvements they make to my quality of life. But I have to tell you about two recent failures that leave me a little less enamored of today’s technology. … Continue reading →

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What makes you think they know anything?

Posted on May 28, 2012 by halberenson

I’m constantly fascinated by reports in which someone with an important-sounding title at a company makes a statement that sets the blogosphere and twitterverse ablaze. For example, a country-level marketing manager or an evangelist. Obviously it must be true because … Continue reading →

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How will Microsoft keep existing Windows Phone’s “Fresh”?

Posted on May 22, 2012 by halberenson

When queried about Windows Phone 8 upgrades for existing handsets both Microsoft and Nokia officials have deflected the question with comments about supporting existing customers and keeping their experience “fresh”. The most direct interpretation of these statements is that Windows … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows Phone | Tagged Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8 upgrades | 11 Comments

Slow Industry Response to Malware Reports is Killing Us

Posted on May 14, 2012 by halberenson

One of the biggest threats to the world of computing is how slow vendors are to respond to malware threats. For example, it took Apple 49 Days after Adobe fixed a vulnerability in Flash to make that fix available to OS X … Continue reading →

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