Articles by Dino Londis

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  Windows 8 is Schizophrenic for a Reason

  All of Microsoft's ruckus about its brand spanking new Windows 8 hides a basic truth: This is really two distinct operating systems sharing the same computer, and it's most obvious during boot. A…
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  iOS Salvation: How to Rescue Old Devices

  How many iPhones or iPod Touches do you have gathering dust? I have a few. Fortunately, I've come across some products that can give new life to them, sometimes by doing things they may never hav…
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  BYOD Will Hit Hardware Specialists the Hardest

  Warnings about the consumerization of IT (COIT) and bring your own device (BYOD) trends generally conclude saying something like, "it’s coming, it’s unstoppable, it’s productive, and IT should pr…
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  Opera Says App-Tribute Tracks Without Invading Privacy

  Opera Software's launched App-Tribute, a small footprint SDK that developers can include in their applications to track successful downloads and subsequent installs. Why not use the iOS device’s…
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  Cloaking Requires More Than a Smart Romulan [Slide Show]

  Star Trek fans, remember the Bird of Prey? That was the Romulan warship that confounded the unflappable James T. Kirk when it materialized right under his nose and began to blast away. (This was…
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  Approxy's Cloudpaging Delivers Desktop Anywhere

  Approxy has developed new cloud paging technology that is, by some accounts, the holy grail of desktop deployment, since it delivers your desktop anywhere. Cloudpaging promises to simplify backen…
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  Windows 8 Preview: Our Five Favorite Features

  Microsoft Windows 8 Consumer Preview is out and pretty exciting. The new OS will run on multiple form factors, like desktops and ARM based devices like tablets and phones. Redmond's integrated ne…
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  "Siri, What Does My Data Look Like Today?"

  There is an explosive growth in data demand from the iPhone 4S that is in part related to the personal "virtual assistant," Siri, reveals a study by Arieso, a British technology company that spec…
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  Occupy Wall Street: Tech Experience Without Pay

  Occupy Wall Street can offer you a bunch of tech experience, fast. As long as you'll volunteer. This is a team (in the true sense of the word) that's building new platforms from the ground up. Th…
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  Hugging It Out, in Your Inbox

  The Internet was designed for two reasons: to decentralize communications in the event of a thermonuclear war and to send hugs remotely. That latter vision has finally been realized by the invent…