Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols has been writing about technology and the business of technology since CP/M-80 was the cutting-edge PC operating system, 300bps was a fast Internet connection, WordStar was the state-of-the-art word processor, and we liked it!
Windows as a service? Now, there’s an argument for Linux
Microsoft wants to control your Windows 10 desktop. Now are you ready to try a Linux desktop?
Internet privacy? Who needs that?
Senate Republicans think it’s fine and dandy for your ISP to sell your private data.
Microsoft is playing Windows hardball
Lucky us. Microsoft will no longer be supporting older Windows on newer processors.
Of course your TV’s spying on you
It has been since it got smart, and so are most of the websites you visit, your Amazon Echo and every voice-activated smart device in your house.
Amazon shows why you shouldn’t put all your tech eggs in one cloud basket
On one really bad day, Amazon Web Services went haywire, and so did millions of users.
What’s up with Windows patching, Microsoft?
A month late? Seriously? It’s both outrageous and unsurprising.
If you want privacy you need to run Linux
Windows is unsafe by design, and macOS isn’t a lot better. But even Linux distros that have joined the mainstream by becoming less scary are much safer.
You still can’t turn off Windows 10’s built-in spyware
Microsoft is reducing the data it collects from your Windows 10 PCs, but what does that really mean? Good question. Microsoft isn’t saying.
Tesla will rule the car world
Some people still doubt Tesla. Elon Musk is laughing all the way to the future.
Follow-up: MS-DOS lives on after all
Microsoft wants to make it clear that the last bits of MS-DOS, cmd.exe, aren’t going away.
