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Operating Systems

Hints of Microsoft's 'fight back' ads appear

Ed Bott: Microsoft's biggest challenge in its new $300 million ad campaign is to get would-be customers to set aside whatever preconceptions they have and listen to its pitch for Vista.

IT Management

How to lose customers by not even trying

Paul Murphy: Hertz vs. Avis: One of these two sites works, and made a sale for that company. The other site doesn't, and lost a customer.

Security

75% of online banking sites found vulnerable

Dancho Danchev: key findings are the lack of SSL sessions at thought to be "secure login boxes", and the fact that certain banks would use a customer's social security number as a user ID.

Companies

Apple hints at lower prices

Larry Dignan: After reporting strong 3Q results, most concerns about Apple's future revolve around two words: Gross margins. The big takeaway for tech buyers: Those lower margins hint at cheaper iPods and notebooks in the not-to-distant future.

General News

First paper-based transistors

Roland Piquepaille: Possible applications for these paper-based transistors include new disposable electronics devices, such as paper displays, smart labels, bio-applications or RFID tags.

Enterprise Software

Enterprise service busted?

Joe McKendrick: In all the years I have been writing this blog I have never seen such outright vitriol about a solution as I've seen against Enterprise Service Buses.

Communications

Open Source VoIP: Asterisk or FreeSwitch?

Josh Greenfield: Three monts later, the first enterprise to deploy the new open source IP PBX, FreeSwitch emains ecstatic about his decision. "It was a grand slam."

Enterprise Hardware

Intel cuts Core 2 and Xeon prices

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Intel keeps piling the pressure on AMD with yet another round of price cuts. Here's a rundown of the price cuts on the desktop and the server side.

Web Technology

Google Maps now shows you walking directions

Garett Rogers: Google announced a new feature that is designed to help people plan their walk from source to destination.

Product Review Blogs

Panasonic announces four new Lumix cameras

Janice Chen: Panasonic added four new models to its Lumix lineup today: the DMC-FX37, a 10.1-megapixel wide-angle compact; the DMC-FZ28, a 10.1 megapixel megazoom model; the DMC-LX3, a 10.1 megapixel enthusiast compact camera; and the DMC-FX150, a 14.7 megapixel compact shooter.

Cisco acquires Pure Networks, home networking software

Between the Lines by Larry Dignan

Cisco Systems has cable set-top boxes and your home along with the routers. Now it wants the software that puts your entire home network together. Cisco, which is determined to...

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Microsoft hints about new profile-centric Win Live wares

All about Microsoft by Mary Jo Foley

The blogosphere was atwitter (pun intended) over the past day or two about Facebook's recent revamp designed to make user pages more profile-centric. But Facebook isn't the only one going...

Mary-Jo Foley

McAfee debunks recent vulnerabilities in AV software research, n.runs restates its position

Zero Day by Dancho Danchev

Several days after blogging about a research conduced by n.runs AG that managed to discover approximately 800 vulnerabilities in antivirus products, McAfee issued a statement basically debunking the number of...

Ryan Naraine, Dancho Danchev, Nate McFeters

The App Store's buggy update process

The Apple Core by Jason D. O'Grady

The application update procedure for iPhone is a complete and unadulterated nightmare. The App Store tells you you need updates with a nice little red bubble in the upper right...

Jason D. O'Grady & David Morgenstern

The $200 web tablet ... dream on!

Hardware 2.0 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Hands up anyone who would love to get their hands on a web tablet for $200 ... that pretty much all of you. OK, now hands up who thinks that...

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Google Maps now shows you walking directions

Googling Google by Garett Rogers

Google Maps has had driving directions since launch -- and it has quickly become an indispensable tool for people who need to know how to drive somewhere. Today, Google announced...

Garett Rogers

Why are vendors waiting for the SFLC lawsuit?

Linux and Open Source by Dana Blankenhorn

Why wait for the lawsuit to be filed before taking appropriate action, or at least responding to the SFLC? Is it that any publicity is good publicity? After all the...

Dana Blankenhorn & Paula Rooney

Delivering nada. Zip. Zilch. Zero.

IT Project Failures by Michael Krigsman

The aftermath of large-scale failure is never pretty, but sometimes looking back reveals problems so obvious and severe they take your breath away.

