Recently a co-worker was looking for phone with a specific purpose. He wanted a phone that had no Internet connectivity and was not a smart phone. Amazingly, it was harder to find than we thought. Some that were recommended weren’t available or were out of stock. So far, we found Gabb phone and, Bark phone […]

The iPhone Duo made its appearance yesterday, Friday, October 23, 2026, running iOS 27.1, also released at the same time for the iPhone Duo only. In this time of rapid release of patches, it’s good to hear that iOS 27.1 has no published CVE entries. For those of you who preordered, or stood in line […]

In a normal world, I would say “absolutely not for workstations” and “absolutely yes for servers.” But should I be rethinking that stance given our chip and hard drive situation? For consumer PCs, the question may be made for you. Some PC vendors do not offer warranties other than the initial year for consumer systems. […]