The IT Nerd

There is new research from application management provider Recast Software. Recast surveyed over 100 IT professionals at European community and industry events between January and June 2026 about application management priorities. Respondents included sysadmins, endpoint engineers, packagers, architects and IT managers.

A few interesting findings:

• 53% cite application security and compliance as a top challenge, while 51% cite managing application updates and patches
• 44% expect changes to their VDI/SBC environment within the next 12 months, and 70% expect change within a defined timeframe
• 85% use Microsoft Intune, while 32% also use Configuration Manager
• 47% are open to exploring new application management solutions

The full report, “The State of Application Management: What European IT Teams Told Us,” is available here:
https://www.recastsoftware.com/resources/state-application-management-what-eu-it-teams-told-us/.

Recall, an AI encyclopedia that knows users better than the questions they ask, has launched version 2.0, an upgraded version of the original knowledge base.

It’s a major improvement on NotebookLM: Recall automatically captures and connects everything  the user consumes (think YouTube, podcasts, PDFs, TikToks, articles) to create a personal knowledge graph with no source caps. 

What’s new: Recall 2.0 also adds an agentic AI chat that queries both the open internet and a user’s private knowledge base in a single conversation, with model choice among Claude, GPT, and Gemini.

The tech is a direct answer for NotebookLM consumers who want a product that actually grows with them.

Since launching in 2022, Recall now boasts over 600,000 users, $1.1M ARR, and organic acquisition still accounts for roughly 80% of growth.

Recall did a post here that goes into the weeds on this.  

This personally affects me, so I figured that I pass it along in case you’re affected too. Belkin has announced a global recall of its TuneBase Direct with Hands-Free, TuneBase FM with Hands-Free, and TuneBase FM with ClearScan. The devices are used in cars to connect iPods to car stereos either via a free FM channel or by a cable for music playback or to connect to iPhones for hands-free phone reception. Apparently these devices have the potential of catching fire inside your car. This is what Belkin had to say about the issue:

Belkin has identified that a component of the TuneBase, the washer, can cause an electrical short circuit when plugged into a vehicle’s cigarette lighter adapter. The washer is a circular, black, plastic unit situated at the tip of the TuneBase’s cigarette lighter adapter. After a rigorous investigation, Belkin has determined that under certain conditions of heat, humidity and prolonged periods of power-on (e.g. when the TuneBase is left plugged in overnight), some units with the washer have shown potential to pose a risk of fire.

While we believe this issue may be isolated to a limited number of units produced with this washer, Belkin places the safety of our consumers ahead of all other considerations and is recalling all TuneBase products purchased by consumers on or after April 1, 2009.

If you have one of the above, check for the following model numbers: F8Z441, F8Z442, F8Z176, F8Z441ea, F8Z442ea and F8Z176eaBL. If you bought them between April 1, 2009 and the end of October, STOP USING IT NOW. Then go to this website to start the process of getting a new now.