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The OS future

Posted on September 14, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on The OS future

Windows 8 has been unveiled, OSx is Roaring, and Ubuntu is trying to create a Unity. These new OS’s give us a peek at the future, but what does it really say? Over on ZDNet Ed Bott wrote a nice article on Windows 8. I’m not going to go into it in detail, but the…

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Androids Biggest Weakness

Posted on June 15, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Androids Biggest Weakness

I have an Android phone, and I enjoy it. I don’t care for the iPhone. That being said, Apple has one huge advantage over Android. The Android Smartphones are popular. The work well (for the most part), and are reliable (again for the most part). The open development community for apps has produced some great…

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Linux, Mobile Computing, Security

Ubuntu Unity: Nice Idea but…

Posted on June 1, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Ubuntu Unity: Nice Idea but…

I’ve been a fan of Ubuntu for a number of years. Over the last month I’ve been playing with version 11.04 which has unity. So here is my take on it. Being one of those who is a tech person, and always wants to find a way to hook new users onto Linux, I was…

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