Archives for Insight and Opinion

Remove terrible newspapers from news.google.com

I use news.google.com to quickly check the headlines. Some news corps get in the way with their lies and pseudo-facts. Follow these steps for minimal waft: Click the pencil at the top right (Personalize your news) Scroll down to ‘Adjust Sources’ and move the slider(s)

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Amazon makes Infrastructure as a Service easy

The term “Cloud Computing” was invented by a marketing executive. I think its the most over-hyped trend in computing ever. Vineet Nayar called it BS. First where is “the cloud”? Thats not like asking “where is the internet?”. The cloud is the network of data centers owned by companies like Google, Amazon and IBM. Like [...]

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Surprise you need a Client Access License!

There is a safe in the office where I work. Inside it, among valuables like petty cash and sensitive documents, are our CAL’s from Microsoft. We had to buy them when we upgraded the Windows Small Business 2008 Server. What is a Client Access License? “A CAL is not a software product; rather, it is [...]

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