Jim Rapoza

Right now, Im in the middle of a big office move. Without a doubt, moving is a big pain in the you-know-what, whether its to a new home or a new workplace. First, theres all the dirt and dust that gets kicked up as you dig through all your old stuff and pack it up […]

Starting very soon, the One Laptop Per Child project will begin limited deployments of the “$100 laptop” to children in several developing nations. This will be the first step in what is hoped will be a full deployment to about seven countries by the end of 2007. As Ive written in the past, Im a […]

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Ah, what a lovely day! I think it must be the ideal perfect temperature for this time of year.” “Yes, it is. Ever since the Democrats took control of Congress and turned the tide of global warming, the weather has been fantastic.” “And, of course, the Democratic Congress has turned around the economy, erased the […]

One of the big announcements out of this week’s Lotusphere show was about how IBM’s Lotus division is now adding social networking capabilities. Wow, this is big news! So now Lotus is joining the Web 2.0, or more specifically, Enterprise 2.0, wave and adding the most hyped capabilities of the day, which on top of […]

When a product attempts to combine the functionality of many applications into one overarching platform, its inevitable that clichés about kitchen sinks and Swiss Army knives will emerge. And youll usually hear that these products can do many things but no one thing well. With Microsofts Office SharePoint Server 2007, many of the Swiss Army […]

Im a dog person, and throughout my entire life, its been mutts—from the dogs my family had when I was a kid to the two dogs that are now part of my family. Which has been just fine by me. Now, I understand the arguments that proponents of purebred dogs typically put forth: that there […]

Boy, you really have to hand it to Digital Rights Management. Has any security measure ever been this effective? No wonder the pirates are all running away with their tails between their legs. Oh wait, that’s not what’s happening at all. It actually seems as if each new DRM and anti-piracy measure gets cracked by […]

In todays Web 2.0 world, learning how to hand-code an RSS file can often seem as necessary as learning how to create and edit the code behind a PDF document. Thats because businesses that want to use RSS will quickly find there are a whole host of applications happy to automatically create RSS feeds of […]

When a product attempts to combine the functionality of many applications into one overarching platform, its inevitable that clichés about kitchen sinks and Swiss Army knives will pop up. And youll usually hear that these products can do many things but no one thing well. With Microsofts Office SharePoint Server 2007, many of the Swiss […]