Sep 13, 2017 | HPE Insights
I love government. Without our codified protections, businesses would return to their former practices of corporate monopolies, willful distribution of unsafe products, and child labor. As you know, your soldering skills are way better than a 12-year-old’s, even if...
Aug 8, 2017 | HPE Insights
The bad news: On June 1, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Accord. That agreement is the world’s handshake deal to limit the global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius (the threshold for avoiding dangerous global...
Jul 21, 2017 | HPE Insights
Bruce Springsteen has his axe. Gimli has his axe. Axe Cop…well, the point is, any professional knows the value of a top-notch instrument. For computer techies such as programmers, that means using keyboards worthy of their skills. Quality will cost you—up to a...
May 24, 2017 | HPE Insights
There are no rechargeable batteries we know and love. There are only batteries that we know and don’t hate. That’s because the batteries we know and use daily have as many negatives as positives. Efficient energy storage—especially portable energy storage—is one of...
Apr 21, 2017 | HPE Insights
We all know about the Newton, the Apple handheld computer that was supposed to become a game-changing PDA (personal digital assistant). The Newton’s failure almost obliterated the Cupertino company. But it’s far from the only crushing financial disaster in computer...
Apr 7, 2017 | HPE Insights
Recently, my husband and I were arguing about DVRs, and not just because we like to argue. He says our homegrown MythTV system is a customizable, open source way to record television, and I say that Myth needs updating at the least convenient times, like when we need...