Jim Rapoza

While I’ve had the chance to test out and try various netbooks, I haven’t actually been a netbook owner, that is until just about a week ago when I plopped down my own cash and picked one up. Scratch that. I was a netbook owner in the past, they just didn’t call it that back […]

LABS GALLERY: Chrome 3.0 Beta Shows Googles Rush to Catch Up with Rivals by Jim Rapoza Customized Thumbnails With the Google Chrome 3.0 beta, users can customize thumbnails in the new-tab page by dragging and dropping sites to new spots on the page. Pinned As is the case with browsers such as Opera and Safari, […]

Mozilla Firefox has been out for more than five years and is just at Version 3.0. Apple Safari was originally released six years ago and is at Version 4.0. Google Chrome has been out for less than nine months, and Google just made Version 3.0 available. Google clearly is hell-bent on quickly making up for […]

Given the amount of hype around Google Wave since it was first announced, one would expect to be astonished and amazed by a radical new take on collaboration and Web development. Based on my initial tests, Google Wave has potential but isn’t a game-changer-at least not now. At this point, Google Wave is still just […]

LABS GALLERY: Google Wave Developer Preview Shows Platforms Potential by Jim Rapoza Google Wave Google Wave combines standard e-mail interface coventions with some nice interactive capabilities for real-time collaboration and Web platform development. Collaboration In a Google Wave collaboration, users can view entries in real time, comment on and edit content, and interact with media, […]

UPDATE: Well, the first few days I ran this test I was able to view it on systems that weren’t logged into the Google Wave developer sandbox. However, now it seems as if you can’t view (never mind interact with) a Wave unless you are logged into the sandbox. I’m currently working on a review […]

Once again the enemies of network neutrality are doing their very best to help out those dedicated to pushing through laws to ensure network neutrality on the Internet. How does this happen? Well, the main opponents to network neutrality on the Internet are the major national ISPs that provide most of the broadband connections for […]

Everybody is talking about what a boost the new Microsoft–Yahoo deal will be for competition in the online search business. The general consensus is that the combination of Microsoft’s Bing search and Yahoo’s market share will make for a stronger front against Google, resulting in increased innovation and more opportunities and capabilities for Web users. […]

Here are the emerging technologies stories for the week of July 27th. 4G Network Tests – Verizon announced that they will launch tests of their 4G LTE network in Seattle and Boston later this year. The 8 to 10 Mbps speed sounds nice but we’ll see. Robot Firefighters – The London Fire Brigade has been […]

There’s a famous quote from Walt Kelly’s Pogo that goes, “We have met the enemy and he is us.” This quote has been jumping to my mind a lot lately as I’ve watched the ongoing battle between Microsoft and Google. That’s because I’ve been finding it a lot harder lately to tell these two companies […]