Jim Rapoza

As someone who mainly goes to technology conferences focused on traditional software and hardware, I found the recent CTIA show was a good reminder of how different the mobile world is from the PC and server world, especially when it comes to applications. For example, say I go to a traditional PC software show, such […]

To most people in the technology community “hacker” is a dirty word. Say hacker and most people instantly think of bad guys spreading viruses or breaking into corporate systems and stealing data. Of course this is completely wrong. In fact, hacker should be a term of respect. But even more importantly, you should be careful […]

Click here for large imagePhotoshop Express With the release this week of the beta of Photoshop Express, many amateur photographers will be excited about the possibility of having access to a free, Web-based version of the powerful and popular photo-editing tool from Adobe. But once they try the beta they may find themselves a little […]

Click here for screenshotFacebook Privacy While I was an early adopter of many social networks, over the last year I’ve found myself using them less and less, and this has applied especially to Facebook. One of the big problems I’ve run into with Facebook is that, while my early use was pretty much limited to […]

Click here to watch the videoeWeek video:SOA and Semantic Web SOA, or Service Oriented Architectures, have changed the way that businesses build enterprise applications, connect to partners and integrate their many IT systems. But now, an emerging technology could change the way that businesses build and deploy their SOA platforms. This technology is the semantic […]

Click here for screenshotsSafari For most people the current browser wars consist of two combatants, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Mozilla’s Firefox. Looking in from the outside are alternative browsers that might be interesting but aren’t seen as much of a threat to take up lots of market share, such as Opera, which is innovative but […]

Click to see the slide showDangerous Technology When you cover and analyze emerging technologies, it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement and the promise of these new technologies. And it’s even easier to look at these technologies only from a positive angle. And what’s not to like? After all, most emerging technologies were […]

When you’re young, being told that you seem very mature or older than your years is generally seen as a compliment. But once you pass a certain age, this drifts more and more into the area of insult. At that point in life people would much rather hear that they seem younger than they are, […]

Click here to see screenshotsHulu Watching TV and movies over the Web took a big step forward this week with the launch of Hulu.com, a well designed and, most importantly, legal site where people can watch and share TV shows and full length movies. Hulu is backed by NBC Universal and News Corp. but is […]

Click here to see screenshotsFirefox 3 While it might seem as if the campaign for president has been going on forever, it’s got nothing on the long slow process that has been the development of Firefox 3. And the next stop on Mozilla’s journey to its eventual next-generation Web browser is Firefox 3 Beta 4, […]

Ohhh Nooooo! Spammers, phishers and malware purveyors will become trickier and more sophisticated in how they attempt to get people to fall victim to their scams. What are we going to do? According to a new report by Google’s Postini team, the levels of spams and phishing attacks have increased in recent years and we […]