Jim Rapoza

All things considered, from a strict technology aspect, 2007 was a pretty good year. We saw the launch of several very good products and technologies and, while there were some negatives, they were outweighed by the positives. However, there were still plenty of negative forces out there trying to slow or even stop some technology […]

Click here to download the Tech Rising podcast or click here to listen to it using the integrated eWEEK podcast player. Over the course of this year, virtual worlds got a lot of attention. More than a few businesses spent serious money trying to build presences in virtual worlds such as Second Life. But most […]

There are lots of things that people like to do on the Internet; read news and blogs, watch videos, shop, you name it. But the one activity that people do more than almost anything else is search. You need to use a search engine to find most of the content that you’re interested in. But […]

Here are the emerging technology stories for the week of December 10th. Facebook Apps Running on Other Sites – Social networking site Facebook continues to open up development options on their platform with the latest moves making it possible to run applications designed for Facebook on external websites. New Intel Chips to do WiMax – […]

All things considered, from a strict technology aspect, 2007 was a pretty good year. We saw the launch of several very good products and technologies and, while there were some negatives, they were outweighed by the positives. However, there were still plenty of negative forces out there trying to slow or even stop some technology […]

One of the many interesting and simultaneously confusing things about Windows Vista is that more than a few features and capabilities of the Microsoft operating system are designed for hardware and systems that didn’t exist when Vista was launched. One such feature that users probably run across and wonder, “what’s that for?” is the Connect […]

The holiday season is finally here (though based on some of my neighbors’ decorations its actually been here for several weeks now) and for most of us this means it is now time to think about giving and receiving gifts. Maybe you have some cool new technology gadget that you’re hoping to get from a […]

While most of the emerging technologies discussed in this special report found their way into products and business implementations this year, many cutting-edge technologies were just getting their start in universities and research labs around the world. Here are just a few of the technologies that are poised to make a business impact in the […]

The holiday season is finally here (though based on some of my neighbors’ decorations its actually been here for several weeks now) and for most of us this means it is now time to think about giving and receiving gifts. Maybe you have some cool new technology gadget that you’re hoping to get from a […]

When you first install and launch the beta of Firefox 3, the initial impression (especially for those who remember some of the earlier promises of a revamped user interface and increased Web 2.0 integration) can be a little disappointing, since it doesn’t look much different from the current version of Firefox. But then as you […]

Cheap and easy phone calls sent over the Internet. That has long been the promise of VOIP services, especially on the consumer side. For some this has meant ditching their traditional telephone company and replacing it with VOIP services such as Vonage or the Ooma system that I recently reviewed. These services can provide solid […]

In most industries, change comes at a slow, plodding and predictable pace. Many workers today have new tools and processes, but the job they do isn’t much different from what a similar worker was doing 20 years ago. But, for those of us lucky enough to work in the technology industry, there is nothing slow, […]