Jim Rapoza

NHL Makes Power Play for Online Video by Jim Rapoza No Title New video player capabilities have made it possible for the NHL to expand the way visitors use and consume video online. No Title With a simple sharing feature, hockey fans can now easily embed video from NHL Network Online on their own Web […]

Emerging Technologies of 2008 by Jim Rapoza No Title The browser wars returned with a bang in 2008, and new entrant Google shocked everyone with its impressive new Chrome Web browser. No Title While Google was the exciting new rookie in the browser wars, stalwart veteran Mozilla stayed strong with its excellent new Firefox 3 […]

Click here to see slideshowEmerging TechnologyWhile in some ways 2008 has been an exciting and historic year, in other ways it has been a year that many people would like to forget, especially those who have seen their businesses, job prospects and retirement savings shrink or disappear altogether. But when it comes to emerging technologies, […]

It has been in many ways a tough year for the One Laptop Per Child project. Several of the original team that made the XO laptop possible left the organization, a new chief operating officer and president, Charles Kane, was brought in, some orders by some countries never went through and (worst of all, to […]

Click here to see screenshotsGoogle ChromeYesterday, Dec. 15, I posted my review of the new Google Chrome browser, which is no longer a beta. Without a doubt Google Chrome is a very impressive new entry in the Web browser market and will have a big impact on how browser interfaces are built in the future. […]

“Sir, technology is in great danger!” “Yes, I know. We are once again menaced by that evil villain, Bad Economy. He’ll stop at nothing to crush technology spending, humble powerful technology companies and kill all innovation.” “But what will we do, sir? I don’t think technology can take much more of this!” “There is hope. […]

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Google Chrome by Jim Rapoza No Title Like many browsers, upon installation Google Chrome will offer to import passwords and make itself the default browser. No Title While Google Chrome works well on most Web sites, some sites will not identify it as an acceptable browser, a problem made worse by the […]

Just a few short months ago, Google shocked the Web world with the release of the beta of Google Chrome, a new Web browser direct from the search giant itself. And despite some jokes that Google Chrome would remain a beta for years-just like Gmail-the Chrome browser is no longer a beta and is now […]

Click here to see screenshotsOpera10a1.jpgThe Opera Web browser, while trailing behind Firefox and Internet Explorer in market share, is well known for being innovative and often the first to have features that are later found in other browsers. But if users are expecting to see lots of cool new features and capabilities in the recently […]