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Microsoft to bring Windows to the ‘cloud’

July 15, 2021

Cloud computing has been with us for a while, and chances are you’re already using one or more cloud services. Web-based email services are a rudimentary example. There was a time when you needed a […]

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Trump’s misguided lawsuit against social media companies

July 14, 2021

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a class-action lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter, and Google, “asking the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to order an immediate halt to social media companies’ […]

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My 3-year-old PC won’t run new version of Windows

July 1, 2021

Three years ago I bought (and wrote about) an HP All-in-One PC, which I’m using to write this column. I use it every day and am incredibly happy with the machine. Once I upgraded it […]

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Facebook offers tools to ‘slow down’ toxic conversations

June 18, 2021

At Facebook 2019 F8 developer’s conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that “groups are now at the heart of the experience, just as much as your friends and family are.”  He was talking about an initiative […]

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‘Universal Control’ is an incentive to buy more Apple products

June 10, 2021

If Apple had its way, every iPhone user would also own a Mac, an iPad, an Apple TV, an Apple Watch, AirPod headphones, and a HomePod  speaker, along with subscriptions to Apple Music and Apple […]

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What Google announced at its developer’s conference

May 20, 2021

Since 2008, I’ve been attending the annual Google I/O developer’s conference, which until the pandemic, was held in-person, first at Moscone Center in San Francisco and in recent years at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain […]

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Risk of ransomware to national infrastructure

May 13, 2021

By Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News The shutdown of Colonial Pipeline, which delivers gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel to much of the East Coast, is a reminder that essential institutions […]

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Combating ‘dyscommunication syndrome’

May 6, 2021

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Let me start with an apology of sorts to the many people who have written me emails but didn’t get a response. That includes […]

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My new air fryer is a security risk

April 22, 2021

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Little did I know that my latest home appliance would be a security risk. Earlier this month, I purchased a “smart” 12-in-one COSORI air […]

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It’s been 40 years since I wrote a manual for IBM’s first PC

April 8, 2021

Forty years ago this month, I started my first job in the PC industry. When I signed on, I thought I’d be writing a manual for a popular Apple II word processing program. Instead, I […]

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