Michael Krigsman

Zuora: the future business model?

Enterprise Alley by Dennis Howlett

I recently caught up with Tien Tzou, CEO of Zuora, the billing management company that offers Z-billings, an on-demand service. In his opinion, the business model of the future...

Dennis Howlett

Apple: Perception is Reality

Tech Broiler by Jason Perlow

When a technology columnist known for his critical views on Apple makes statements to the effect that the company should consider defining and publicly communicating a succession strategy, many...

Jason Perlow

Apple chaos theory

Irregular Enterprise by Dennis Howlett

I got a fairly lukewarm response to my excitement over Oracle putting applications on the iPhone. That should be no surprise to readers of Fortune which also poured cold water...

Dennis Howlett

Super-duper green computers

GreenTech Pastures by Heather Clancy

If you think about sheer performance-per-watt potential, it's pretty hard to beat a supercomputer. So any company with gargantuan transaction processing needs might want to scout the latest Green500 list...

Harry Fuller and Heather Clancy

First hints of Microsoft's "fight back" ads appear

Microsoft Report by Ed Bott

A new ad at Microsoft.com tries to make the case for a fresh look at Vista by pointing out that "at one point, everyone thought the earth was flat." Aligning...

Ed Bott

Super flash, hyper flash

Storage Bits by Robin Harris

Samsung has announced a new SLC flash part with 5x the write/erase cycle spec over standard single-level cell (SLC) NAND flash. They call it server grade flash. Is this the...

Robin Harris

PaaS embraces client access licensing

Software as services by Phil Wainewright

Platform-as-a-service is going through a similar rite of passage as conventional software did when it met the Web in the late 1990s - trying to work out the fairest way...

Phil Wainewright

iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appeal

Dev Connection by Ed Burnette

Installation problems, buggy applications, lack of trial versions, and a mediocre selection have dampened initial enthusiasm for Apple's brand new iPhone App Store. Not counting punishing server load when the...

Ed Burnette

First paper-based transistors

Emerging Technology Trends by Roland Piquepaille

Portuguese researchers have created the first paper-based transistors. To be more precise, they've made the first field effect transistors (FET) with a paper interstrate layer. According to the research team,...

Roland Piquepaille

A few thoughts on Facebook's redesign

The Social Web by Steve O'Hear

Facebook announced the unveiling of the social networking site's latest redesign today but I refrained from posting until I was able to actually try it out for myself.

Steve O'Hear

October Esquire magazine will use electronic ink

The Mobile Gadgeteer by Matthew Miller

Earlier this month I mentioned how Hearst is embracing the mobile web by offering much of their content on mobile phones. Hearst is now going to bring a bit of...

Matthew Miller

Sony's Centrino 2 laptop lineup

Laptops & Desktops by John Morris

Details of Sony's new laptops have been trickling out for several weeks, but Sony held off on an official announcement to coincide with Intel's Centrino 2 launch this week. Sony...

John Morris

Rich Internet application startup ideas Y Combinator wants to see

The Universal Desktop by Ryan Stewart

Y Combinator posted a list of a bunch of different startup ideas they'd like to see and fund. It's a sizable list with 30 different thoughts waiting for enthusiastic entrepreneurs...

Ryan Stewart

How to lose customers by not even trying

Managing L'unix by Paul Murphy

"The easiest way to lose a customer? make it clear you don't care about that customer." Tired old wisdom, right? Sure, but checkout how this applies to webstores - and...

Paul Murphy

GE's Enterprise Collaboration Backbone

Collaboration 2.0 by Oliver Marks

General Electric, the venerable multinational that was founded in 1878 in New Jersey, have at their core a hugely sophisticated enterprise collaboration system that is arguably the largest in...

Oliver Marks

Virtual Iron Customer Profile: Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann, LLP

Virtually Speaking by Dan Kusnetzky

I had the chance to speak with Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann's David Roden, a few questions about their use of Virtual Iron's virtual server environment. Thanks for spending time...

Dan Kusnetzky & Paula Rooney

Enterprise Service Busted?

Service-Oriented Architecture by Joe McKendrick

ESBs: an inconvenient truth?

