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Operating Systems

Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update update

Ed Bott: Unlike previous Windows Update updates, this one isn't sneaking in under anyone's radar. Microsoft will communicate the details well in advance and provide more notice before and after the process.

Companies

Microsoft: Silverlight content is searchable, too

Mary Jo Foley: When Adobe, Google and Yahoo announced earlier this week that content stored in its Flash file format would be more easily indexable by Google's and Yahoo's search engines, Microsoft was nowhere to be found.

Security

Can Mozilla's security metrics project end the patch-counting nonsense?

Ryan Naraine: Mozilla has launched a valuable Security Metrics Project that could help - we can only hope - put an end to the silly notion that patch-counting helps to determine a product's security posture.

Web Technology

Use Google Talk on your iPhone/Touch

Garett Rogers: Google just released a new version of Google Talk that works on the iPhone and iPod Touch. It's pretty nice looking, and it works well to boot.

Enterprise Hardware

NVIDIA hit by faulty mobile GPU disclosure

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: NVIDIA has discovered a problem relating to "significant quantities" of older mobile GPUs. Notebook OEMs have already been given access to updated GPU drivers which are designed to alleviate the problem

Product Review Blogs

Nikon announces D700: Full-frame dSLR for $2,000 less than flagship D3

Janice Chen: If you're looking for a full-frame, pro-quality digital SLR, but don't want to spend the money of the big guns like the Nikon D3 or Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, the new Nikon D700 may be just the fit for you.

Communications

Smartphone battle royale

Larry Dignan: Welcome to the smartphone market's new reality -- picky customers, rough economic sledding, and features that no longer warrant a few extra dollars. Recent stumbles by RIM, Palm and Sony Ericsson point to more leverage for IT buyers.

IT Management

Distributed decision making in IT

Paul Murphy: The PC doesn't scale, and throwing manpower at that problem just makes it harder and harder to control the risks that go with the thing; but Unix does scale.

Enterprise Software

Google's culture 'not fit' for enterprise apps

Phil Wainewright: Ex-Googler Sergey Solyanik says the search engine giant is culturally incapable of delivering enterprise-class reliability to its users, unlike his current and former employer Microsoft.

General News

Bill Gates bids farewell to Microsoft

Bill Gates' farewell speech to Microsoft reminded employees that the company knows how to come from behind as well as to lead.

EIC podcast: Search wars; Viacom vs. YouTube (and its users)

Between the Lines by Larry Dignan

On this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk about all the search happenings this week--Google and Adobe, Microsoft and Powerset and the never-ending Microhoo saga--as well as the...

Larry Dignan and Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Microsoft: Silverlight content is searchable, too

All about Microsoft by Mary Jo Foley

When Adobe, Google and Yahoo announced earlier this week that content stored in its Flash file format would be more easily indexable by Google's and Yahoo's search engines, Microsoft was...

Mary-Jo Foley

Happy 4th of July

Zero Day by Nathan McFeters

For all of my blasting of the TSA and the US Government for our strange, inappropriate, inadequate, and sometimes unacceptable security practices, I am damn proud to be an American....

Ryan Naraine, Dancho Danchev, Nate McFeters

Google Talk optimized for iPhone

The Apple Core by Jason D. O'Grady

A blog post by software engineer Adam Connors from the Google mobile team announces a new version of Google Talk for iPhone and iPod touch. In addition to sending your...

Jason D. O'Grady & David Morgenstern

First look at Ubuntu 8.10 - Intrepid Ibex

Hardware 2.0 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

On Saturday the first alpha release of Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" was made available for download. So what's new on the horizon for Ubuntu users?

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Google trying to take privacy seriously

Googling Google by Garett Rogers

This week was a very interesting week as far as Google and privacy goes. First, a burglary (the same on that affected CNET earlier last month) was confirmed to have...

Garett Rogers

What could Open Office do with a business model?

Linux and Open Source by Dana Blankenhorn

You can say Microsoft has found a way to crush open source. Or you can say open source has been shown a business model it can use to crack the...

Dana Blankenhorn & Paula Rooney

Runescape graphic glitches

IT Project Failures by Michael Krigsman

Spending the American July 4th holiday with friends and family is a wonderful break from the daily routine. Imagine my surprise when a lively 12-year old proudly showed me the...

