Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

Professional biography

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, aka sjvn, has been writing about technology and the business of technology since CP/M-80 was the cutting edge, PC operating system; 300bps was a fast Internet connection; WordStar was the state of the art word processor; and we liked it.His work has been published in everything from highly technical publications (IEEE Computer, ACM NetWorker, Byte) to business publications (eWEEK, InformationWeek, ZDNet) to popular technology (Computer Shopper, PC Magazine, PC World) to the mainstream press (Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, BusinessWeek).

Latest articles from Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

Windows 8: Microsoft's New Coke moment

The latest operating systems numbers are in, and Windows 8's failure is clearer than ever. Can Microsoft, like Coca-Cola before it, bring victory out of a defeated product launch?

published 2 hours ago by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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Google Glass's Android code now available

Ready to start programming for Google Glass? The tools are out there. While only a handful of Google Glasses are out, Google quietly released its Android-based core kernel code.

published 2 days ago by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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Ubuntu 13.04: The Linux desktop for everyone (gallery)

Linux power users may not love Ubuntu, but everyone else can.

April 25, 2013 by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

23 Comments 2 Votes

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