Joe McKendrick

WSO2 adds data services and security features in Mashup Server 1.5

BriefingsDirect by Dana Gardner

The latest version from the Mountain View, Calif., and Sri Lanka company adds WSO2 Data Services and security features for enterprise-class service composition. Mashup Server 1.5 is built on the...

Dana Gardner

'A Level' app turns iPhone into handyman's best friend

The ToyBox by Andrew Nusca

Sure, it's not a gadget per se, but I just thought it was the most interesting and simple app I've seen thus far for the iPhone. A-Level is a virtual,...

Josh Taylor and Andrew Nusca

Panasonic announces four new Lumix cameras: FX37, FZ28, LX3, and FX150

Digital Cameras by Janice Chen

Panasonic added four new models to its Lumix lineup today: the DMC-FX37, a 10.1-megapixel wide-angle compact; the DMC-FZ28, a 10.1 megapixel megazoom model; the DMC-LX3, a 10.1 megapixel enthusiast compact...

Janice Chen

AT&T blunders on free Wi-Fi for iPhones

SOHO Networking by Rik Fairlie

AT&T just can’t commit. To free Wi-Fi for iPhone 3G customers, that is. The company seems to be having a blunder-fest with announcements that iPhone 3G customers can get free...

Rik Fairlie

Samsung ships 128GB SSDs with cheaper flash memory

The Core Truth by John Morris

Samsung announced today that it has begun manufacturing 64GB and 128GB SSDs based on a less-expensive type of NAND flash known as MLC. The company also said it was still...

John Morris

Another student hacks another police website

iGeneration by Zack Whittaker

Oh the fun. Once again, another police website has been hacked by a student, showing that even the police aren't safe from all crimes. This is another link in the...

Zack Whittaker

Amanda Chapel, aka "Strumpette," needs some tough love

Rational Rants by Mitch Ratcliffe

I had a strange Twitter back-and-forth with "Amanda Chapel," the pseudonymous authors of a PR blog called "Strumpette," about the nature of the hacker ethic. I personally don't think the...

Mitch Ratcliffe

Enterprise 2.0: Lively conversations driving change

Enterprise Web 2.0 by Dion Hinchcliffe

Last week’s Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston has been over for a few days and coverage continues to pour out in the mainstream press and the blogosphere, including here on...

Dion Hinchcliffe

Evil tech administrators

A Developer's View by John Carroll

Terry Childs sits in a San Francisco jail, accused of locking down the city government network and refusing to give up the passwords. Though it's not completely fair, past negative...

John Carroll

Unintended Consequences and the Future of Maintenance Revenue: SAP Jettisons TomorrowNow

Enterprise Anti-matter by Joshua Greenbaum

When Shai Agassi called me in early 2005, he asked me a loaded question: How would I respond if SAP decided to take the fight to Oracle by providing third...

Joshua Greenbaum

Telcos hurting national interest says Vint Cerf - Father of Internet

IMHO by Tom Foremski

I spoke with Vint Cerf at the Fortune Brainstorm conference in Half Moon Bay. I asked him about net neutrality and the problems created by Telcos in trying to own...

Tom Foremski

Vodafone's Big(ish?) Adventure

On Sustainability by James Farrar

It's fun to think of similes to categorise the headlong rush towards CO2 reductions or at least the pledges for such. I think of Vodafone's pledge of a 50% cut of the...

James Farrar

Care to spend your holiday weekend policing directory listings?

Lawgarithms by Denise Howell

I'm not a fan in general of sites that create a listing or profile for you, hoping you'll eventually claim and/or correct it. This tactic, neither user-centric nor user-driven,...

Denise Howell

90% of Americans 18-28-year-old own a PC

IT Facts by AM

According to the Forrester Research, although Gen Y is a small generation of 18- to 28-year-olds, comprising only 38 mln US adults, it sets the pace for technology adoption. 90%...

Alex Moskalyuk

Open Source VoIP: Asterisk or FreeSwitch?

Team Think by Dave Greenfield

When the time came for a new PBX, Brian Snipes chose to do something a bit unconventional. The IT manager at law firm Hare, Wynn, Newell, and Newton LLP...

David Greenfield

Twitter anti-spam efforts go overboard

Feeds by Jennifer Leggio

Twitter's spam-blocking efforts have falsely identified popular company Twitter feeds and individuals as spammers, creating a definite damper in community engagement.

