Virtually Benevolent

It would appear that Google decided my + profile was kosher again. Didn’t change anything.

Why do Hilton and IHG (Holiday Inn) members programs both insist on using 4 digit PINs instead of legitimate passwords? #securitynow

Android 4.1-4.3, the three latest versions, comprise 45% of Google devices. By contrast iOS 7 is now installed on over 55% of Apple devices.

It goes without saying, but I will anyway. If you’re running View and you upgrade to vSphere 5.5, you’re gonna have a bad time.

Any bets on how long it takes Backup Exec to support vSphere 5.5?

Saturday, September 21, 2013 →

vSphere 5.5 is out. Go get it.

The Ars story about the gold iPhone chick is really disgusting arstechnica.com/apple/2013/09/…

Saturday, September 21, 2013 →

The market share graphs are important, but what’s also telling is total volume. The iPhone changed the game in ways …lnkd.in/bMV3Hwz

iOS 7 first large-scale, commercial use of resilient multipathing TCP extension m.network world.com/news/2013/0919…

Apple TV 6 upgrade in progress.

I want to get my hands on an iPhone 5S leather case for my 5 today. (I’m assuming they fit.) I’d be happy with that.

It’s so rare I see people with VMware hosts using dedicated iSCSI cards.

Just so you know, the gold iPhone, is not made from actual gold.

It’s ground up unicorns.

So when are the new iPads coming out? #ShutUpAndTakeMyMoney

One in every 1,613 (former) residents of Flint were murder victims last year foxnews.com/us/2013/09/19/…

Wow, Walt Mossberg is leaving WSJ, and All Things D digital is going away m.us.wsj.com/articles/a/SB1…

Stop using NSA-influenced code in our products, RSA tells customers arstechnica.com/security/2013/…

iPhone and iPad have been downloading the previous version of apps from the store, then they show updates needed. Started even before iOS 7.

Cyanogen raises $7 million to build a better version of Android mobile.theverge.com/2013/9/18/4742…

If you don’t like iOS 7 right now, just give it a week. I promise it grows on you. I was a hater at first too.

So apparently Lync for Mac 2011 latest version is nearly unusable for anyone in our office. Wonder if its just our system.

Those of you who’ve grabbed iTunes 11 Mac, what’s the exactly version number under About? Wondering if the last beta is OK, won’t upgrade.