Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Google Glass will be a big deal, so deal with it

Some people are having fits about Google Glass. True, it will change how we think about privacy in public places, but such rethinking started years ago.

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: The CIA and the cloud

Get this: The CIA sees the cloud as being more secure than conventional IT.

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: You want me in the office? How 20th century of you.

Not every job is suitable for telecommuting. But for those that are, there are multiple benefits.

To Surface or not to Surface

Microsoft needs to make up its mind whether it wants to stay a software company or if it's really serious about being a hardware power as well.

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Vendors just can't stop trying to lock us all in

We're heading to a new era of platform lock-in that extends to vendors' Internet services.

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: OSs are leaving the user out of user interfaces

The problem is that far too many people have forgotten User Interface 101: Make it easy.

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Grandpa the programmer

Too many of us of a 'certain age' are facing an IT work environment that is hostile to older workers.

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: The shocker that wasn't: Intel CEO disses Windows 8

Intel, as in Wintel, says Windows 8 won't be ready when it ships. But since when did anyone believe Windows 8 would ever be ready to ship?

Steven J. Vaughan Nichols: Losing the 'Personal' in 'Personal Computing'

Pretty much every tech company -- Apple, Microsoft, Google and more -- wants your data and your programs under their control and running on their machines, not yours.

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Are Android tablets ready to take on the iPad?

The Nexus 7 seems to be taking off among consumers, but the real game-changer is Android 4.1, known as Jelly Bean.

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: The perils of BYOD

I'm not talking about the hassle for IT departments when people bring in their own devices. I mean the perils to the people doing the bringing.

Build your own Linux server on Amazon's cloud

While you can run TurnKey Linux on an ordinary server or on VMWare, OpenStack or OpenVZ, the mindlessly simple and fast way to do it is to spin up your own server on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud.

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: It's 2016, and Chrome OS is ascendant

The fat client desktop system has ruled computing for 30 years. Could Google Chrome OS and other cloud-based, thin-client systems dominate the next 30?

I, Robot Owner

Are we ready for robots that share our highways and homes? We'd better be, because they're coming.

Facebook + Instagram = One Big Acquisition Flop

Facebook's foolish buyout of Instagram is a waste of a billion of its pre-IPO dollars, but it's not the all-time worst tech business deal.

Does VMware Have a Real Future?

Price is a big weakness when every player in the virtualization market is offering a good-enough free option.

Which is the best Linux server for you?

All Linux servers may be built on the same code base and can run the same applications, but that doesn't mean they're the same.

BYOD: Good for whom exactly?

What we usually hear is that the 'bring your own device' concept brings problems for IT but is cool for users. But is it really that good an idea for them? Insider (registration required)

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: For the good of the nation, broadband for all

The digital divide is shutting many Americans out of the economy.

Microsoft Finally Making Good Products -- Too Late

Now that the company is finally making good server and desktop operating systems, we're moving to the cloud, smartphones and tablets.