Rumours are buzzing in Silicon Valley at the moment after an overheard conversation in The Creamery in San Francisco last night. The bistro and coffee shop is just a short walk from Yammer’s office on Townsend Street. Sarah Taylor tweeted that she had overheard a conversation that Microsoft had acquired Read more…
In talking to young people about preparing for the future, I’ve had several say something like this: “We must get into the world to experience ungodly situations and ungodly people in order to grow stronger.” This kind of thinking has swallowed up many immature Christians and eventually turned them against Read more…
Life is full of surprises—some of which take life in unwelcome directions. I still remember the shockwave that hit our family several decades ago when my father lost his job through no fault of his own. With a house full of kids to feed, it was a jarring blow. But Read more…
I have owned and enjoyed using Windows PCs and Macs throughout the last decade, during which time my professional life has centred around an IT security consulting business. The easily surprised will be suitably open-mouthed to discover that I have secured more than my fair share of office Macs in Read more…
Microsoft said last week that a skew toward more exploits on Windows Vista can be attributed to the demise of support for the operating system’s first service pack. Data from the company’s newest security intelligence report showed that in the second half of 2011, Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) was Read more…
Microsoft wheeled out another batch of security patches today to fix multiple dangerous security flaws that expose billions of Windows users to remote code execution attacks. The Patch Tuesday batch for May 2012 covers at least 23 documented vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, the Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft Read more…
When IT consultancy OpenCredo set out to launch three new applications within seven months for a major insurance underwriter, it had three goals in mind: Trim development time from the usual years-long pace, allow for frequent changes from the client, and build a system that can handle unpredictable traffic spikes. Read more…
