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These days, a relatively clean and uncomplicated Windows 10 or 11 system disk might be home to more than 250,000 files and 90,000 folders. A more complex, application-heavy system disk might contain between half a million and a million files. My Windows 10 production PC has over 2.9M files and 750K folders, for example. My…

Enterprises are becoming increasingly impressed by the robust security of Macs, and Apple is locking its platform down even more firmly with macOS Sequoia and a couple of changes to improve defenses against malware and “camfecting.” This reflects the company’s continued mission to ensure platform security by design. Gatekeeper empowerment The first change is the biggest. Apple’s Gatekeeper protection is designed to…

“Sal awakens; she smells coffee. A few minutes ago her alarm clock, alerted by her restless rolling before waking, had quietly asked ‘coffee?’ and she mumbled ‘yes.’ ‘Yes’ and ‘no’ are the only words it knows.” Then, the alarm clock tells the coffee maker to get busy — and Sal’s morning has begun. This scenario was described by Mark Weiser, a computer scientist and the CTO  at Xerox PARC…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking the business world by storm, with at least three in four organizations adopting the technology or piloting it to increase productivity. Over the next two years, generative AI (genAI) will force organizations to address a myriad of fast-evolving issues, from data security to tech review boards, new services, and —…

Apple has once again tweaked its terms of business for developers as it continues to seek alignment with Europe’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) while looking to protect its business.  The latest changes followed accusations from the European Commission that the conditions Apple had made so far to meet the DMA did not go far enough. Regulators felt the terms prevented developers from…

From the editors of Computerworld, this enterprise buyer’s guide helps IT staff understand what the various remote IT support tools can do for their organizations and how to choose the right solution.