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That's why Microsoft might have it right with the 'Surface' tablets (tablet + super thin (optional) keyboards).
When those tablets are running Windows (like your laptop would be) you suddenly have the best of both worlds -- super thin, easy to use one handed (if wanted) but with the additional productivity of a keyboard.
Commented Sep 23, 2012 on The Last PC Laptop at Coding Horror
The Last PC Laptop
I've been chasing the perfect PC laptop for over a decade now. Though I've tolerated lugging around five to seven pound machines because I had to, laptops were always about portability first and most of all to me. I quickly gravitated to so-called ultraportable laptops as soon as they became ...
+1 for LastPass,
The Security Research Team at the Cambridge University Computer Lab came up with a more radical idea to represent utopia, named 'Pico' ( http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2011/03/27/pico-no-more-passwords/ ). Proposing a clean slate approach.
Commented Sep 6, 2011 on Cutting the Gordian Knot of Web Identity at Coding Horror
Cutting the Gordian Knot of Web Identity
Perhaps you've seen this recent XKCD about password choice? It prompted a spirited debate – even on our very own Security Stack Exchange – about the merits of the argument presented there. Now, to be clear, I'm completely on Randall's side here; I'm all for passphrases over passwords, and I...
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