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10 essential gadgets for students

Zack Whittaker: It's time to start buying those essential gadgets that will get you or your child through the school year. Where did I put my Wi-Fi detector?

IT Management

10 considerations to fix failures

Michael Krigsman: Some distressed projects are so strategic and important they simply can't be allowed to fail. Here are ideas to consider when pulling these special initiatives out of the flames.

Security

Kaminsky on DNS flaw--patch now, or pay soon

Nate McFeters: A patch can fix things to a reasonable point, but that long-term, there will have to be more work done to prevent the issue.

Companies

Juniper: Enterprise demand strong; Johnson hired to scale up

Larry Dignan: Current Juniper CEO Scott Kriens delivered strong quarter results, said enterprise demand was solid and outlined the primary reason Kevin Johnson was hired as his replacement: He knows how to scale.

Operating Systems

Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?

Mary Jo Foley: The same day that Forrester Research is touting yet another of a growing number of studies claiming Vista is failing to gain traction in the enterprise, Microsoft is claiming just the opposite.

Enterprise Hardware

Dell gears up with data center-hosted desktop

Jason Hiner: Unlike rivals Hewlett-Packard and IBM, Dell didn't build its solution on blade servers but instead opted for a high performance system.

General News

NASA used cadavers to test Orion moonship

Roland Piquepaille: NASA officials recognized last week that dead bodies were used to develop Orion landing systems.

Communications

Samsung unveils phone with 8-megapixel camera

Matthew Miller: Samsung introduced a groundbreaking 8 megapixel camera with QVGA video recording capability of up to 120 frames per second/VGA at 30 frames per second.

Web Technology

Google's $10M, no, $100M Android challenge

Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: So does Google have anything up its sleeve, when it comes to the Android mobile communications platform? It better have. Because expectations keep getting lowered.

Enterprise Software

Free Xen and KVM deserve consideration

Dan Kusnetzky: These virtualization tools may offer outstanding success but depending upon the expertise level found in the IT department, they may not be the most cost-effective tools.

EIC podcast: Microsoft's analyst meeting; Icahn's deal; Facebook

Between the Lines by Larry Dignan

On this week's EIC squared podcast, Dan is back and we talk about Microsoft's analyst meeting, Kevin Johnson's departure from the software giant, Carl Icahn's deal with Yahoo and Facebook....

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Microsoft finalizes Windows XP for OLPC laptops

All about Microsoft by Mary Jo Foley

Microsoft has internally released to manufacturing the version of Windows XP that it has tweaked to run on the One Laptop Per Child XO computer.

Mary-Jo Foley

Gaping holes in RealPlayer patched

Zero Day by Ryan Naraine

Digital media delivery firm RealNetworks has shipped a high-prority patch to cover four gaping holes in its flagship RealPlayer software, warning that the vulnerabilities could put users at risk of...

Ryan Naraine, Dancho Danchev, Nate McFeters

Appearance: PPUG meets tomorrow in Philly

The Apple Core by Jason D. O'Grady

If you're in the Philadelphia area I'd like to invite you to attend the Philadelphia PowerBook User Group (PPUG) meeting tomorrow at the Manayunk Brewery and Restaurant. We meet...

Jason D. O'Grady & David Morgenstern

Foxconn snubs Linux users

Hardware 2.0 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Several readers have sent me a link to a discussion in progress on the Ubuntu forums which outlines how hardware manufacturer Foxconn crippled Linux support on the G33M-S motherboard by...

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Google creates a new market and wreaks havoc on another

Googling Google by Garett Rogers

When they first announced it, I was certain Knol was simply a way for Google steal some of the attention away from Wikia search -- and I'm still sure that's...

Garett Rogers

Open Office sweeps Sourceforge awards

Linux and Open Source by Dana Blankenhorn

The big winner? Open Office. It swept the awards for top project, top enterprise project, and top project in education.

Dana Blankenhorn & Paula Rooney

Did Levi's use failed IT as a 'convenient scapegoat'?

IT Project Failures by Michael Krigsman

Several observers have suggested Levi Strauss used IT failure as an excuse to deflect attention away from deeper and more significant financial challenges.

Michael Krigsman

MindTouch Deki: Kilen Woods release

Enterprise Alley by Dennis Howlett

Today, MindTouch Deki announces Kilen Woods, its latest and biggest release. In conversation with co-founder Aaron Fulkerson I learned that Deki is rapidly transforming itself from being a smart wiki...

Dennis Howlett

2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."

Tech Broiler by Jason Perlow

July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and...

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

What paper trail?

GreenTech Pastures by Heather Clancy

I’ve been carting around my latest sheaf of press releases about the green-ness of electronic document technology for weeks now. Yes, as I’ve blogged before, I am still one of...

Harry Fuller and Heather Clancy

21 months later, Vista is still more secure than XP

Microsoft Report by Ed Bott

Last October, roughly one year after the release to manufacturing of Windows Vista, I did a comparison of how well Windows Vista was living up to its promise of being...

Ed Bott

Apple's coming notebook transition

Storage Bits by Robin Harris

Apple is readying a major product transition. We know because they told us so. In the quarterly financial crime call chief financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer referred several times to a...

Robin Harris

How SlideRocket plans to make money

Software as services by Phil Wainewright

Unlike so many misguided Web 2.0 startups, SlideRocket is going to ask its users to pay to use its Flex-based on-demand presentation application, and it plans a potentially lucrative add-on...

