eSIM: No more roaming fees, ever!
Look, ma! No SIM card! With the new eSIM, you can change carriers without prying out your physical SIM card.
Stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Don’t be the fool in the cloud
Is it really that hard to keep from making a security idiot of yourself?
You WILL pay a grand for the iPhone X
You’re being unconsciously manipulated to do so, a trick Apple mastered years ago.
Bugs? What bugs? Microsoft sees no evil.
Surely there are still bugs in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update beta release. Just don’t expect Microsoft to tell you about them.
Microsoft gets sloppy with Surface
Consumer Reports can’t recommend Microsoft Surface laptops, and neither can I.
Windows 10 is making too many PCs obsolete
Windows 10 will be supported until Oct. 14, 2025 — unless your computer has a Clover Trail CPU. Then you’re out of luck.
Kill it! Kill Windows XP now!
Or are you OK with leaving yourself open to something that can kill your business?
Microsoft, please stop doing things for our own good
Kaspersky claimed Microsoft has been disabling its antivirus software in Windows 10. Microsoft replied it was its duty to make sure antivirus protection was ‘always on.’
For real Windows 10 privacy, you need the China Government Edition
Windows 10 is infamous for having snooping baked in, but one government stood up for user privacy. Oh, the irony!
Google I/O: What about Android on Chrome OS?
Google introduced many neat new Android features at the conference. Moving forward with Android on Chrome OS wasn’t one of them.
Windows 10 S is crippleware
We now know more about Windows 10 S — and the more we learn, the more idiotic it looks. No Chrome? No third-party browsers at all? Rewrite all apps? Ha!
The Internet of messy things
How much damage can a ‘smart’ toaster do? Lots, and not just burning your bread.
Windows as a service? Now, there’s an argument for Linux
Microsoft wants to control your Windows 10 desktop. Now are you ready to try a Linux desktop?
Internet privacy? Who needs that?
Senate Republicans think it’s fine and dandy for your ISP to sell your private data.
Microsoft is playing Windows hardball
Lucky us. Microsoft will no longer be supporting older Windows on newer processors.