Jennifer Leggio

Do college degrees get you anywhere?

The IT Grind by Deb Perelman

A lower return on investment for undergraduate degrees is manifesting itself in the forms of salary stagnation and underemployment.

Deb Perelman

Yahoo! SearchMonkey Developer Challenge illustrates diversity

The Semantic Web by Paul Miller

Back in May Yahoo! opened up their SearchMonkey platform, and kicked off a competition in which developers could put SearchMonkey through its paces. The whole Yahoo! open platform initiative continues...

Paul Miller

Guest blog - A lesson in compassionate capitalism

Education IT by Christopher Dawson

I've mentioned Dean's Beans a few times recently, probably because too many late nights of thesis-writing this summer have me fixated on caffeine. Regardless, Dean Cycon, the company owner and...

Christopher Dawson

Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs

ZDNet Government by Richard Koman

Terry Childs's lawyer, Erin Crane, offered the court some insights into the Childs' motivations in changing SF's network passwords. She will argue today for a reduction in his $5 million...

Richard Koman

Military won't wait on EMR choice

Healthcare IT by Dana Blankenhorn

All this reads like a decision to sunset VistA has been made. Is anyone in Congress willing to get in front of the decision train?

Dana Blankenhorn

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    John Carroll

    At the intersection between technology and economic policy, John Carroll brings years of experience as a software developer to bear on the latest issues affecting the technology industry.

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    Mary-Jo Foley

    Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley's blog covers the products, people and strategies that make Microsoft tick.

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    Larry Dignan, Sam Diaz, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

    Larry Dignan and other IT industry experts, blogging at the intersection of business and technology, deliver daily news and analysis on vital enterprise trends.

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    Dana Gardner

    Analyst Dana Gardner examines IT news and trends that impact software strategists to provide insights and outcomes on SOA, app dev, SaaS, enterprise infrastructure and mobile convergence.

  • Collaboration 2.0

    Oliver Marks

    Real world collaboration strategy for enterprises

  • Dev Connection

    Ed Burnette

    Who said computers have to be all work and no play? Software developer and author Ed Burnette shares his unique view of industry trends, technologies, and personalities.

  • Digital Cameras

    Janice Chen

    Gadget geek Janice Chen delivers real-world buying advice of the best gear to get.

  • Ed Bott's Microsoft Report

    Ed Bott

    Get outspoken insights and expert advice on Windows, Office, and other Microsoft products from a source who knows these technologies inside and out.

  • Emerging Tech

    Roland Piquepaille

    Emerging trends in technology and new developments in science will affect the way we live. Roland Piquepaille selects and analyzes news about our future that you'll almost never find anywhere else.

  • Enterprise Alley

    Dennis Howlett

    Showcasing the new breed of startup-style vendors who are solving old problems in a fresh way or offering a glimpse into the future of enterprise applications.

  • Enterprise Anti-matter

    Joshua Greenbaum

    Software analyst Josh Greenbaum's opinions on enterprise software have annoyed enough vendors that he now checks under the hood of his PC every morning before he boots up.

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    Dion Hinchcliffe

    Dion Hinchcliffe on leveraging the convergence of IT and the next generation of the Web.

  • Feeds

    Jennifer Leggio

    Jennifer Leggio delivers news on social media tools and trends and deep dives into business strategies.

  • Googling Google

    Garett Rogers

    Garett Rogers explores the mystery behind the hottest and fastest growing tech company in the world.Google spoilers inside.

  • GreenTech Pastures

    Harry Fuller and Heather Clancy

    As the global warming debate rages, Harry Fuller and Heather Clancy chronicle alternative energy start-ups, green data center projects and other high-tech and political developments shaping the green technology movement.

  • Hardware 2.0

    Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

    Adrian Kingsley-Hughes sieves through the marketing hyperbole and casts his critical eye over the latest technological innovations to find out which products make the grade and which don't.

  • iGeneration

    Zack Whittaker

    Talking 'bout the next generation of IT users

  • Irregular Enterprise

    Dennis Howlett

    Dennis Howlett analyzing the issues faced by senior business practitioners who work with enterprise software.

  • IT Facts

    Alex Moskalyuk

    Your daily research synopsis is the top resource for business and technology statistics that inform, enlighten and entertain.

