Curious about batteriesDo you think that the rechargable battery market will flourish with the increase in high energy consumption gadgets (pda's, mp3 players, digital cameras, etc...)?September 26, 2005 by Dana Blankenhorn in Hardware
Baffled on backupBackup's first, recovery testing second, futzing third.September 19, 2005 by Dana Blankenhorn in Data Management
The wonderful land of OggVorbis offers Ogg codecs for a range of operating systems. Vorbis hosts a list of third party software using its codec.September 18, 2005 by Dana Blankenhorn in Legal
UDDI , JES, and what, exactly?It's cheaper because Sun has an enterprise licensing deal that is so well defined it canmean almost anything your salesman wants it toSeptember 16, 2005 by Paul Murphy in Oracle
'Lightweight' Linux?Vectorlinux isn't the only choice and I'm notsaying it's any better than the others,but I am saying you should pick one and stick with it becauseeventually you'll stop doing this - andwhoever takes over will have an easier time (meaning that your clients will have an easier time)if you standardized early on.September 14, 2005 by Paul Murphy in Hardware
The best Wintel how to advice? Get a MacOh, do I hate Windows 2000! I had two PCs here running it for some time. They belonged to my children.September 12, 2005 by Paul Murphy in Hardware
Is desktop publishing possible without Microsoft Office?In an article published last year, reviewing the field, Newsforge wrote that publishing has been "cracked wide open" by open source tools. I wouldn’t go nearly that far. September 9, 2005 by Dana Blankenhorn in Open Source
Dynamic survey or questionnaire generationSure: pick Linux (or Solaris) and Cocoon as your delivery mechanismsAugust 31, 2005 by Paul Murphy in Open Source
It's Bloggie time!The general rule is that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. The TANSTAAFL rule still applies. There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. August 19, 2005 by Dana Blankenhorn in Open Source
Does this scan?Whoever said a scanner can't work on a network is smoking something.August 18, 2005 by Dana Blankenhorn in Hardware
'Ask Bloggie' lives!Take-up on our offer has been slow, but we did get a couple of good questions - and Dana has posted our first real answers.August 17, 2005 by Paul Murphy in Tech Industry