21Mar 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Google believes Android is as secure as iOS

Software Events
Google believes Android is as secure as iOS Google recently published its fourth annual year in review for Android's security and looking  through the comprehensive, 56-page report yourself there are various items you can see and determine whether they are legit. Machine learning is playing a huge role in securing Android devices. Back in May, the company announced Google Play Protect, which is a one stop shop for Google's suite of security services on Android. Machine learning found 60.3 percent of all potentially harmful apps within the Play store, and Google expects that number to continue increasing. Android may be perceived as "less secure" than iOS but in 2016, the annual probability of downloading a potentially harmful app was at .04 percent, which is a pretty small number and in 2017 Google was…
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20Mar 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Windows 10’s Spring Creators Update will be available in April

Microsoft Development, Software Events
Windows 10’s Spring Creators Update will be available in April Microsoft is planning to release its next Windows 10 update in April. The software giant hasn’t officially revealed its name, but the company is planning to label it the Spring Creators Update. Microsoft has, however, revealed the Spring Creators Update will be released in April. In an update to a blog post today, Microsoft provides a Windows 10 overview that includes the April release date, and plans to support the OS version until October 2019. Microsoft is now planning to finalize Windows 10 Spring Creators Update by the end of next week, and the company typically ships it to consumers a few weeks later. Windows 10 Spring Creators Update will include new features like Timeline, HDR support, improved DPI support, and Fluent Design changes to…
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20Mar 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Can you trust Blockchain for your company ?

Software Events
Can you trust Blockchain for your company ? Blockchain has grown so fast in the recent year that sometimes your head will spin on what it can do and what it cannot do. Companies must be extremely careful with various consultants or gurus who indicate that using Blockchain technology will be the end all.   Consultants are cropping up with impressive frequency in even the most unlikely startup pitches and while blockchain technology does have genuinely interesting and potentially powerful use cases, it has enormous drawbacks for consumer applications that get little mention in media coverage. As it stands, blockchain is caught between three competing objectives: fast, low-cost, and decentralized. It is not yet possible to make one chain that achieves all three. Fast and decentralized chains will incur a high…
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19Mar 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Microsoft’s multi-language approach is paying off

Microsoft Development
Microsoft's multi-language approach is paying off RedMonk's latest programming language popularity report says Microsoft's multi-language approach is paying off, giving the company the "most to crow about" among all vendors. The report, published this week but reflecting January 2018 data, shows several Microsoft-backed languages high up in the ranking. Here's the list of the top 20 languages, judged by the number of StackOverflow tags and number of GitHub projects: JavaScript Java Python PHP C# C++ CSS Ruby C Swift Objective-C Shell R TypeScript Scala Go PowerShell Perl Haskell Lua Noting that PowerShell gained one position, R two and TypeScript three, RedMonk weighed in on the popularity of Microsoft's programming languages. "Of all of the vendors represented on this list, Microsoft has by a fair margin the most to crow about," RedMonk…
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18Mar 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Best Buy Geeks are FBI Informants is that a bad thing ?

Software Events
Best Buy Geeks are FBI Informants is that a bad thing ? The relationship between the FBI and employees of Best Buy's computer and device repair unit Geek Squad is more complex than first thought, according to newly released documents. Records posted by the Electronic Frontier Foundation following a freedom of information lawsuit filed last year reveal that federal agents would pay Geek Squad managers who pass on information about illegal materials on devices sent in by customers for repairs. Now the question comes up, is this a bad or good thing ?  Does this infringe on our privacy rights or does it capture pedophiles or other unsavory characters.    Once a machine is given to a repair unit such as Geeks or any other they lose those privacy rights immediately upon…
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