Category Archives: Windows

Ad-blocker Wars

Posted on May 31, 2019 by halberenson

About a year ago I wrote my Adblockers are the new AntiVirus piece. In the intervening period the war between ad blocking and web sites that depend on advertising has gone exponential. Many sites put up a warning asking you … Continue reading →

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Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

Posted on October 31, 2018 by halberenson

Once again Microsoft appears to have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, this time repeating a key mistake from the Windows 8 era.  Microsoft was on the path to a coupe, launching the seemingly excellent Surface Go well ahead … Continue reading →

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Adblockers are the new AntiVirus

Posted on June 19, 2018 by halberenson

Back in November I wrote a blog entry about good browsing habits being insufficient to protect you from malware.  Here is an update.  This week I had three brushes with malware, all three having to do with news aggregators.  One … 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 →

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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 →

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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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Where’s Windows?

Posted on November 28, 2014 by halberenson

Being busy with a full-time job (REMINDER: What I post here are my own views and are not in any way associated with my employer) I haven’t been able to post in a while.  A long weekend affords an opportunity … Continue reading →

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On the Threshold with Windows Phone (amongst other things)

Posted on August 4, 2014 by halberenson

Microsoft is working on its next Windows release (isn’t it always) and most rumors point to it being a release code-named Threshold.  The rumors also suggest developers may see Threshold before the end of this year, but general availability is … Continue reading →

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Surface Pro 3: It’s all about the form factor

Posted on June 9, 2014 by halberenson

Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 3 has received a large amount of good press, and the occasional negative (usually liking the hardware but disliking Windows 8.1).  But today’s piece on The Motley Fool warranted a response.  The problem with the article … Continue reading →

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The Missing Mini

Posted on May 26, 2014 by halberenson

No one was more disappointed by last week’s no-show of a Microsoft 8″ class Surface device than I was.  At the same time launching such a device at that particular event would have been a disaster, as I’ll get to in … Continue reading →

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