Jim Rapoza

Click here to download the podcast or Click here to listen to it using the integrated eWEEK podcast player. What is the next step for open source in the enterprise. Open source products have individually proven their worth and abilities against commercial products when it comes to functionality. But some businesses are looking for more. […]

Click the image to take the Web 2.0 QuizWeb 2.0 Quiz I’m spending the day at the Enterprise 2.0 conference here in Boston where I’ve had the opportunity to meet with a wide variety of vendors purporting to show how Web 2.0 technology can provide value to businesses. Some of the products I’ve seen have […]

Here are the emerging technology stories for the week of June 18th. A Healthy Dose of RFID – MIT’s AUTO-ID Labs and SAP work together on next generation networking technology for RFID. How Big is the IPv6 Address Space? – My colleageu Larry Seltzer finds a good metaphor for IPv6. ‘Moonlight’ makes progress on Silverlight […]

Click the image to see the slide showWindows Home Server I have to admit that when I first heard about the Windows Home Server I didn’t really think that much of the concept. After all, it’s pretty simple to take an existing Windows server and turn it into a home storage and backup system. Also, […]

Take the poll Free Poll by Blog Flux One could make a very good argument that the driving force behind the whole Web 2.0 wave is RSS. The format has made possible blogs, podcasts, “fill-in-the-blank”-casts and, of course, news feeds. It is in this area of news feeds that most people probably interact with RSS. […]

Click the image to see the slide showChances are you’ve used or at least heard of Google Apps, the web-based suite of productivity applications that supposedly have Microsoft up all night. I know we here at eWEEK have made good use of these applications, which are great for quickly collaborating on a document or spreadsheet. […]

Click the image to see the slide showadobe_air.gif In the PC era, application development has followed a certain cycle. First there were desktop applications. Then, there were client-server applications. But then came the Web, which produced simple form-based programs. This was followed by the first wave of rich Internet applications, led by Java and Flash. […]

Here are the emerging technology stories for the week of June 4th. Nokia’s Low-Power Link to Be New Bluetooth Standard – The Bluetooth SIG has agreed to use Nokia’s Wibree technology for short range ultra-low-power connections, for example connecting to something like a heart monitor. Super Small RFID Tags – RFID tags the size of […]

When some people travel to a new country, they immerse themselves in the culture and live much as the locals do. However, other travelers try to make their new locale as much like back home as possible. And if it were a traveler, Apples beta of its Safari Web browser for Windows would definitely fit […]

Click the image to see the slide showTen Most Wanted Future Technologies Every day here at eWEEK’s Emerging Technology site we look at the newest and most disruptive technologies effecting the technology market today. And we’ve also taken some time to look back at past emerging technologies, including those that we deemed to be flops. […]

Everywhere you look, it seems as if more and more core applications are moving from the desktop to the Web, but for all the advantages of Web applications, this emerging class of software carries a major liability when compared with its desktop-bound brethren: Without the Web, theres no application. Enter Google Gears, a new tool […]

Can something that is really stupid be converted into something intelligent? With people, Im not so sure that can be done. The only example I can think of is in the television cartoon “Futurama,” where the dimwitted Fry eats a bad sandwich and is infected by parasites that improve his bodily system, making him smarter. […]