{"id":8933,"date":"2014-12-01T11:20:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T10:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/?p=8933"},"modified":"2014-12-01T11:20:28","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T10:20:28","slug":"on-the-register-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/8933-on-the-register-in-november.html","title":{"rendered":"On the Register in November: Windows desktop development woes, inside Amazon Aurora, more"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I mentioned<\/a> last month, I have been working part-time for the Register since the beginning of October. Here\u2019s what I wrote last month:<\/p>\n

Google Chrome on Windows ‘completely unusable’, gripe users<\/a><\/p>\n

This one seemed to strike a chord: is Google neglecting its Windows users?<\/p>\n

Pity the poor Windows developer- The tools for desktop development are in disarray<\/a><\/p>\n

And this. The price of the Windows 8 adventure was lost momentum on the desktop side. If Universal Apps come good, it might yet have been worth it.<\/p>\n

Inside Aurora- how disruptive is Amazon\u2019s MySQL clone?<\/a><\/p>\n

A more detailed look at what makes Amazon Aurora tick.<\/p>\n

The cloud that goes puff- Seagate Central home NAS woes<\/a><\/p>\n

Not just about the need for backup, but a note on how hard it is to read the drive outside its enclosure, even when it is not faulty.<\/p>\n

Microsoft adds video offering to Office 365. Oh NOES, you’ll need Adobe Flash<\/a><\/p>\n

That dreaded syncing feeling- Will Microsoft EVER fix OneDrive?<\/a><\/p>\n

The weak spot in Microsoft\u2019s cloud story.<\/p>\n

Amazon, Docker hop in bed- What happens in Vegas WON’T stay in Vegas<\/a><\/p>\n

Microsoft .NET released from its Windows chains… but what ABOUT MONO?<\/a><\/p>\n

Interview with Miguel de Icaza on Microsoft\u2019s big open source news. Check the forum at the .NET Foundation<\/a> for more on this.<\/p>\n

Boxing clever- Amazon Fire TV is SO CLOSE to being excellent<\/a><\/p>\n

Review of Amazon\u2019s video streamer and budget games box.<\/p>\n

All but full-fat MS Office to be had on iPads, Droidenslabben for NOWT<\/a><\/p>\n

Microsoft improves Azure SQL Server cloud service, simultaneously makes it worse<\/a><\/p>\n

Improving JavaScript- Google throws AtScript into the mix<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I mentioned last month, I have been working part-time for the Register since the beginning of October. Here\u2019s what I wrote last month: Google Chrome on Windows ‘completely unusable’, gripe users This one seemed to strike a chord: is Google neglecting its Windows users? Pity the poor Windows developer- The tools for desktop development … Continue reading On the Register in November: Windows desktop development woes, inside Amazon Aurora, more<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[766],"class_list":["post-8933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging","tag-register"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}