Michael Krigsman

Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain

Enterprise Alley by Dennis Howlett

Larry Dignan pours lukewarm water on Microsoft's acquisition of Powerset. Talking about Google's near monopoly in the search market, Larry says: Microsoft can reinvent search, but it’s still running up...

Dennis Howlett

How Linux app install leaves one PC expert befuddled

Tech Broiler by Jason Perlow

Adrian, you dumb arse! At least that was my initial reaction when I read his “Linux's dirty little secret” column about his struggles with installing applications onto a Linux distro....

Jason Perlow

As you sow...

Irregular Enterprise by Dennis Howlett

Not quite off topic but something that cuts Oracle a break and shows us here at ZDN to be as capable as anyone of getting things messed up. Check this...

Dennis Howlett

Far out! Another power management option for my Mac

GreenTech Pastures by Heather Clancy

The marketing and communications types over at developer Faronics of San Ramon, Calif., very gently informed me a few weeks ago that they have a very well established power management...

Harry Fuller and Heather Clancy

Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update update

Microsoft Report by Ed Bott

For years, Microsoft has occasionally updated its Windows Update client software automatically on systems that are configured to check for updates. This has been true even when Windows Update is...

Ed Bott

July 4th, 2008: A trip down memory lane

Storage Bits by Robin Harris

A 1 question civics quiz Today American's celebrate the Declaration of Independence, the legal foundation of the USA and, after the failure of the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution of...

Robin Harris

UK builder switches email to Google Apps

Software as services by Phil Wainewright

A leading British construction company switched 1,800 users over to Google Apps on May 2nd, becoming the largest live deployment in the UK so far. Its IT director firmly refutes...

Phil Wainewright

Mystery explained: Why you have to reboot Windows so often

Dev Connection by Ed Burnette

You know the drill: you've been using your Windows computer for a while when things start to go wrong. Your programs slow down, or you start getting inexplicable error messages....

Ed Burnette

Giant rubber snakes to capture wave power?

Emerging Technology Trends by Roland Piquepaille

UK researchers have developed a prototype of a future giant rubber tube which could catch energy from sea waves. The device, dubbed Anaconda, uses 'long sea waves to excite bulge...

Roland Piquepaille

Viacom vs YouTube exposes Google's data retention policy

The Social Web by Steve O'Hear

In the ongoing litigation between Viacom and YouTube (Google) over alleged copyright infringement, a US court has ruled that Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has...

Steve O'Hear

Camera UI and photo comparison between four high end Windows Mobile devices

The Mobile Gadgeteer by Matthew Miller

As readers here know, I have been checking out the HTC Touch Diamond and found the camera to be one of the first on a Windows Mobile device that actually...

Matthew Miller

Dell Studio laptops now available

Laptops & Desktops by John Morris

Dell has announced its new Studio line of laptops. The Studio series includes models with 15.4-inch and 17-inch displays. Dell is in the process of expanding its retail business, and...

John Morris

LineRider releases a Silverlight 2 version

The Universal Desktop by Ryan Stewart

Silverlight games are starting to appear. Today a press release went out announcing that Cynergy had worked on a Silverlight version of LineRider. A couple of notable things. The game...

Ryan Stewart

Internet abuse and Cloud Computing

Managing L'unix by Paul Murphy

A recent uproar in the right wing blogosphere about the shutdown of anti-Obama sites on blogger.com has some serious implications for those considering cloud computing. What seems to have happened...

Paul Murphy

Autonomy CEO: Web 2.0 'under all the hype, there is something there...'

Collaboration 2.0 by Oliver Marks

An intriguing article by 'meaning based computing' company Autonomy's CEO Mike Lynch in today's Financial Times: Embracing the friend, taming the beast – Web 2.0 in the enterprise. Autonomy are...

Oliver Marks

Hyperic CloudStatus

Virtually Speaking by Dan Kusnetzky

Back in May, I posted my take on Cloud computing. Since that time, I've spoken to quite a number of suppliers who are focused on supporting cloud computing, managing cloud...

Dan Kusnetzky & Paula Rooney

Ten ways to tell it's not SOA

Service-Oriented Architecture by Joe McKendrick

If a vendor tells you that you need to buy their suite to get to SOA... it's not SOA

Joe McKendrick

Progress Software continues SOA buying spree with Mindreef acquisiton

BriefingsDirect by Dana Gardner

I took my first briefing with Mindreef, given their neighborly proximity, about three years ago. The seasoned team had a hit on their hands with SOAPscope, and their timing in...

