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David M. Dodge

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Artemis Launch Delay Is the Latest of Many NASA Scrubs and Comes from Hard Lessons on Crew Safety

After its fourth delay, the Artemis 1 launch is now scheduled for Nov. 16, 2022. NASA has a history of missing launch deadlines, but the private sector is slowly making launches more reliable.

  • By David M. Dodge, The Conversation
Digital Government

Tips for tracking silent updates

Are you doing your maintenance? How long has it been since you freshened your files? Those users who have standardized on Microsoft Office may need one or more of the "silent updates" that Microsoft Corp. puts on its support network of World Wide Web and file transfer protocol (ftp) sites and its

  • By David M. Dodge
Digital Government

New file system could be blessing and curse

Microsoft Corp. will introduce a new file system with this fall's OEM release of Windows 95. The release OEM Service Release 2 will be installed on new computers. Those PCs already running Windows 95 won't be affected by this release. Or will they? The new release will include FAT32, a file sys

  • By David M. Dodge
Digital Government

On the road with Microsoft's Windows 95

Over the last month or so, I have had a chance to use a Toshiba Tecra 700CT laptop.

  • By David M. Dodge
Digital Government

Windows 95 installs easily?most of the time

I have installed Windows 95 on at least four machines and I've found that the install wizards are nothing short of amazing. No matter how hard I try to select or change what it has selected Windows 95 knows what it should have to work. It is rarely fooled by the more common hardware found in PCs pr

  • By David M. Dodge