P. J. Connolly

Last week, Jason Brooks blogged about the rumors that Novell was looking to sell off SUSE Linux to VMWare, and the possibilities such a matchup could create. That was what you might call the “glass half-full” look; I’d like to take a stab at the half-empty side of things. I have covered Novell as long […]

Do you have the right to resell software that you’re no longer using? Well, perhaps not, thanks to a ruling of the Ninth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals, which covers the Western states. In the case under discussion, Autodesk, the defendant and appellant, claimed that the plaintiff, one Timothy Vernor, didn’t have the […]

When will Apple get its act together on videoconferencing? In some ways, that’s a funny question to pose, given that the company has in recent years done a good job of pushing the boundaries of video chat technology, first when it added video capabilities to its iChat instant messaging client a few years back, and […]

LogRhythm’s Toolset Combines Power, Ease of Use by P. J. Connolly LogRhythm’s Dashboard View The data processed by LogRhythm can be displayed in an easily configured dashboard view; color-coding by time is available for events. Investigations Made Easy LogRhythms Investigator tool displays parsed log data as well as the complete contents of the log entry, […]

iOS 4.1, released Sept. 8, is the version that Apple should have shipped in the first place to showcase its mobile device hardware. It takes full advantage of the camera built into the iPhone 4, allows full-function use of Bluetooth headphones and brings a number of security-related fixes. Perhaps the most useful features from a […]

Today, at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs unveiled iOS 4.1 for the iPhone and iPod Touch in an event that focused on the company’s consumer technology. Since the presentation was billed as a music-focused event, I chose to follow the Internet broadcast from the comfort of […]

In a first look at Office for Mac 2011, eWEEK Labs finds a lot to like and no significant cause for complaint. Office for Mac 2011 marks the return of Outlook for Mac and Visual Basic for Applications to the Apple desktop platform. The office suite, which is only available for Intel-based Macs running Mac […]

Cisco’s new AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Apple iOS allows IT managers and users to get what both want: a secure, yet flexible, browsing experience. Read my full review at eweek.com.

LogRhythm does a good job of putting needed information in one’s hands accurately and quickly; it supplies alerts for predefined events and data for compliance reporting. Read my full review at eweek.com.

For the first time in 18 years, AutoCAD will be available for Apple’s Mac platforms; Autodesk raises the ante by jumping on the iPad bandwagon. Read my full review at eweek.com.

Autodesk will announce on Aug. 31 the planned release of AutoCAD for Mac, a native version of the company’s professional design and engineering software built to run natively on Mac OS X, and the first version of AutoCAD for an Apple platform since George H. W. Bush was in the White House. The company will […]

After AMD purchased graphics heavyweight ATI four years ago, industry watchers began wondering how long the ATI brand would survive, and today we seem to have an answer. Although AMD was promoting the ATI legacy as late as the first week of August, reports published overnight at Anandtech and Techreport claim that, after customer research […]