office 365 \ osx \ linux \ Tech news \ blog
After introducing an updated Surface Book laptop, Microsoft announced an all-in-one Surface-branded PC called Surface Studio. This is a new product. It features a 28-inch PixelSense touchscreen with a 3:2 aspect ratio and 192 PPI. Microsoft described the LCD monitor as the thinnest ever built, at 12.5mm, and said it has 13.5 million pixels, which…
The world almost certainly needs to wait another week for Linux 4.9, says the operating system’s overlord Linus Torvalds.In his weekly post on the progress of the next kernel release, Torvalds announced release candidate seven of Linux 4.9, saying “ I think we got all the silly problems I was aware of fixed, and on…
CNN has acquired video-sharing startup Beme, a social media app launched last year by popular YouTube star Casey Neistat, the cable-news network announced Monday. While the deal will bring the app’s video technology to CNN, it will also allow the news company to tap into Mr. Neistat’s large, young digital audience. The deal is valued…
When you start up a Mac holding down the Option key, the boot volume menu appears and displays all available bootable volumes. When you select a drive by clicking on it or selecting it with the arrow keys on your keyboard, it’ll boot from that drive until the next reboot. At the next reboot, unless you hold…
Nov 2nd Microsoft announced Microsoft Teams, the chat-based workspace in Office 365. It is a new experience that brings together people, conversations, content and the tools they need—all in one place and integrated with familiar Office applications. As Satya says, “Every individual is different, and so is the case with every team.” We see great…
Office 365 Tips #001 How to share a calendar (Office 365)
This script will run software updates only on machines that are logged out. This ensures you don’t reboot machines that are in use and don’t leave machines in an inconsistent state (by not rebooting after patching). This is not a perfect solution to patching but it’s better than nothing. You can even schedule this to…
Occasionally you might find that you need to force a time sync with your ntp server. To do this open a terminal window and enter the following. sudo ntpdate -u <IPADDRESSOFNTPSERVER>