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Blog posts on 2007-12

"Back that truck up"
"Enterprise software won't get you laid"
"Friendster Developers Platform" launches
"iPhone" is Google's "fastest rising U.S. search term" of 2007: here's why
'Sexy' enterprise software: it's not for lack of trying
120 Mbps upstream? Even 30 Mbps? Come on- who really needs it?
2007 year in review: 10 most popular posts
2008 will be the year of web health marketing
2008: Linux's year on the desktop
2008: The year of hack the vote?
2nd impressions of the HTC Touch Dual
3 simple ways to optimize for Google PageRank
38% of US consumers watching TV shows online
3Com-Huawei deal 'in trouble' over China connection
3D printers...coming soon to geek homes?
41% of all WiMAX revenues were in North America
48% of US households aware of digital TV transition
56% of developers use scripting languages
A better way to track equipment with a better name needed
A blog on light bulbs to brighten the last day of 2007
A flying fish or a seaplane?
A great day for Larry Ellison
A logistics and shipping carol: How online retailers Alibris and QVC ramp up for holiday peak delivery
A look back at the mobile devices of 2007
A Merry JibJab Christmas...
A million users, and all I got was this lousy chocolate bar
A platform for the SaaS channel
A simple storage device that saves lives
A suicide pact for humanity? U.S. and Europe agree to footnote emission targets
Adobe contributes virtual machine to Mozilla's Tamarin project
Adobe opens up messaging, releases betas of Flex and AIR
Adobe responds to Appcelerator with open source BlazeDS
Adobe rides Creative Suite 3 wave; Profits shine
Adobe ships 'critical' patch for Flash Player
Adobe takes data access technology open source; Will the enterprise bite?
Adobe's CD3 'spying scandal' defused
Advocacy in Education IT
Adware, shady marketing pays: Penthouse buys AdultFriendFinder and sister sites
After the hello, goodbye and thanks
Ahead of its financial powwow, AMD takes ATI writedown
All American vehicles more fuel-efficient? Not likely
All SPEC CPU results for AMD Barcelona invalidated
Almost 100
Always-On makes another advance in Canada
Always-On or Always-In
Amazon 'Kindled' thoughts: Should Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 be renamed to Fahrenheit 1981?
Amazon enters alternative payment game; invests in Bill Me Later
Amazon rolls out beta of its cloud database
Amazon's Kindle: Much needed revolution or book industry power play?
Amazon's latest web service? A database
AMD acknowledges quad-core woes; Promises rebound; Highlights roadmap
AMD: Is the glass half full--or empty?
An analysis of Apple's notebook strategy
An uncanny 1960s view of the future World Wide Web
Analyst: 'SOA vendors can't explain their own products'
Analyst: E-tailers may get coal in their stockings
Analyst: Microsoft Oslo part of 'tectonic shift' to business design
And more from the OLPC front
Announcements of Partnerships and Alliances
Another call for guest bloggers - Virtualization thoughts, please
Another cheap mini-portable...competition rocks
Another reason to have broadband: watch man set fire to his ...
AOL continues to struggle with AIM worm holes
Apple delivers hefty patch haul; Addresses Leopard flaws and Safari
Apple releases patch for MacBook keyboard deafness
Apple removes displays from front page of store
Apple slaps more bandaids on QuickTime
Apple's secret weapon: Apple TV 2.0
Apple, ThinkSecret settlement: Bad precedent
Apple: Is this really a dangerous moment?
Aqua Connect Access Virtualization for Mac OS X
Are data centers really meant to be green?
Are Mac users more honest than Windows users?
Are Macs more blue than red?
Are the people telling Google it's time for a redesign?
As Microsoft knows, there's more than one way to disrupt a market
As the ham to spam ratio continues to plummet, what are your plans for 2008?
