Jim Rapoza

Here are the emerging technology stories for the week of July 9th. Google Lets Users Overlay Data on Personalized Maps – Lots of people talk about making mashups and simple web applications easier to create for regular users. A promising example is this new service from Google called MyMaps, which makes it simple to create […]

Handling the introduction at today’s launch of Oracle Database 11g was famed science historian James Burke, founder of the Knowledge Web Project and probably best known for his old television mini-series “Connections”. Burke didn’t spend much of his introduction speaking about Oracle and relational databases, instead he delved into issues of scientific discovery, mentioning breakthroughs […]

Click the image to see the slide showBy now you’ve read all the breathless first day “reviews” of the new Apple iPhone. You’ve seen the cool interface and the compelling design choices of the iPhone. Now it’s time to step back and take a real, measured look at the Apple iPhone, especially when it comes […]

It takes a thief to catch a thief, or so the adage goes. Its not clear how this plays out in the general crime-fighting world, but its true when it comes to securing IT assets. Most IT and security staffers wont have the time or skill sets to attain the expertise that high-level hackers and […]

Hey everybody! I’ve created this great new game! In this game you stand at a plate and swing a giant club at a golf ball that’s thrown at you by a thrower who stands on a mound. Players in the field (there are ten of them) have big nets and if they catch the ball […]

The words project management often lead people to think of large complex applications with obscure and strange-looking Gantt and PERT charts. And while these applications are a necessity for many large and complex projects, they can be overkill for some individual or small group projects and tasks. But that doesn’t mean that there is no […]

There are many things that are true about businesses, but probably the truest is that businesses love to use things that arent considered ready for use. For example, companies love to hire people who admit that they arent ready to do their jobs effectively. And companies love to locate themselves in buildings that are not […]

Click here to download the podcast or click here to listen to it using the integrated eWEEK podcast player. From the initial first steps of application service providers, or ASPs, to the current rage for on-demand apps and SAAS (software as a service), hosted applications have changed the ways that businesses look to use and […]

There are a lot of things that are true about businesses, but probably the truest is that businesses love to use things that aren’t considered fully ready for use. For example, companies love to hire people who admit that they can’t do their jobs effectively. And they also love to locate their offices in buildings […]

Click the image to see the slide showBlueOrganizer Smarter is good right? Everyone wants to do things smarter. That’s why so many products and techniques are typically pitched with the line ” ‘blank’ smarter!” Well what about using the web? Is it possible to “browser smarter”? That’s the pitch behind a free Firefox extension called […]

Here are the emerging technology stories for the week of June 25th. BPEL Gets Human – A new BPEL specification is announced called BPEL4People. Interesting development as Business Process Management tools have been increasingly focused on human-based processes. Linux computer fits in USB key – I have to admit that I think this is pretty […]

For a while now most people felt like they had their social networks pretty well figured out. There was MySpace, wild and crazy home of teens and bands. Then there was the more collegiate Facebook, which can have a party atmosphere at times but is generally a bit more laid-back (and easier on the eyes) […]