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The Treo 700p also features new broadband capabilities with the addition of EvDO support. Duration: 4:46 /zimages/6/28571.gifClick here to download this podcast. /zimages/6/28571.gif /util_get_image/1/0,3363,i=114836,00.gifTo subscribe to eWEEK podcasts, click here. /zimages/6/28571.gifCheck out eWEEK.coms for the latest podcasts by eWEEK analysts, editors and reporters.

We take you inside three of the smartest homes in America to show you what theyve done and how they did it. We also give you DIY tips and product recommendations for creating your own high-tech habitat. Our high-tech home search uncovered some real surprises, including a fully automated vacation home in Florida, the stunning […]

Microsoft stands to gain from users having a reason not to switch to OpenOffice, so why is the company not embracing the plug-in? Duration: 10:31 /zimages/4/28571.gifClick here to download this podcast. /zimages/4/28571.gif /util_get_image/1/0,3363,i=114836,00.gifTo subscribe to eWEEK podcasts, click here. /zimages/4/28571.gifCheck out eWEEK.coms for the latest podcasts by eWEEK analysts, editors and reporters.

Move over, Googleplex. Here comes Microsoft CodePlex. CodePlex is not the name for a new wing of the ever-expanding Microsoft campus headquarters. Instead, it is Microsofts newest code-repository site, aimed especially at shared- and open-source programmers. On May 15, Microsoft went live with the beta version of its CodePlex site. The site, which is coded […]

Microsoft is recruiting not only Windows Live beta testers, but developers as well. In order to attract the latter contingent, the company is readying a new Windows Live Dev portal. A preview of the site, http://dev.live.com, will be available the week of May 21, with a final version slated to launch in June, according to […]

While Microsoft watchers continue to obsess over Microsofts plans to take on Google, few are paying attention to a family of products that could emerge as one of the main revenue generators for the company over the next few years. The SharePoint collaboration/workgroup software family could be one of Microsofts sleeper hits in the not-too-distant […]

Microsoft is readying “project Bronx,” an addition to its Office Live services lineup that will target mobile devices. The technology could be released to beta later in May, according to a posted message on the Neowin.net Web site. A Neowin poster described Project Bronx as “an effort within the Mobile Information Worker group that aims […]

At the Microsoft Management Summit in late April, it was announced that the update to Systems Management Server 2003, currently called SMS v4 Beta 1, will be known as System Center Configuration Manager 2007 when it is released next year. The new name reflects the growing importance of system configuration management tools, and eWeek Labs […]

With Symantecs acquisition of Veritas in the summer of 2005, the combined companies took on the challenge of extending Symantecs role as a protector and manager of desktop systems into the enterprise data center. On the eve of this years JavaOne conference, Technology Editor Peter Coffee spoke with Bob Maness, vice president of product operations […]

The net-neutrality threat is really about access and not the public cloud (May 1, “Toll Lane Ahead for Internet Traffic?”) There are no ISPs that can mess with a private IP network. Enterprise IT managers, extend your Ethernet WANs to common interconnection points and peer with the other enterprises and ASPs. Own your own access, […]

The lack of IT savvy among senior managers is a huge liability (Peter Coffees Epicenters, “Computer Literacy Isnt Kid Stuff,” May 1). I have learned through hard experience that there are just four ways to deal successfully with such individuals: 1. Dont work with them at all. 2. Isolate them in their own little world, […]

Sturdevant advises that the time is now for IT managers to make strategic decisions about which network access control products they need, whether they are open or proprietary, and how to test them in their enterprise. Duration: 5:33 /zimages/4/28571.gifClick here to download this podcast. /zimages/4/28571.gif /util_get_image/1/0,3363,i=114836,00.gifTo subscribe to eWEEK podcasts, click here. /zimages/4/28571.gifCheck out eWEEK.coms […]