  • IT Project Failures

    Michael Krigsman

    Michael Krigsman is passionate about reporting, analyzing, and reducing IT failures.

  • Laptops & Desktops

    John Morris

    John Morris delivers straight talk about notebook and desktop computers.

  • Lawgarithms

    Denise Howell

    Issue-spotting the Live Web, attorney Denise Howell muses about cutting edge technology-related legal issues.

  • Linux and Open Source

    Dana Blankenhorn & Paula Rooney

    Covering all aspects of the shared software, shared processes business model, including open spectrum, an open Internet and the implications of open source values on politics and society.

  • Managing L'unix

    Paul Murphy

    A free-ranging daily blog on issues related to Unix - including Linux, BSD, and Solaris - with a particular focus on enterprise-level decision-making.

  • On Sustainability

    James Farrar

    James Farrar focuses on the business balance between financial performance and social-environmental impact.

  • Rational Rants

    Mitch Ratcliffe

    "Mitch Ratcliffe blogs about the constantly changing boundary between media and life, the businesses that live on that border, and the meaning of all this change to society and the economy.

  • Service Oriented

    Joe McKendrick

    SOA promises many "-ilities": greater agility, flexibility, and reusability. Joe McKendrick explores the challenges and opportunities with SOA, and how to capitalize on this new computing philosophy.

  • Software as Services

    Phil Wainewright

    In the best-informed blog on software-as-a-service and on-demand business applications, Phil Wainewright cuts through the vendor spin, analyzes the trends to watch and adds his thought-provoking insights.

  • SOHO Networking

    Rik Fairlie

    Get the latest news and expert views on new wireless networking products and services, plus tips on how to optimize your SOHO network.

  • Storage Bits

    Robin Harris

    Storage is what makes a computer your computer. Robin Harris writes about storage and other tech with a focus on the SOHO/SMB market. And fun stuff, too, like PS3 supercomputers and Google's technology.

  • Team Think

    David Greenfield

    David Greenfield delivers practical information about tools and technologies that enable organizational teams to work more effectively with one another.

  • Tech Broiler

    Jason Perlow

  • The Apple Core

    Jason D. O'Grady & David Morgenstern

    Apple technology keeps gaining respect in the executive suite, with businesses and in the data center. Jason O'Grady and David Morgenstern deliver critical news and penetrating analysis that managers need to succeed.

  • The Core Truth

    John Morris

    John Morris delivers straight talk about semiconductors.

  • The IT Grind

    Deb Perelman

  • The Mobile Gadgeteer

    Matthew Miller

    Professionals are doing more today on the go than ever before. Matthew Miller provides you with news, commentary and in-depth reviews of the latest in mobile gadgetry running Windows Mobile, S60, Palm, BlackBerry, and more.

  • The Semantic Web

    Paul Miller

    Paul Miller offers insight and analysis on the Semantic Web, dissecting the news and showing why it matters to the wider business world.

  • The Social Web

    Steve O'Hear

    From Facebook to MySpace, YouTube to Second Life, social software is reshaping the world we live in. Steve O\'Hear provides daily news and analysis of the emerging social web.

  • The ToyBox

    Josh Taylor and Andrew Nusca

    The latest gadgets and gear -- because even busy business professionals need their playtime.

  • The Universal Desktop

    Ryan Stewart

    The technology and business implications of the next generation of software, rich Internet applications.

  • Tom Foremski: IMHO

    Tom Foremski

    Former Financial Times reporter Tom Foremski writes about Silicon Valley business trends and the intersection of technology and media.

  • Virtually Speaking

    Dan Kusnetzky & Paula Rooney

    Virtualization is a mix of technologies that is changing how datacenters use standard systems. Dan Kusnetzky examines this hotly competitive market and weighs the strengths and weaknesses of each supplier.

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    Christopher Dawson

    News and analysis on IT and computing in the education sector.

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    Richard Koman

    Richard Koman delivers news and analysis on IT and enterprise computing in city, state & federal government.

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    Dana Blankenhorn

    Covering all areas of medical technology, and the public policies under which they're paid for. From networked systems and electronic medical records to gadgets, breakthroughs, and research.

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    Staying on top of the latest in software/hardware security research, vulnerabilities, threats and computer attacks.

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