Dana Gardner

The ToyBox presents: Top 10 Summer Gadgets 2008

The ToyBox by Andrew Nusca

It's high time you left the office and got some sunlight. You hear me? It's the Fourth of July weekend, for Pete's sake! ...what's that? You'll have to leave all...

Josh Taylor and Andrew Nusca

Nikon announces D700: Full-frame dSLR for $2,000 less than flagship D3

Digital Cameras by Janice Chen

If you're looking for a full-frame, pro-quality digital SLR, but don't want to spend the money (or lug around the heft) of the big guns like the Nikon D3 or...

Janice Chen

Linksys WRT610N Wi-Fi router delivers dual bands, simultaneously

SOHO Networking by Rik Fairlie

If you’re the type who likes to wirelessly stream HD video from your PC to your TV, or if you live in a densely populated environment that’s packed with...

Rik Fairlie

AMD Phenom gets (a little) faster

The Core Truth by John Morris

AMD has rounded out both the high and low ends of its desktop processor line with three new Phenoms. Though the chips have the same basic design, they are targeted...

John Morris

Students and the browser war

iGeneration by Zack Whittaker

Note: I just want to quickly apologise for the lack of posts recently; moved into a new house and broadband won't be set up for a while, so had to...

Zack Whittaker

Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4

Rational Rants by Mitch Ratcliffe

Something about getting a new neck earlier this spring made me start thinking about how to change my life to make America a better place. Here a few that you...

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

Whither Blu-ray?

A Developer's View by John Carroll

Blu-ray hasn't been setting any sales records, in no small part due to its higher price. That, however, doesn't alter the fact that Sony absolutely had to win the format...

John Carroll

My 15 minutes with Bill Gates, and how the Web was born

Enterprise Anti-matter by Joshua Greenbaum

Once upon a time, when Bill Gates still flew commercial and I was a budding journalist in need of a haircut, I had a number of opportunities to interview and...

Joshua Greenbaum

MSFT's acquisition of Powerset is not about search

IMHO by Tom Foremski

The recent $100 million acquisition of Powerset, the semantic search engine company, by Microsoft looks to be more to do with advertising than beefing up the software giants' search capabilities....

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

4.2 mln Internet users signed up for fiber in Q1 2008

IT Facts by AM

Fiber providers added 4.2 mln customers in Q1 2008, while 2.5 mln customers signed up for cable modems, according to Point Topic. The bulk of the new fiber subscribers are...

Alex Moskalyuk

Sharepoint Addons and Mashups Strike it Big in Boston

Team Think by Dave Greenfield

Sharepoint, RSS and Mashups are going to take center stage this week at the  Enterprise 2.0 show in Boston. On the Sharepoint and RSS  front.... ....Microsoft and several partners are...

David Greenfield

When microblogging keeps you cozy (aka "My holiday with Plurk and Kwippy")

Feeds by Jennifer Leggio

A quick holiday evaluation of microblogging services Plurk, Kwippy and even Identi.ca. Invites for the Kwippy closed beta are available via TalkBack.

Jennifer Leggio

Beaches and BBQs vs. Blackberrys: Holiday weekends of the IT set

The IT Grind by Deb Perelman

"Weekend? What's a weekend?" While the rest of the country is escaping their offices for a leisurely weekend, many in IT could end up back at theirs at the beep...

Deb Perelman

Does True Knowledge see value in distance from the bubble?

The Semantic Web by Paul Miller

The flurry of attention around yesterday's Microsoft/ Powerset news set me thinking once more about UK-based True Knowledge, which has been compared with Microsoft's latest acquisition. TechCrunch UK's Mike Butcher...

Paul Miller

I have to stop using Gmail :(

Education IT by Christopher Dawson

Regular readers know that I'm a Google devotee. Between Gmail and Google Apps, I spend more time accessing Google servers than any other place on the Net. Since I forward...

Christopher Dawson

Judge: Viacom gets 12TB of YouTube user data

ZDNet Government by Richard Koman

A federal judge ordered (PDF) Google to hand over 12 terabytes of YouTube user data to Viacom, finding that the list of "login IDs" does not qualify as personally identifying...

Richard Koman

Can your insurance force you out of the country?

Healthcare IT by Dana Blankenhorn

So long as tourism remains a choice, it's hard to see a problem with it. But what if it's no longer a choice?

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 and 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.