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Most of us interact with our Microsoft Windows 10 personal computer using a mouse and keyboard. On PCs with touch displays, the most efficient way to interact with your device is often with your fingers or a stylus. However, there are more, less obvious, ways to interact with your computer.

In a previous article, we discussed the potential benefits of activating the virtual input devices built into Windows 10. But there is actually a more

Early in my days of full-time working from home, it became apparent that my home office could use some upgrades. A thorough cleaning, several rounds of rearranging and reorganizing, and figuring out how to refill the ink on the disused printer got things most of the way there, but like many, I was plagued by being “shadow man” during my marathon days of video conferences.

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In our efforts to uncover the keys to open source success, we may be overlooking the most important attribute of all: Profound naïveté. Talk to Dries Buytaert (Drupal) or Daniel Stenberg (cURL) or [insert name of your preferred project founder] and in nearly every case they started their respective projects to “scratch an itch” with no real sense of how difficult the work would be. 

The same holds true for Matt Klein, founder of

The modern workforce is more distributed than ever before, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only solidified the fact that working remotely is the way of the future for many businesses. That means the computing needs of modern businesses are changing as well—the perfect time for Desktop as a Service (DaaS) products like Amazon WorkSpaces to finally gain market traction.

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DaaS providers have

IT departments have to be nimble, respond to unexpected developments and adapt to new technologies. While it’s crucial to keep up with the pace of change, it’s also vital to have a strong foundation of best practices in place at your company. Covering the basics will head off problems and provide a ready answer to questions from new employees, or a refresher for tenured employees. Establishing clear expectations also can provide some insurance when things go wrong.

Having basic policies in place

Thanks to the pandemic, a large portion of the workforce is working from home. In some instances, it means having the tools to do your job available on your own LAN. After all, you might have sensitive company information and you don’t want it on a third-party cloud service or transmitting over a less-than-secure consumer-grade LAN or WAN connection. Or, you just might want to have your own tools available at all times to help you get