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End of the Line for Windows 7: Open Road for Hackers

"Windows 7 was introduced 10 years ago in 2009 -- that is 70 dog yearsor Internet years -- a human lifespan," said Paul Teich, principal analyst at LiftrCloud "It had to happen sometime; Microsoft has extended Windows 7's life anumber of times," noted Roger Kay, principal anal...

End of the Line for Microsoft Edge?

"Microsoft's mistake was in changing both the user experience (UX) and the browser app extension APIs at the same time," said Paul Teich, principal analyst at LiftrCloud, a DoubleHorn service "Edge is arguably a better browser than IE," he TechNewsWorld, "but when you've built...

Microsoft’s New Skype Could Be Risky Gamble

"High-quality conferencing is a strong feature of the new Skype," said Paul Teich, principal analyst at DoubleHorn "Skype has been a walled garden," he told TechNewsWorld. "If you're going to do that, you have to offer higher quality than everyone else. So doing HD video will...

TrueCommerce Integration With Shopify Promises Boatloads of Benefits

"In the same way enterprises are trying to transform IT into a multicloud procurement strategy, online retail sales are increasingly multichannel," said Paul Teich, principal analyst at DoubleHorn "Shopify grew from a small business focus, where its inventory and back-end func...

Google Assistant Gains Momentum in Smart Home Race

"The total number of supported devices [won't] have much to do with success or market staying power of these branded AI-based services," explained Paul Teich, principal analyst at Tirias Research "This is really about adding value to consumers' lives," he told TechNewsWorld, "...

With Custom Skills, Alexa Inches Closer to Being One of the Family

"Amazon Alexa Blueprints are not as much a new way of developing skills as they are easy-to-access training modules for building skills," said Paul Teich, principal analyst at Tirias Research "I see Alexa Blueprints as Amazon's way of trying to boost the number and quality of ...

McAfee’s Upgraded Cloud Security Protects Containers

McAfee's new activity in the containers space follows Intel's move to sell a majority stake in the operation to TPG, noted Paul Teich, principal analyst at Tirias Research. However Intel will retain a minority stake in the firm. "McAfee Cloud Workload Security seems aimed at ...

Open-Sourced Windows File Manager Gets New Life on Windows 10

"It's a bit of nostalgia, a blast from the past, simply because it was captured and maintained," said Paul Teich, principal analyst at Tirias Research. File Manager could service as a nice addition for an introductory course for someone who wants to learn about file systems, ...

Valve Soothes SteamOS Fans After Yanking Steam Machines

"SteamOS is still around, but the subset of hardcore gamers that really want to use a Linux distro is really small," noted Paul Teich, principal analyst at Tirias Research. A lot of mainstream gaming has moved either to smartphones or cloud-based services, particularly among...

Larry Page’s Self-Flying Taxi Set for New Zealand Test Runs

Air taxi services would have to be set up to take off and land at designated pickup and dropoff points, and the artificial intelligence technology would have to be tested to make sure it could safely navigate urban corridors, said Paul Teich, principal analyst at Tirias Research.

Kali Linux Security App Lands in Microsoft Store

"I think the target will be enterprise and managed services security folks," said Paul Teich, principal analyst at Tirias Research. "Kali Linux on WSL will enable them to better test security on their Win10 laptops, desktops and workstations from one pane of glass," he told ...

Microsoft Gives Devs More Open Source Quantum Computing Goodies

The most significant change from Microsoft may be the increase in speed of its quantum simulator, said Paul Teich, principal analyst at Tirias Research Its performance is now four to five times faster, he told LinuxInsider, which permits a much faster testing and optimization...

Microsoft to Use Blockchain to Create Decentralized ID System

"This looks like a secure and scalable approach," said Paul Teich, principal analyst at Tirias Research. "However, the ID2020 Alliance has its work cut out for it." There are huge challenges involved in this project, he told the E-Commerce Times. For one, it will be difficult...

Privacy-Minded Smart Speaker May Struggle to Get to Know You

Services that constantly listen to speech patterns and responses use that information to build a more intelligent engine, observed Paul Teich, principal analyst at Tirias Research "The business challenge is that most people don't understand the privacy implications of smart sp...

Google’s Ad Mute Option Could Be a Valuable Messaging Tool

The ad mute function is just a tweak to Google's longstanding policy, suggested Paul Teich, principal analyst at Tirias Research "Google had already let consumers block specific ads," he explained....

FOSS Community Struggles to Patch Against Spectre, Meltdown Flaws

All operating systems are affected by Spectre and Meltdown, said Paul Teich, principal analyst at Tirias Research. That's because the vulnerabilities are not really an operating system issue, but rather the result of choices made during chip design, he told LinuxInsider.

New Open Source Mobile OS Puts Privacy Front and Center

Even if privacy is a concern, the majority of consumers don't understand the relationship between privacy and the mechanics of their personal technology well enough to persuade them to make the shift to eelo, suggested Paul Teich, principal analyst at Tirias Research. "Succes...

Roku Takes a Different Angle on Voice-Controlled Home Entertainment

There may be an opportunity for more consumer devices that use speech recognition technology on the front end, suggested Paul Teich, also a principal analyst at Tirias However, it would be difficult to make a big dent into Amazon or Google's market position, he told TechNewsWo...

Microsoft Goes All In With Kubernetes

Heptio Ark has two primary roles, said Paul Teich, principal analyst at Tirias Research One is providing an easy cloning service for the devtest environment, and the second is disaster recovery, he told LinuxInsider.

Google and Amazon Square Off, Ignoring Customers in the Middle

The conflict could escalate further if Net neutrality is voted out at the next meeting of the FCC, Tirias Research Principal Analyst Paul Teich told TechNewsWorld. "That might be a way for the competitors to charge customers obscene amounts of money to have the convenience of cross-platform access."

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