Jim Rapoza

Recently, people in the United States came out in large numbers to choose who would be president for the next four years. Whether your candidate won or lost, you had the opportunity to participate in selecting the person who would lead the country. There is someone relatively as powerful in the IT community, but we […]

When eWEEK labs reviewed Macromedia Inc.s Flex 1.0 earlier this year, we were impressed with many of its capabilities but noted that the product had a significant number of kinks and was, in some respects, unfinished. Click here to read the full review of Flex 1.5. 2 When eWEEK labs reviewed Macromedia Inc.s Flex 1.0 […]

Things have been pretty confusing around here lately while Ive been trying to get my column topics in order. What with all the fallout from the recent “ELECTION RESULTS” and the continuing “WAR in IRAQ,” I sometimes feel like Im stuck in a catfight between “BRITNEY SPEARS,” “PARIS HILTON” and “CARMEN ELECTRA.” Im not sure […]

Making it easier for Web application developers to prototype and specify applications is the goal of Axure Software Solutions Axure RP 3 (formerly Ubiquity RP), which shipped last month. Using Axure RP 3, I could build browser-based mock-up prototypes of Web applications, making it possible to show early design and functionality specifications for an application. […]

Theres an old saying that goes, “things need to get really bad before they can get better.” It looks like we may have reached that point with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patent system has been in rough shape for a while. The columns and editorials written in eWEEK alone about the […]

When eWEEK Labs was pitched a product described as a business process management solution provided as a hosted service, it instantly received consideration for a “worst product idea imaginable” award. Just thinking about the problems and risks inherent in trying to tie together vital, sensitive, back-end business systems over the Internet through an ASP filled […]

The Mozilla Foundations Firefox browser was designed to compete directly with Microsoft Corp.s Internet Explorer. eWEEK Labs tests show that Firefox handily wins the competition on features, capabilities and adherence to standards, although IE still has an edge in the enterprise because of inertia and the availability of robust deployment and customization tools. We recommend, […]

The competitive Web content management field has seen more than its fair share of mergers and acquisitions, which have led to the demise of many good products. But some products have managed to survive and even thrive through the constant changes. Click here to read the full review of FatWires Content Server 6.1. 2 The […]

I often wonder what shopping in the “real” world would be like if all vendors followed the same practices as many enterprise software vendors. For example, imagine walking up to the fish counter at a supermarket and ordering two lobsters. The fishmonger says, “OK” and returns with two crabs. You say, “Wait a second. Those […]

Great news! It looks like that bad old practice of perpetual software licensing is going to go the way of the dodo. No longer will you have to deal with the inconvenience and hassle of paying once for software and getting to use it whenever you want to and for as long as you want […]