Jim Rapoza

Ahh, I love my modern digital lifestyle, especially when it comes to being out, whether traveling or just moving around the city. It’s great that I can walk around with a music collection that dwarfs my old college record collection, that I can have several books in my pocket ready to read whenever I want […]

In the new tradition of rapid browser evolution, both Google and Mozilla have recently released new beta versions: Chrome 4.0 and Firefox 3.6, respectively. Looking at the version numbers, one would expect that Firefox 3.6 would have minor changes and Chrome 4.0 would be a major upgrade. However, based on my tests of the betas, […]

Right now many companies are looking to go green, and while some are doing it out of a feeling of environmental responsibility, there are many that are doing it mainly in the hope of saving some green. This has led many businesses to look for more efficient server room hardware, desktops and office environmental systems. […]

Sixteen years ago, I started out as the newest analyst at what was then called PC Week Labs. Most of the important technologies of the day (such as PCs, office suites, client/server networking and printers) were being covered by the more senior and experienced analysts. They “saddled” me with a technology that, while seen as […]

LABS GALLERY: Google Chrome 4.0, Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Betas Up Browser Ante by Jim Rapoza Chrome 4.0-Bookmark Sync Outside of speed and engine improvements, the only really noticeable new feature in the beta of Chrome 4.0 is Bookmark Sync, which taps a user’s regular Google account to enable bookmark syncing among multiple versions of Chrome. […]

If you want to party on the Web like it’s 2004, you may want to try out the new SeaMonkey 2.0 browser suite. That, of course, is the time before Firefox-back when the open-source Mozilla suite was just starting to take on Microsoft’s dominant Internet Explorer browser. The Mozilla of that time, like the Netscape […]

LABS GALLERY: SeaMonkey 2.0 Adds New Firefox Capabilities to the Old Mozilla Suite by Jim Rapoza Keeping Mozilla Suite Alive The SeaMonkey project is an effort to keep a timely and useful version of the original Mozilla browser suite alive, providing an option for those who want a browser, mail, chat and Web development package […]

Click here to see the slide showscary technologyWhen I heard the recent announcement about Wi-Fi Direct, a proposed method to make it possible for Wi-Fi devices to connect to each other seamlessly without the need of access points, I had a common reaction to a new technology: excitement, tinged with fear. The part of me […]

The 10 Scariest Technology Ideas by Jim Rapoza Where Am I Now? Twitter, Facebook and the like are great for telling friends and colleagues what you’re doing right now. “Hey, everybody! We’re all in Europe for the next two weeks!” The problem is, potential criminals also now know that your home is empty and free […]

Liaise, a product that debuted at DEMOfall 2009 and was named a People’s Choice Winner there, is a plug-in for Microsoft Outlook designed to help individuals and teams manage tasks and projects through e-mail. I recently had the chance to test the Liaise beta. While I was impressed with some aspects of it, the user […]