Lenovo Debuts Thinkstation P350 Family Of Desktop Workstations Starting Under 1 000

The new lineup comprises a tower-sized model (P350 TWR), a slimmed-down desktop (P350 SFF), and what Lenovo calls “[t]he industry’s smallest workstation " (P350 Tiny) , all starting for less than $1,000. The big/little/littler approach to form factor attempts to cover the myriad roles workstations play in today’s business environment, from a traditional full-sized desktop for power users to systems that can fit anywhere they’re needed. Despite the wild variance in size, the ThinkStation P350 series shares a few things in common, such as Intel’s 11th-generation Core processors inside (up to Core i9 desktop chips along with Xeon W-1390 CPU options for the P350 TWR and SFF) and PCIe Gen 4 interfaces or faster storage and graphics support....

March 18, 2023 · 2 min · 401 words · Sharon Fanning

Lenovo Offers Full Portfolio From Devices To Cloud As A Service

The new offering combines all of Lenovo’s previously existing as-a-service options under one umbrella. The TruScale brand previously covered Lenovo’s pay-for-what-you-use data center offering. The new option also wraps in Lenovo’s existing Device-as-a-Service solution (Lenovo DaaS). The new consumption-based offering is designed to accommodate new models of hybrid work that require more flexibility in terms of IT infrastructure and services. “We hear from CIOs every day that their organization’s technology needs are evolving every 12-18 months,” Ken Wong, president of Lenovo’s Solutions & Services Group, said in a statement....

March 18, 2023 · 1 min · 109 words · Julia Schultz

Let Me Be Blunt Don T Buy Crypto Unless You Re Fully Prepared To Lose Your Shirt

Back in the day, when I went to COMDEX in Vegas with my company, most of the company executives would bet bonkers bucks at all the various tables. Me, I allowed myself to spend up to five dollars (in total, for the entire show) on the slots. Needless to say, I always came home five dollars lighter. My bosses couldn’t understand why I was so risk-averse when they reveled in the ups and downs of the cards....

March 18, 2023 · 3 min · 490 words · Preston Funk

Linus Torvalds Rust Will Go Into Linux 6 1

The Rust programming language entering the Linux kernel has been coming for some time. At the 2020 Linux Plumbers Conference, developers started considering using the Rust language for new Linux inline code. Google, which supports Rust for developing Android – itself a Linux distro – began pushing for Rust in the Linux kernel in April 2021. As Wedson Almeida Filho of Google’s Android Team said at the time, “We feel that Rust is now ready to join C as a practical language for implementing the kernel....

March 18, 2023 · 2 min · 422 words · Catherine Shomo

Living The Beta Life Testing Apple Google And Microsoft Pre Release Operating Systems

This article will be one of those “Do as I say, not as I do” kinds of things. I do not necessarily fit the profile of a traditional consumer, and I take a lot more risks with our technology than other people do. Indeed, I do not recommend that anyone use beta software to run line-of-business functions or that you install beta code on personal devices unless you are prepared to deal with the consequences and side effects of when this software goes haywire....

March 18, 2023 · 7 min · 1370 words · Mary Vaughn

Machine Learning Is Going Real Time Here S Why And How

The fact that reporting on return on investment is a good way to get attention does not seem to be lost on Chip Huyen. Huyen is a writer and computer scientist who works on infrastructure for real-time machine learning. She is the one who wrote the above introduction to her findings on real-time machine learning in order to crystallize the growing experience she and her colleagues are accumulating. Huyen has worked with the likes of Netflix, Nvidia, Primer and Snorkel AI before founding her own (stealth) startup....

March 18, 2023 · 10 min · 2023 words · Hazel Kemerer

Major Telcos Including O2 Orange Vodafone Waive Charges For Ukraine Calls Data

European countries have responded to the invasion with economic sanctions, causing the Russian stock market to suffer and the value of the Russian rouble to plummet. Closer to home, carriers, too, are making their sentiments known. A number of major telecommunication companies are removing charges for customers who need to stay in contact with friends and family in Ukraine, and some are also making efforts on the ground – such as Orange, which is handing out prepaid SIM kits at border crossings....

March 18, 2023 · 4 min · 774 words · Roosevelt Gomez

Make Content Creation Faster Easier And Better For Just 40

Autowritepro’s strength lies in its multitude of tools and features. Its automated copywriting tools include an article generator and a rewriter tool powered by artificial intelligence. This program lets you generate over 800 words and rewrite content for different websites with a single click. Convert blog posts to podcasts using more than 400 voices with the text-to-speech converter. The platform includes research tools so that you can check for keyword density, plagiarism, broken links, backlinks and more....

March 18, 2023 · 2 min · 270 words · Joseph Wilson

Manufacturers Allocate One Third Of Overall It Spend To Ai Survey Shows

As many as 64% of manufacturers globally already rely on AI to assist with day-to-day operations, the survey found. Additionally, 66% of manufacturers who use AI in their day-to-day operations report that their reliance on AI is increasing. The survey, conducted online by The Harris Poll on behalf of Google Cloud, polled 1,154 seniormanufacturing executives across seven countries in late October. The Covid-19 pandemic has been a large motivating factor for manufacturers adopting more digital technologies, the survey found: as many as 76% of respondents said they’ve turned to technologies like data and analytics, cloud and AI to respond to the crisis....

March 18, 2023 · 3 min · 484 words · Gigi Gonzales

Markup Two Years Worth Of Screenshots With Notes And Graphics For Just 40

Screenshots are one of the easiest ways to capture the information we want to save. Finding them again, on the other hand, can often be time-consuming. Sometimes, we may not even remember all the reasons we wanted to save the information. Imagine how much more productive it would be personally, professionally, and educationally if we could organize screenshots and make notes on them. That’s exactly what you can do with the Markup Hero, and new users can get a two-year Superhero Pro Plan right now for only $39....

