Jim Rapoza

“So, Charles, tell me: How are your computer systems running?” “Quite excellently, James, quite excellently. For months now, Ive seen neither hide nor hair of a security problem or vulnerability in any of my software applications.” “Thats splendid, Charles, just splendid. Of course, things have been grand for all of us since users and companies […]

With the release of Altova Enterprise XML Suite 2005, Altova Inc. has boosted usability and added a number of new features—especially to the core XMLSpy XML editor—that make this a worthwhile upgrade for users of previous versions and for companies looking for a comprehensive set of XML and Web services editing and design tools. Click […]

Given the high cost of commercial survey applications and services, its no surprise that low- and no-cost open-source alternatives have emerged for performing surveys using the Web. These options range from open-source tools that provide everything from basic surveys to complex questionnaires to authoring tools that allow sites to build their own survey applications. /zimages/3/28571.gifClick […]

For baseball lovers, this is hotstove season—with lots and lots of trades and free-agent signings that leave fans unsure of just which team their favorite players will end up on. And it seems as if baseballs hotstove season has spilled over to the technology world, leaving many IT buyers unsure of just which company owns […]

Twenty years ago, a little publication started out that billed itself as “The newsweekly of IBM system microcomputers.” That publication was PC Week, which, in 2000, became eWEEK. During the last two decades, weve seen our fair share of innovations, successes, failures and revolutions in IT. But theres one thing that weve seen more of […]

Recently, I started to again have an old nightmare that I thought I had gotten rid of once and for all. In the nightmare, I sit down at my computer to look for information or an answer to a problem, perhaps a solution to an application error or installation procedures or even personal help such […]

Anyone who has wanted to create or edit digital audio files has probably run into the high-complexity problems of most audio-editing tools, which seem to be designed more for budding record producers than for people who just want a simple but effective program. Over the years, Ive tried many purportedly user-friendly audio-editing programs but didnt […]

Watchfire Corp. has clearly taken the safe but smart position for its first release of the AppScan products it gained from its acquisition of Sanctum Inc., making no major changes to the award-winning product for testing the security of Web applications. Click here to read the full review of AppScan Audit 5.0. 2 Watchfire Corp. […]

Now is truly the dawn of the golden age of mobile computing. Cell phones incorporate more and more true computing features while leveraging faster and faster wireless networks. As you can see from the wireless data network stories that lead off the Labs section this week, true enterprise business applications can be logged in to […]

Macromedias Captivate 1.0, based on the companys acquisition of eHelps RoboDemo technology, is an overhaul of the popular application simulation and demo-creation software. These major changes have been mostly for the better, as Captivate 1.0 is one of the best tools Ive ever used for creating rich and complex tutorials, simulations and e-learning demos. Using […]