Latest from James Sanders
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Facebook data privacy scandal: A cheat sheet
Read about the saga of Facebook's failures in ensuring privacy for user data, including how it relates to Cambridge Analytica, the GDPR, the Brexit campaign, and the 2016 US presidential election.
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Amazon Web Services: A cheat sheet
This comprehensive guide about AWS covers the expansive cloud services offered by Amazon, common use cases and technical limitations, and what to know when adopting this technology.
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Key factors to consider when choosing a dedicated NAS device
With multiple SKUs from multiple vendors, selecting a NAS and configuring it for your use case should be planned carefully.
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Why Verizon just stopped activating 3G phones without any warning
As part of the transition to 5G, mobile carriers are dismantling their networks. Verizon stopped activating 3G phones this month, without telling anyone in advance.
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Lenovo: IT pros can 'laugh at would-be hackers' with AMD Ryzen-powered ThinkPads
In the wake of Spectre and Meltdown, some organizations are diversifying their technology buys. Lenovo's new Ryzen-powered ThinkPads bring choice to business notebooks.
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Why HDD factory closure means you may need to migrate to solid state
Following the 2011 flooding in Thailand which disrupted the HDD market, analysts expected more geographic diversity in the future, though the opposite is occurring.
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Here's how Apple is fixing faulty keyboards in its 2018 MacBook Pro model
Following widespread reports of individual keys failing to register keystrokes, or registering keystrokes twice, Apple has engineered a potential solution.
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Why Microsoft's free version of Teams could help it better compete with Slack
Microsoft Teams can now compete directly with Slack with a free tier that startups not in Microsoft's ecosystem can use.
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How Intel's new Xeon-E series CPUs could boost performance of legacy business apps
Intel is increasing clock speeds and core count, proving helpful for situations where a workstation has limited SMP support.
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Google enabled Site Isolation in Chrome 67: Here's why and how it affects users
Site Isolation has been remotely enabled to protect against Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, but could lead to a performance tradeoff.