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13Jun2017: Brave New Wireless World

It’s a wireless world out there, and it’s getting “wirelesser” every day. Not getting tangled up in wires can make for carefree experiences – as long as you’re not careless about your online presence. That’s especially true as you travel this summer. Here are some safety tips. First, understand that we are not only living

13 Jun, 2017
Norman Rosenthal
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bluetooth, flying, inflight entertainment, mobile device, public hotspots, travel, vacation, WiFi, wireless,

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13Jun2017: Replacing Your Hardware

We’re a bunch of collegial competitors in IT support, and in recently sharing some thoughts with an industry fellow, I learned that Toshiba is shutting down its telephone business as part of a global restructuring. It seems that the pending bankruptcy of its Westinghouse Electric nuclear division is having a major financial fallout that’s affecting

13 Jun, 2017
Norman Rosenthal
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legacy support, obsolete, security patches, Toshiba telephone systems, up-to-date firmware,

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13Jun2017: Pulling the Plug at BA

An IT contractor for British Airways accidentally pulled the wrong plug as travelers queued up for a holiday weekend. That pulled the plug on travel plans for some 75,000 passengers and cost the airline a reported $128 million. It makes you wonder: Who else is vulnerable to an “oops”? Probably everybody, but we can all

13 Jun, 2017
Norman Rosenthal
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BA, backup, cancelled flights, conractor error, crippled, Ffight delays, Gatwick, Heathrow, nonfault tolerant, outage, pulling the plug, risk management,

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13Jun2017: Apple Speaks…or Listens

Siri’s new voice made a lot of noise at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) last week. She’s the lead voice of HomePod, Apple’s home hub that will try to muscle out Google Home and Amazon’s Echo. But as they say, “wait, there’s more.” Apple had a lot more to announce and a lot for Apple

13 Jun, 2017
Norman Rosenthal
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Amazon Echo, Amazon Video, Apple, Apple TV, Google Home, High Sierra, homePOD, iMac, iOS11, iPad Pro, watchOS,

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