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One problem with building things using state-of-the-art techniques is that sometimes those that look like they will be “the next big thing” turn out to be dead ends. Next thing you know, that hot new part or piece of software is hard to get or unmaintained. This

Businesses spent over a trillion dollars on enterprise software and IT services last year, with a healthy forecasted growth fueling an otherwise flat IT market. You might expect this investment would be producing better and better software, but every day you probably experience the reverse. Cryptic error messages, confusing

There is an old adage: “You get what you pay for.” It’s a common saying that has become cliché enough that some people tend to forget that it is usually true (but not always). Here is another quote, which you may or may not find useful: “Anyone

The earliest customers who pulled the trigger on Tesla’s entry-level Model 3 may want to enjoy their car’s features to the fullest over the coming days. Those early vehicles shipped with unlocked software that effectively gave owners access to the more expensive Standard Range Plus car. Eventually, the company

I haven’t used SharePoint for nearly a decade, and I never thought I’d want to voluntarily use it again. That changed this week after Microsoft revealed its latest sizzle video. The software giant usually reserves these for new Surface hardware or flashy Windows and Office features, but

The May update for Windows 10 is giving users some control over when the operating system’s updates are installed. Some commentators have lauded this as a significant change that will protect users from the serious and sometimes system-breaking problems that have accompanied almost every Windows 10 update

Synology, makers of the Diskstation networked attached storage (NAS) appliances, reached out to me to see if I’d like to take a look at its DS1019+ ($650 on Amazon) for use in your home or small office, or as a home backup solution. We at iMore have already given it

You’re probably familiar with the adage, “Cheaper, better, faster — choose two, because you can never have all three.” It’s the software industry’s version of the iron triangle — the notion that a project manager or a software development team must trade between these fundamental constraints — but rarely,

You can enjoy the original Android experience on the Sanyo TV with unlimited access to thousands of authorised apps. Today, your smart TV can also be your personal computer. You can create documents or do work like creating an office presentation from Cloud. What’s more, you can

According to code in the back-end of the Facebook app, The Social Network may soon look to bring messaging back into the main platform, as opposed to redirecting users to its separate Messenger app. As you can see here, code hacker Jane Manchun Wong has located a new test