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In that post I asked if the choice of a system-wide operating system is still important to information technology professionals. The recent talk in IT pro circles has been about the coming revolution of cloud computing and virtualization, so I wondered how long it would be before

Windows Genuine Advantage is coming. In its battle against software counterfeiting and piracy, Microsoft will require users to prove they’ve got a valid installation of Windows before receiving software updates. If a copy of Windows hasn’t yet been properly activated, users will be asked for their product key

In this post, we explore the Out of Box performance of MongoDB on AWS Graviton2-based Amazon EC2 R6g instances. We show how the R6g instance achieves up to 117% higher throughput than the Intel Xeon-based R5 instance. The R6g instance also costs 20% less than the R5 instance,

What Is an Operating System (OS)? You’ve probably been involved in a “PC versus Mac” argument at some point in your life. Everyone seems to have very strong opinions on the subject, but what it really comes down to is personal preference in operating systems. Most people

Can We Trust the Information We Read Online? With the absolute saturation of digital information, fake news, and a misconception that nothing on the internet is real, it can be hard to know what sources can be trusted. What’s the first thing we do when we think

Germany should order the messaging programme Telegram removed from Apple’s and Google’s app stores if it continues to ignore requests to help track down extremist content, a senior German official said on Tuesday. Telegram has been blamed in Germany for fuelling an increasingly virulent subculture of anti-vaccine conspiracy

Fake Accounts, the Vox Book Club pick for December, is an odd book. I think it’s very good; I don’t know that I particularly like it. It is difficult to talk about, apparently by design. The debut novel of literary critic Lauren Oyler, Fake Accounts tells the story of an

The computer network has many resources such as software and hardware that are mandatory to finish the task. Generally, the required resources are file storage, CPU, memory, input and output devices and so on. The operating system acts as the controller of all the above-mentioned resources and

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” so the Staples commercial goes. It’s back-to-school time, as students change gears from the lazy days of summer and shift back to hitting the books. Today’s classrooms are equipped with the latest technology to enhance instruction. Here are some

At a time when the PC is playing a more central role in our lives, Windows 11 is designed to bring you closer to what you love. Windows has always existed to be a stage for the world’s innovation. It’s been the backbone of global businesses and