Phil Wainewright

Google + Digg = ?

Dev Connection by Ed Burnette

There's a persistent rumor that crops up every few months about social news site Digg being acquired by ____ (insert company here). The latest, citing "multiple sources inside and outside...

Ed Burnette

New telescopes embedded in glasses lens

Emerging Technology Trends by Roland Piquepaille

Small bioptic telescopes mounted on glasses to help people with visual impairments have been in existence for about 60 years and are allowed for use in driving by 39 states...

Roland Piquepaille

F8: Zuckerberg's keynote takeaways

The Social Web by Steve O'Hear

I've just finished watching live stream of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's keynote speech at this year's developer conference. Here are a few of the major takeaways, some of which will...

Steve O'Hear

Samsung INNOV8 S60 mobile device with 8 megapixel camera revealed

The Mobile Gadgeteer by Matthew Miller

The Nokia N96 was revealed back in January and should be hitting the streets in the next couple of months. I guess I haven't been following the S60 rumors closely...

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

Entellium puts a video game spin on CRM with a desktop RIA

The Universal Desktop by Ryan Stewart

Yesterday I sat down and talked with Entellium, an on-demand CRM company that has recently gone away from a purley browser-based model and moved into a desktop smart client application....

Ryan Stewart

From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe

Managing L'unix by Paul Murphy

This is a purely text based tour of a data processing center - note the acronyms used to distance staff from users and the heavy reliance on secrecy and sharp...

Paul Murphy

Talent development

Collaboration 2.0 by Oliver Marks

Earlier this week I attended Fortune magazine's Brainstorm Tech conference which "aims to sharpen the thinking of (the very well heeled) attendees about the escalating impact of tech-driven change...

Oliver Marks

If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?

Virtually Speaking by Dan Kusnetzky

Xen and KVM, like other virtualization tools, can be used as part of a comprehensive datacenter architecture. One of the most important value propositions offered by both of these tools...

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

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Diagnose your hard disks, free

The ToyBox by Andrew Nusca

Hard drive acting kinda funny? Free application HDDScan is a utility that diagnoses your hard drive's ills. The app allows you to analyze drive temperatures, conduct S.M.A.R.T. tests, export and...

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

Intel launches new chip for consumer electronics

The Core Truth by John Morris

In its latest bid to expand beyond PCs and servers into industrial and consumer electronics applications, Intel has announced a new family of embedded processors. These chips are not based...

John Morris

10 essential gadgets for students

iGeneration by Zack Whittaker

I chose these from personal experience, but also from asking many friends from around the world who are involved in technology and study at the same time. Some gadgets come...

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

Government, markets and regulation

A Developer's View by John Carroll

Problems in the housing market in the United States provide some interesting lessons about government regulation in general, lessons that have equal applicability to the intersection between Information Technology and...

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

Joichi Ito - from venture capitalist to venture communist?

IMHO by Tom Foremski

I've become a big fan of Joichi Ito CEO Creative Commons, Chairman of Six Apart after seeing him speak on a panel at the recent Fortune Brainstorm conference. In a...

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

Jennifer Leggio unpacks demand letter over "branded community"

Lawgarithms by Denise Howell

Over at ZDNet's Feeds, Jennifer Leggio walks us through a cease and desist email she recently received. The email suggested her blog's use of the term "branded community" might...

Denise Howell

323 mln broadband users in 2007, 499 mln by 2012

IT Facts by AM

Worldwide consumer broadband connections will grow from 323 mln connections in 2007 to 499 mln in 2012, according to Gartner. Worldwide consumer broadband connections penetrated 18% of households in 2007,...

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

Cool Tools - Slingpage extends stickies and sharing to Firefox users

Feeds by Jennifer Leggio

Slingpage, which announced its social browsing extension for Internet Explorer last month, will introduce an equally feature-rich version of its service to Mozilla Firefox users next week. Slingpage offers a...

Jennifer Leggio

My Awesome IT Job: Researcher and manager, Microsoft

The IT Grind by Deb Perelman

Desney Tan, researcher and manager at Microsoft, says the toughest technology lesson he has learned was that for the most part, people don't care about technology--they really just want to...

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

A Friday Active Directory puzzler

Education IT by Christopher Dawson

We just purchased a new server for our district's central office. Nothing super-special, just a Windows Server 2003 (for compatibility with a payroll and HRM application) install with lots of...

Christopher Dawson

Software makers may sue eBay

ZDNet Government by Richard Koman

Tired of being "stiff-armed" by eBay, the Software and Information Industry Association is signaling its ready to sue over pirated software sales on the dominant online auction site, PC World...

Richard Koman

Gartner pitches analysis of PHRs in the clouds

Healthcare IT by Dana Blankenhorn

The problem, Gartner says, is that the private clouds could disrupt local initiatives to collect and use Personal Health Records.

Dana Blankenhorn

  • A Developer's View

    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.

  • All About Microsoft

    Mary-Jo Foley

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

  • Between the Lines

    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.

  • BriefingsDirect

    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.

  • Enterprise Web 2.0

    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.

  • ZDNet Education

    Christopher Dawson

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

  • ZDNet Government

    Richard Koman

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

  • ZDNet Healthcare

    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.

  • Zero Day

    Ryan Naraine, Dancho Danchev, Nate McFeters

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

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