Andrew Garcia

I hate anti-virus. There, I said it. And it felt good. For many years, I chose not to use AV on my personal systems, choosing vigilance about my downloads, e-mail attachments, and application and OS updates over relying on a third-party solution to keep me free from infection. However, once drive-by-downloads and hijacked Websites became […]

Google Apps Connector Syncs BlackBerry, Gmail Platforms Native Applications The Google App Connector for BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server) lets users tap the BlackBerry’s native e-mail, calendar and contact applications with (mostly) full sync capabilities back to Google’s e-mail servers. Push E-Mail Google App Connector enables push e-mail for Google Apps Premier or Education users. By […]

The Google App Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server makes Google’s e-mail services a little more compelling for businesses, allowing customers to keep using their fully managed mobile e-mail platform with the search giant’s cloud-based e-mail solution. Tying together BlackBerry devices and management infrastructure with Google’s for-pay e-mail services, the Connector enables push e-mail, global address […]

Microsoft officials proudly proclaim that the Release Candidate landmark of the Windows 7 development cycle represents a good time for businesses to start evaluating the new operating system in a production environment. While the code made available to this point seems strong enough to warrant this level of in-depth appraisal, I suspect IT implementers will […]

Windows 7 RC Features Many Small but Useful Enhancements Windows 7 RC 7100 The Release Candidate of Windows 7 will be available to MSDN and Technet users on April 30. I tested the x86 version of the RC (otherwise known as Build 7100), the image of which was 2.35GB. ISO Burn Windows 7 lets users […]

This month at the RSA show in San Francisco, intrusion prevention vendor Qualys announced an extension to its PCI Compliance solution called PCI Connect. The announcement of the extension–which should be available in the July timeframe–essentially boiled down to an inter-vendor effort to integrate communications among vulnerability assessment and remediation products. However, smaller retailers may […]

Research In Motion this month launched its answer to the Apple App Store, releasing a mobile application storefront for BlackBerry devices called App World. eWEEK Labs did a little shopping and found that App World presents a satisfactory on-device experience, but that RIM breaks no new ground in helping users find relevant applications. Also, limiting […]

BlackBerry App World Is High on Apps, Low on Payment Options Link to Download Users must install App World on supported BlackBerry devices and must browse to the install package using the device. However, from a PC, users can e-mail themselves a link for easy access. Install App World Users can quickly download and install […]

Windows XP enters the stage of life known as Extended Support this week, but IT administrators should have their eye on a Windows OS family near the end of the Extended Support road: Windows 2000 Server (in all its flavors) and Windows 2000 Professional. For many organizations, XP’s move to Extended Support won’t mean much […]

One of the advantages of not being first to market with a particular kind of solution is that you can sit back and evaluate where your bleeding-edge competitors have fallen short, and then create distinctive solutions that not only resolve the first-movers’ shortcomings but capitalize upon them. With this in mind, at this month’s CTIA […]

eWEEK Labs Picks the Most Interesting Devices and Demos at CTIA Wireless 2009 by Andrew Garcia HTC Snap Reminiscent of the T-Mobile Dash (HTC made that too), the HTC Snap features the Inner Circle button. The button fires up a what is essentially a customizable search filter. Press the button, and those contacts you most […]

At the recent CTIA trade show in Las Vegas, representatives of the Wi-Fi Alliance-the marketing body that certifies Wi-Fi devices for interoperability-pulled me aside for a while to tell me something that I already knew: Wi-Fi is now a must-have feature on mobile devices, particularly smartphones. But they had some numbers to back that up. […]