Jim Rapoza

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 […]

eWEEK’s Look Back at the Emerging Technologies of 2007 The Biggest Emerging Technology Disappointments of 2007 When a product or technology is still emerging, it’s hardly fair to call it a flop. But it isn’t too early to be disappointed by some of the failures of promising technologies. 2007’s Tech on the cutting edge Many […]

Click the image to see the listEmerging Technology Disappointments When a product or technology is still emerging, it can be tough to call it a flop. In many cases these technologies are still trying to find their sweet spot when it comes to capabilities and usage scenarios. But while it may be too early to […]

A few years ago MIT launched an ambitious project called OpenCourseWare. The plan was to make a large number of the curriculum and classes at MIT freely available over the Web to anyone who wanted to view them. And today MIT announced that OpenCourseWare now includes nearly all of the coursework available at the school. […]

Click here to see screenshots of Firefox 3Firefox 3 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 […]

Looking to do something this Thanksgiving other than chow down on turkey and watch the Packers and Lions battle it out, perhaps even do something that involves giving and receiving thanks for it? Well, one idea for those who love technology and also want to help spread the benefits of technology is to participate in […]

UPDATED (SEE BELOW) 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 […]

I’m a social person. For as long as I can remember I’ve always had lots of friends. Back in college I had multiple groups of friends that I had met in pursuit of different jobs, interests and hobbies, and I was often the glue that tied together people in these groups. In a way, you […]

Im a social person. For as long as I can remember Ive always had lots of friends. Back in college I had multiple groups of friends that I had met in pursuit of different jobs, interests and hobbies and I was often the glue that would tie people in these groups together. In a way, […]

Its been a strange year for Intels Classmate PC. At first it was pushed as a competitor to One Laptop Per Childs XO Laptop. And then, when Intel joined the OLPC this summer, the purpose of the Classmate PC seemingly changed, almost as if it became a somewhat unnecessary complement to the XO. But the […]

Ive come up with an ambitious plan for my next five years. In five years I intend to be a billionaire and Im announcing it to the world so that everyone knows. But what if I dont make it to one billion in five years? What if Im only worth $900 million or, oh no, […]

The Opera Web browser has the reputation of being one of the most innovative applications in the Web space, often being first to introduce many of the features that later find their way into more well know browsers such as those from Microsoft and Mozilla. In my experience this has definitely been the case with […]