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Open-Source Windows

In my previous post, I wrote about how Microsoft's attitude toward open-source software has evolved, encouragingly, from outright hostility to cordial coexistence, and about...

An Early Peek at Google Chrome 2.0

Click here to see screenshotschrome.jpgLess than one month after Google released Version 1.0 of its Google Chrome Web browser, the company is providing an...

Virtualization May Slow Windows Code Rot on PC Systems

I'm a sucker for shiny objects. I love to try out new software utilities--usually in the network monitoring arena. This has often resulted in...

Accept Credit Cards Anywhere with ProPay

One of the many side-effects of this bad economy is there are now many people out there who are starting their own businesses as...

Retail Downturn May Thwart Palm’s Last Stand

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Palm finally pulled back the curtains on the Palm Pre--the first device based on the long-awaited,...

Virtualization Will Help with Acquisitions in 2009

I expect that the current recession will last through all of 2009 and will accelerate the adoption of virtualization technology.Up until now, virtualization--especially x86...

A Lesson in Planning

Unless you don't watch any TV--or possibly live in a cave--then you know that in mid-February, traditional over-the-air television broadcasts will end and that...

Macworld Keynote Foretells Little for Enterprise IT

In Apple's keynote at Macworld, CEO Steve Jobs was played by Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing. It was an...

Untenable Mobile Broadband Pricing Slows Adoption and Innovation

"I just need AT&T to lower the service fees a little bit.""Don't count on it."While these words could have been shared between any two...

NHL Shoots and Scores with Video

Click here to see screenshotsnhlvid.jpgThe National Hockey League has performed a hat trick: scoring new video, content management and analytics capabilities at NHL.com. Just about...