Canada, the land of maple syrup, hockey, and the world’s most coveted cache of health data, now finds itself staring down an unusual gauntlet: protecting the privacy and value of its public health records from potential American ambitions, particularly those emanating from the direction of...
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Microsoft wants you to love Windows 11, but for many, it’s starting to feel more like a clingy partner who keeps reiterating how you’ll never find security like theirs ever again—especially if your hardware isn’t rocking that magical little chip called TPM 2.0. This year, the drumbeat has grown...
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e-waste
environmental impact
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hardware obsolescence
hardware requirements
it security
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pc upgrades
secure boot
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tpm 2.0
trusted platform module
user frustration
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windows 11
Remember back when you’d sign up for a free cloud service and be greeted with a digital cornucopia—oodles of gigabytes rolled out like a plush welcome carpet, ready for photos, essays, and half-baked group projects? Those golden terabytes now seem like a legend at the University of Connecticut...
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cloud storage
cloud transition
cybersecurity
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data backup
data management
data retention
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digital mindfulness
digital sustainability
educational technology
it management
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If there’s one thing modern students have gotten used to, it’s the digital sprawl—the ever-growing accumulation of lecture notes, TikTok-laced group projects, PDFs of textbooks they’ll never read, and draft upon draft of resumes. All of it, until now, has found a cozy, free resting place in the...
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cloud storage
data backup
data decluttering
digital hoarding
digital hygiene
digital transition
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external storage
file compression
higher education
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microsoft 365
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The conversation about upgrading laptops to Windows 11 has migrated from mere tech support circles into the domain of global sustainability, security, and the subtle art of corporate arm-twisting. Imagine, for a moment, an otherwise cheerful laptop—a trusty six-year-old companion—suddenly thrust...
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digital security
digital sustainability
e-waste
e-waste recycling
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environmental impact
extended security updates
green computing
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right to repair
secure boot
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tech obsolescence
techpolicy
tpm 2.0
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A remarkable yet subdued surge in PC sales is taking place on the global stage as 2025 unfolds. Far removed from the noisy launches and splashy marketing campaigns that often signal tech booms, this uptick has instead been propelled by a convergence of two potent forces. On one side, the...
2025 pc trends
chromebooks
consumer electronics
device upgrade cycle
e-waste
enterprise technology
global tech industry
hardware obsolescence
inventory strategies
it industry
market forecasts
pc market
pc shipment growth
pc vendors
silient computing revolution
supply chain resilience
tariffs
techpolicytech regulation
windows 10 end-of-life
I just downloaded this file through a article Ars Technica discussing how the Chinese government posted a list of Microsoft's mobile device patent's before they agreed to let them buy Nokia's cellphone division. I converted the Chinese language document into English with Word 2013. Here's a copy...
Better read the EULA before you give away or sell an old version of software that you no longer use. According to a recent court ruling, if it is so stated in the EULA that the producer of a piece of software retains ownership and you are only licensed to use it, you can only remove the product...
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Broadband providers in the US have long hawked their wares in "up to" terms. You know—"up to" 10Mbps, where "up to" sits like a tiny pebble beside the huge font size of the raw number.
In reality, no one gets these speeds. That's not news to the techno-literate, of course, but a...