Unapologetically opinionated views on technology, in the office and out
Simon Bisson is a freelance technology journalist. He specialises in architecture and enterprise IT. He ran one of the UK's first national ISPs and moved to writing around the time of the collapse of the first dotcom boom. He still writes code.
Mary Branscombe is a freelance tech journalist. Mary has been a technology writer for nearly two decades, covering everything from early versions of Windows and Office to the first smartphones, the arrival of the web and most things inbetween.
We're currently at Microsoft's SharePoint 2009 conference in Las Vegas. With a new SharePoint release (and a new Office) in the offing, it's not surprising that there's a lot going on - after all SharePoint is now a $1.
The tarnished reputation of Windows Mobile needs more than a shiny new name, but calling the new 6.5 models Windows phones isn't just Microsoft taking advantage of the Windows 7 glow.
There are two Adobes. One is the company that produces the design tools that give our image-saturated world its glossy look and feel.
To me, telepresence is high-enough definition video conferencing that it feels like the person you're seeing video of is actually in the room. Cisco's Telepresence does that, and so does HP's Halo.
Why does Microsoft call its cloud computing platform Azure? After all, a blue sky doesn't actually have any clouds in.