March 18, 2023 · 2 min · 403 words · Beatrice Vincent

Mary Jo Foley Looks Back On A Momentous 16 Years Of Covering Microsoft For Zdnet

Today, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella runs a much different company that has cloud services as the heart of the enterprise. Microsoft made $44 billion dollars in revenue in 2006. That will more than quadruple to over $198 billion in 2022. Also: Office Corporate VP Joe Belfiore to leave Microsoft after 32 years Reporting on all of Microsoft’s product changes, business changes, executive changes, and company culture changes during these years, Foley has arguably been the most reliable, the most consistent, and the most valuable source of information on Microsoft in the world....

March 18, 2023 · 2 min · 249 words · Ivory Sanchez

Metaverse Momentum Is Building But Companies Are Still Staying Cautious

These pronouncements follow in the wake of Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s high-profile commitment to the metaverse. What once seemed like a shiny distraction now defines the company’s future, with Zuckerberg committing tens of billions of dollars to build the metaverse. Other tech companies are piling in too, with Microsoft and chips specialist Qualcomm focusing on how they will develop hardware and applications for this space, and how their customers might benefit....

March 18, 2023 · 5 min · 874 words · Antonio Angus

Metaverse And Immersive Experiences How One Company Is Getting Started On The Journey

As the cost of the hardware – such as virtual and augmented reality headsets – begins to drop, he says, more businesses will start to explore how they can make the most of the metaverse. Like other industry experts, Jennings suggests the fact that major IT vendors – particularly Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta – are betting big on immersive experiences means it’s likely to gain significant traction soon: “That’s quite clearly where the world’s going,” he says....

March 18, 2023 · 5 min · 1060 words · Crystal Bradley

Microsoft Adds To Its Android And Ios Security Tools

Microsoft has refreshed the look and feel of the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint apps for Android and iOS. It’s also enabled mobile application management for devices that aren’t enrolled in Microsoft’s Intune mobile device management (MDM) platform, and enabled jailbreak detection for iOS. Previously, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint worked on devices that were enrolled using Intune mobile device management (MDM) only. SEE: Network security policy (TechRepublic Premium) Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a cloud-based service and distinct from Microsoft Defender antivirus....

March 18, 2023 · 2 min · 400 words · Kimberly Echols

Microsoft Is Annoying Windows Users Again And They Just Can T Take It Anymore

Redmond still, though, harbors old habits that it finds very hard to shake. One of these is to nag Windows users until they pick up their PCs and toss them from great heights. Or, even worse, buy a Mac. The latest episode of Microsoft Is Poking Me Through The Windows involves a pop-up message that appears in Windows 10’s purpose-built notification center. It reads: “Microsoft recommends different browser settings. Want to change them?...

March 18, 2023 · 3 min · 547 words · Julia Chance

Microsoft Is Bringing Its New Search Highlights To More Windows 11 Pcs

Search in Windows 10 and Windows 11 is now more than a tool to find files and apps, becoming a space where Microsoft can show graphical search highlights like anniversaries, special dates and related content to users. For the enterprise, it will also show work-related contacts and files. Microsoft rolled out search highlights to Windows 11 on the Windows Insiders Dev Channel in March (and later to Windows 10 testers, too)....

March 18, 2023 · 3 min · 504 words · Daniel Emerson

Microsoft Is Bringing More Loop Components To Microsoft Teams And Outlook

Loop needs some explanation because, while it’s an Office app, it’s also an app that Microsoft made to help people collaborate on projects using different Office apps. Microsoft introduced the app last year to offer users a canvas with portable components that stay in sync across apps. As such, Loop is a lightweight app with “components” that can operate across Teams, Outlook and OneNote. “Loop components are live and can be copied and pasted across Teams and Outlook – staying in sync in all the places they exist....

March 18, 2023 · 2 min · 329 words · Linda Hall

Microsoft June 2021 Patch Tuesday 50 Vulnerabilities Patched Six Zero Days Exploited In The Wild

In the Redmond giant’s latest round of patches, usually released on the second Tuesday of each month in what is known as Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has fixed problems including remote code execution (RCE) bugs, denial-of-service issues, privilege escalation, and memory corruption issues. In total, when it comes to severity, five of the vulnerabilities are considered critical and 45 are deemed important. Products impacted by June’s security update include Microsoft Office, ....

March 18, 2023 · 2 min · 362 words · George Rosen

Microsoft June 2022 Patch Tuesday 55 Fixes Remote Code Execution In Abundance

The Redmond giant’s latest round of patches, usually released on the second Tuesday of each month in what is known as Patch Tuesday, includes fixes for problems such as RCE vulnerabilities, information leaks, Elevation of Privilege (EoP), Use-After-Free issues, and out-of-bounds memory access. Products impacted by June’s security update include the Windows operating system, Microsoft Office, Hyper-V Server, Azure, and Windows Defender. In total, three vulnerabilities are critical, one is moderate, and the rest are considered important....

March 18, 2023 · 3 min · 444 words · Jeremy Oskins

Microsoft Launches Defender For Iot To Protect Printers Smart Tvs And More

Defender for IoT is an agentless monitoring system for securing Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected to enterprise IT networks, like Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), printers, and smart TVs, as well as operational technology (OT) behind critical infrastructure. Microsoft Defender for IoT was launched in preview in late 2021 but was also formerly known as Azure Defender for IoT, which launched in public preview in 2020. Before that, it was called Azure Security Center for IoT....

March 18, 2023 · 3 min · 484 words · Eric Devens