Josh Fruhlinger
Contributing writer
Josh Fruhlinger is a writer and editor who lives in Los Angeles.
It's (still) Windows 95's world. We just live in it.
From the Start menu and Taskbar to device autodetection and free, bundled Web browsers, here’s a brief history of how Windows 95 became the operating system that time never forgot.
Theory, practice, and fighting for terminal time: How computer science education has changed
When it comes to learning programming, some things have changed -- but not everything.
Stupid security mistakes: Things you missed while doing the hard stuff
While you were upgrading your servers with the latest intrusion detection, did someone just walk in and steal them? We urge you not to forget the obvious when you're doing your security planning.
Extreme BYOD: When consumer tech goes to unexpected places
iPhones and personal laptops aren't just sneaking into office settings; they're going high (into space), low (underwater), and everywhere in between.
Where did I come from? The origin(s) of my MacBook Pro
I remember when I bought my first new Mac. The label on the box read something like "Assembled for Apple in California." Famously, that has now changed.
Metapost: Microsoft hates patents all of a sudden
Plus: DRAM price plummets.
Tizen, webOS battle for a niche
Plus: Adblock that doesn't block ads?
iOS 5, day five: Find My iPhone (and other iThings)
Or, how to send your loved ones the most irritating text message possible.
iOS 5, day four: iCloud data syncing in practice
The real version of contact information is now out of my hands
iOS 5, day two: When iMessage meets a non-Apple world
Unfortunately, seamlessness isn't possible in the face of reality.
iOS 5, day one: Notifications and reminders can be friends -- if you tweak your settings right
For a product that boasts seamlessness, one aspect of iOS 5 sticks out -- in a bad way.