Two of the world's largest tech brands skipped the obvious ordinal, jumped a number, and left millions asking the same question: why was there no Windows 9 and why was there no iPhone 9? What looks like a quirky coincidence on the surface actually sits at the intersection of legacy technical...
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Renaming a Windows 11 PC is one of those tiny housekeeping tasks that pays outsized dividends: it makes devices easier to find on a network, helps you avoid confusion when syncing across accounts, and can even improve basic security by hiding OEM‑style default names. The process is intentionally...
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Microsoft’s decision to rename its major Windows updates from the familiar “Spring” and “Fall” labels to the more neutral “H1” and “H2” might appear, at first glance, to be merely a move towards greater chronological clarity. However, the impetus for this change is rooted in a deeper and...
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I am using WAMP server 2.0 on Windows 7. Due to Windows being case insenstive in regards to file names, MySQL is forced to treat the table names 'mytable' and 'MyTable' as being the same, which they are not (personal opinion). MySQL is unable due to Windows file naming system to rename tables...
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