Articles by George Ou
George Ou was a network engineer who built and designed wired network, wireless network, Internet, storage, security, and server infrastructure for various fortune 100 companies. He is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP #109250). He was Technical Director and Editor at Large at ZDNet.com and wrote one of their most popular blogs “Real World IT.” In 2008, he became a Senior Analyst at ITIF.org and in 2009 helped create the nonprofit group Digital Society.
Smaller Display and no LTE may Hamper iPhone 4S
It has been a historic week with the passing of Apple CEO Steve Jobs who was an unrivaled genius of our time. Mr. Jobs and his team of engineers, designers, and [...]
New Airline Navigation System Easy Target for Terrorists
When it comes to cyber-security, the most common cause of failure is “security as an afterthought.” When the security failure affects personal computers and corporate networks, the cost ranges from minor annoyance to [...]
The Evolution of the WinTel PC to be Revealed
The next evolution of the Personal Computer (PC) running Windows and Intel Architecture (WinTel) will likely be shown this week at Microsoft’s “Build” conference for software developers. If reports are [...]
Misguided Faith that an Independent T-Mobile is Healthy
John R. Quain pleased some interest groups this week when he opined that killing the AT&T T-Mobile merger is a good thing. Beyond taking a huge leap of faith that [...]
DOJ vs AT&T – A Pyrrhic Victory for Competition and Jobs
In stories and editorials, we are seeing cheering over the decision by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) suing to stop the AT&T and T-Mobile merger. Fans see this as a victory [...]
An Objective Comparison of Future Computing Interfaces
Some tech bloggers are lampooning Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system based on a Microsoft blog that detailed some new feature in the Windows 8 file manager. MG Siegler of [...]
Don’t Blame iPhone 4 Antennagate on AT&T
A lot of ink has spilled in the last week celebrating Steve Jobs, and deservedly so. Jobs is undoubtedly one of the most influential geniuses of our time. But Steve Gillmor [...]
After Two Millennia, the End of the Paper Era
Computers have been promising the demise of paper for decades. but have either failed to deliver or increased the use of paper because of wasteful printing. The concept of eliminating [...]
iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 Available to Sprint
Apple’s iPhone 5 will not become a dual mode “world phone” that supports GSM and CDMA and will no longer be exclusive to the two biggest wireless carriers in the US. [...]
Trouble at HP and a Little Redemption
Updated 8/25/2011 – Last week HP announced an abrupt and uncertain end to their PC division while scrapping their WebOS “TouchPad” tablet product. Abrupt wouldn’t be so bad if it [...]
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