Southwest Airlines Kept Flying Through Global IT Outage Because It Still Uses Windows 3.1, Circa 1992
July 22, 2024 by Dave Haynes
Through Friday’s global IT outage, it started to become clear that the enterprise-level digital signage networks most affected by the CrowdStrike security update boo-boo …
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Omnivex Does A Lot of Windows-based Digital Signage Networks, And CTO Says They’re On Top Of It
July 19, 2024 by Dave Haynes
When I first learned this morning of the CrowdStrike update that was causing Blue Screens Of Death on computers running Windows (and CrowdStrike security …
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Photos And Videos: How Windows/Crowdstrike Issues Affecting Airlines And Airports
July 19, 2024 by Dave Haynes
It is VERY difficult these days to discern what is real and what is the cheeky fakery of someone who knows their way around …
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Running Digital Signage Networks On Windows? Pour A Three-Finger Drink Instead Of Morning Coffee Before Reading This
July 19, 2024 by Dave Haynes
People on the America side of the Atlantic are sipping coffee and taking in news this morning that enterprise devices running Windows on networks …
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Video: Watch How Dutch Start-Up’s Smart Glass Doubles Up To Produce Dynamic Visuals
July 8, 2024 by Dave Haynes
The Dutch start-up VideowindoW is going at the idea of turning windows into displays in a very different way from other manufacturers who have …
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MLB Team Uses Faux Windows Errors Messages On Stadium Screens To Amplify Fan Support
June 21, 2024 by Dave Haynes
There have been seemingly endless tales of digital signage networks with screens showing the dreaded Windows blue screen of death or pop-up notifications for …
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BrightSign Opens Up Its Newest Media Player To Windows 10, 11 IoT
June 7, 2024 by Dave Haynes
The walls have been dropping on a lot of software and hardware products in this industry to meet demands for interoperability and to work …
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Oh The Irony: A Windows Pop-Up Error Message On The Big Screen Of A Microsoft Store
January 18, 2024 by Dave Haynes
Pop-up Windows error messages on digital signage and digital screens has been a source of regular amusement in this industry for many years, but …
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UK CMS Start-Up Fugo Bucks Larger Trend And Moves TO Windows Devices
June 27, 2023 by Dave Haynes
While much of the digital signage industry seems to be shifting to Android, dedicated devices like BrightSign and SpinetiX boxes, and special purpose operating …
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Big Oops: Windows Error On DOOH Screen At NYC World Trade-Fulton Concourse
February 9, 2023 by Dave Haynes
A reader passed along this visual reminder about the risks of using consumer operating systems on digital signage jobs. This is a big video …
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Scala’s New V13 Platform Includes Much-Requested Windows 64-Bit Support
December 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes
The CMS software firm Scala, one of the oldest companies in the industry, has announced a major version release of its flagship platform: Scala …
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LG Follows Samsung Into All-In-One Kiosk Market With 27-Inch, Windows-Driven Unit
April 12, 2022 by Dave Haynes
Sixteen:Nine content partner Invidis has a German language post up about how LG has followed the lead of Korean rival Samsung by developing and …
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