Jim Rapoza

“Firefox has more security problems than IE!” screamed the headlines of several technology news stories recently. If youre a casual news reader, you might see these headlines and think to yourself, “Hmm, thats funny—I thought Firefox was supposed to be more secure than Internet Explorer. It just goes to show you that no Web browser […]

Building an RFP for any enterprise technology category can be a demanding task, but when a category is facing massive changes that are altering the very nature of the products in it, writing an effective RFP can be like herding cats. A good example of a category in this kind of state is document management. […]

When your car breaks down, there are several avenues you can take to get it repaired: You can bring it to the dealer, you can go to an independent mechanic or you can repair it yourself. With modern cars, the latter choice is getting harder for all but the most basic maintenance. So, if we […]

eWEEK Labs tests of Firefox 2.0 Release Candidate 1 show that the new browser will be a worthwhile upgrade—with welcome usability enhancements and improved security controls—but anyone hoping that it would set the Web on fire with innovative new features will probably be a little disappointed. With the release of Firefox 2.0 RC1, the Mozilla […]

As we here at eWEEK Labs evaluate the next generation of Web browsers, operating systems, collaboration tools and other interactive applications, one feature keeps popping up again and again—namely, integration with RSS feeds. RSS integration pretty much already has become a must-have feature for a whole host of products. Not having RSS integration is almost […]

As concerns about Internet privacy (or the lack thereof) continue to increase—and as users worry about the ability of governments, criminals and businesses to spy on their Internet usage—more attention is being given to tools that are designed to help users surf the Web anonymously. The leading method for anonymous Web surfing is currently the […]

A little more than 10 years ago, an idea rose around what many at the time perceived as the next generation of computing—the concept of the browser as operating system. In those go-go days of the early Web, many pundits and technology leaders looked at the massive success of Netscape Communications and at the newfound […]

Welcome, young student. You have traveled far to learn from the humble yet famous priests of IT. Should you succeed in your studies and gain mastery over our many tests, then you will have been proven worthy to become a true IT professional. Ah, I see that you come to us after earning many honors, […]

A couple of years ago, i wrote a column defending the personal use of tools that help people stay anonymous while using the Internet. /zimages/4/28571.gifClick here to read more about “Dont Fear Internet Anonymity Tools.” In that column, I made the argument that the potential positive uses of anonymity tools greatly outweighed their negative uses. […]

“Content is king.” Thats how the saying goes, but just what is the definition of content? Can content be defined as documents, Web pages, pictures and other digital media? Is content blog postings, e-mail, group discussions and chats? Is content essentially any knowledge that can be managed, stored and accessed? Trying to define content can […]