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I run Windows 8.1 as a virtual machine in VMware Fusion. I let the host operating system take care of security, specifically: Require login at boot and wake from sleep Screensaver enabled after 5 minutes Require password at screensaver Start screensaver hot corner If I lock my host OS, then you can’t get to the […]
I recently upgraded my iPhone 4 to the latest iPhone, the 5. When Claudia and I upgraded to iPhone 4’s we passed our 3G’s to our two oldest kids to use as iPods. We just recently did a similar thing when we upgraded to iPhone 5’s. We passed our iPhone 4’s to our two youngest […]
I’ve been checking out a number of cloud storage providers–quite a few actually–all together around a dozen. It is easy to say that not all cloud storage services are created equal. Not all have sync utilities. Not all have clients for both Apple OSX and Windows or for both iOS and Android. Not all clients […]
The Thursday keynote at VMworld generally highlights some inspirational technologies and their creators, generally not at all related to virtualization. In the 2012 Thursday keynote, Genius Machines, the speakers talked about autonomous algorithms that run the world, humanoid robots, and self-driving cars… In short, we are closer to the robot wars than ever. Kevin Slavin […]
Day three started off with no keynote. That is probably because there are a lot of parties Tuesday night, so a lot of reasons to sleep in. Personally, my first session of the day started at 9:30, What’s New with vSphere Automation. They were talking about new commands in esxcli and PowerCLI. The PowerCLI guy […]
The day started with a less dramatic keynote than Monday. Steve Herrod, VMware CTO, gave an update on end-user computing. I like the prospects of Operation Horizon–the promise of delivering the user a single place to go for all their apps, desktops, and data. Last year Steve demoed mobile OS virtualization on an Android device. […]
VMworld got off to a dramatic start this morning with a drums and dancing spectacle and a passing of the baton from outgoing CEO Paul Maritz to former EMC COO Pat Gelsinger. Can’t say I have no concerns about continuity of vision and momentum. I’m also wondering what is behind the leadership change up after […]
With IOS 5, you can now automatically sync your iPhone over the air, if your iPhone is plugged into a charging device and is on the same wifi network as the computer with your iTunes library. I really like this feature. I listen to a lot of podcasts, some of which come out daily. So, […]
I’m tired of people using the expression agnostic when what they really mean is nonpartisan. As an IT professional I hear it often and mostly in this context: “Our product is vendor agnostic, it works with every one.” I don’t know how this expression became so popular. I wonder who was the first to say […]
What to do when the tip of a headphone jack breaks off in the socket of your MacBook Pro. This will probably work with a lot of laptops and mp3 players.