Jim Louderback

Discuss This in the eWEEK Forum Its the end of the phone as we know it, and I feel fine! But I dont think the traditional wire-line phone folks will feel so good. Thats because when you combine Wi-Fi with cellular, you just obviated the need for any wired phones at all. Heres how it […]

A powerful solar storm, characterized as “serious” by NOAA is currently hitting the earth with its full fury. The storm, given a G-3 rating, hit around 11:30am EDT, and is expected to last between 12 to 24 hours. “The primary concern with a storm like this,” explained Larry Combs, a Space Weather Forecaster at NOAA, […]

There are few organizations more loathed than the telephone company. Lets face it – none of us like forking over our hard-earned cash every month just to use the phone. Well, how much would it be worth to you to be able to call your friends and family for free by using the Internet? Granted, […]

With all the hoopla surrounding Oracle, PeopleSoft and Larry Ellison, Karen Southwicks timing couldnt be better. Her in-depth look at Oracles past, present and future—focusing on Larry Ellison—is scheduled to come out in November. We got our hands on an early copy of her book—titled “Everyone Else Must Fail”—and couldnt put it down. Chock full […]

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Is the BlackBerry out of legal juice? Yes, a federal court really did order RIM to pull its BlackBerry products from the United States, but then immediately postponed the order until RIMs appeal could wend its way through the courts. The decision has sparked lots of discussion here at eWEEK. Like many companies, our top […]

Like most companies, youre probably considering, or deploying, instant messaging—or trying to figure out how to coexist with existing products. Youll probably be spending a good deal of time figuring out how to secure it too, so those sensitive messages arent intercepted on the Web, and so that you can keep bad guys out of […]

Ive tried a hundred different gewgaws that promise to make business travel easier, from those silly inflatable neck pillows, to noise-canceling headphones that fail after 3 trips. And most things designed to simplify computing on the road just dont work or are too flimsy or bulky. So when a friend told me about iGos latest […]

Handspring made its early mark with a better Palm PDA that incorporated an innovative slot for removable add-in devices. These days, the company (which looks to become part of Palm this fall) has hitched its wagon to smart-phone and PDA combinations, focusing primarily on the Treo line. The Treo 270 and 300 have been out […]

Everyones up in arms about spam. The government wants to legislate it, software vendors want to control it, and corporate IT managers just want to eradicate it. But the fight against spam has had some unintended consequences you just might not have thought about. Here are four spam problems to consider as you attempt to […]

Theres something wrong with cell-phone pricing, and I pity anyone who has to try to buy a phone. The system is so messed up, even the vendors cant figure it out. When I previewed the Nokia 3650 , the company claimed the cost would be a little more than $400. In our recent review, though, […]

Like the class geek showing up Monday morning sporting a natty tattoo, Nokia today tried to coolify its staid image by rolling out more details on its N-Gage cellphone/portable game player combo. However, even after trotting out John Romero, butt-whomping music, a bunch of Gen-Y dancers and a belly-dancing, skateboarding, stripping blond cutie, the company […]