Posts by Horndoggie

As another vendor promises 3 years of Android updates, we ask: How long should mobile devices receive support?

Two years is not enough

The big problem is manufacturers getting away with a two year life cycle. The world has become disposable. Yes, technology advances, but in a world where all most people do is Facebook and Instagram, how much computing power do we really need in you hand? Even the earliest phones old do so much more than 99% of users ever know. How about building a product that lasts. How about building a product that you can see when outdoors. How about building a product with user replaceable batteries.

It's time for a new industry.

'Windows 10 destroyed our data!' Microsoft hauled into US court

They lie.

2 out of 3 of my home windows computers "upgraded" to 10 without my consent. One overnight (i leave this one on 27/7) and my wife's laptop when she walked away from it to prepare dinner.

‪Obama criticises China's mandatory backdoor tech import rules

This from the government that has the NSA and spyware on everyone's hard drive?

Grim outlook for Big Storage as revenues dip across board

To me there have been too many big on-line organizations hacked. We can back up our personal stuff on external drives or our business stuff in-house for just the cost of the hardware where it is much more secure.