Asia Pacific digital cameras to grow 17.9% a year
AskEraser takes on Google, Yahoo and Jason Bourne
At last, Facebook's CEO says sorry for Beacon; universal opt-out now an option
AT&T Mobility CEO: "you can use any handset on our network you want." Hmm, let's look a little closer at that
AT&T: U-verse TV service to pass 30 million homes by 2010
Ausra: Hey Nevada, here comes the sun
Australia: promises, promises, reality
Auto rotate your display and track your steps on the Nokia N95
Automotive LEDs to be worth $1 bln by 2014
Autonomous virtual crowds
Autonomy threatens legal action over vulnerability alert
Average American worked a 45-hour week in 2007
Baidu will contribute to Mozilla's piggybank too
Bali Finale: U.S. regime to play out the clock
Bali highs and lows
Bali: what China says the U.S. says about climate change
Bandwagon for electronic records rolls on
Battle for the network will mark 2008
Bebo CEO Michael Birch Unplugged: Facebook apps now run on Bebo, OpenSocial support next
Before buying an HD display, read this lowdown on 720p vs. 1080i vs 1080p
Being middle-seated in the back row
Believe it: Sherlock is really, really dead
Benazir Bhutto assassinated: Twitter's utility
Best and worst tech support/customer services experiences
Best digital cameras to buy yourself (part 1)
Best digital cameras to buy yourself (part 2)
Best digital cameras to buy yourself (part 3)
Best gifts to buy for someone who already has a digital camera (part 1)
Best gifts to buy for someone who already has a digital camera (part 2)
Better living through chemistry
Big Coal making big announcement...fate of states awaits
Big Telco wants to ream you with "deep packet inspection"
Bill makes home WiFi users track child porn
Bill to add emails to sex registry
Biofuel massacre: ethanol's zone of death
Biofuel's nightmare question: food or fuel?
BlackBerry Patent app describes and shows "angular keyboard"
BlackBerry user's nine requests for 2008-what's yours?
BlackBerrys with slide-out keyboard, swivel keypads reported on way
Blogger hit by Skype porn spam, plays along for a bit
Blogging gets corporate with the Blog Council
Blu-ray option on new MacBook Pro
BlueNote Networks adds key voice functionalities to Session Suite
Bluetooth helmet headset
Bragging rights: Chicago emerges as green data center powerhouse
Brother's HL-2170W laser printer gives you Wi-Fi for $149
Browser battle v2: Opera's complaint about Microsoft IE may fly in Europe
Bruce Schneier on the 10 year security outlook (it's worrisome)
Building 3-D particles with light
Busybox takes another step up GPL protection ladder
Buy an Amazon Kindle, support the Orchant family
CAD software leads to faster chips
Can an airline exec run Red Hat? You'd be surprised
Can HiTrust bring electronic health records forward?
Can open source take down Ribbit?
Can Sourceforge marketplace open the cash drawer?
Can you say land blubber?
Canon: Supporting green tech innovation
Capital One customers experience data corruption
CatNip 1.0 for Mac
Centeris opens Active Directory to open source, Likewise
Chartered to protect the henhouse, has the FTC turned into a fox?
Chasing smoke with lasers
Checking the pulse of enterprise social computing
China connection eyed in Oak Ridge cyber attack
China gets onto the fast track
China's now building commercial airliners?!¿@!¡
Chinese dogowner's lawsuit may signal resistance to censorship
Christmas is a time for mashups
Cisco loses chief development officer and heir apparent Giancarlo
Cisco names new CTO
Cisco: Pondering 2008
Climate change talks: EU says U.S. is the problem now
Close call: U.S. NOT the world's worst polluter
Cloudsmith a new ally in distribution fight
CO official wants return to paper ballots
Coal in Microsoft's stocking: Google-Doubleclick gets the U.S. regulator nod
Coca-Cola launches new virtual island for its sugar water lovers
Collaborating in virtual environments
Colorado decertifies voting machines
Comcast plugs DigitalVoice during my service call
Comcast's stumble: More competition than economy?
Comcast, T-mobile and HTC, oh my.
Coming soon: iTunes movie rentals
Commercial brain computer systems are coming
Companies and products to keep an eye on in 2008
CompUSA is closing for good. Good.
CompUSA vs. BestBuy
Conflict of interest in FTC's DoubleClick hearing?
Consumer Reports: iPhone 64, BlackBerry Curve 61. Baloney.
Continental passengers can use their phone as their boarding pass
Conventional IT wisdom shattered: more top 10 SOA posts for 2007
Conversations between bacteria
Cops try again for GPS data in Peterson case
Cost comparison: Solaris/SPARC vs Linux/x86
Could Apple allow Windows apps to run natively?
Court tosses suit against Avvo, concluding algorithmic ratings are protected speech
Craig of craigslist: Bush phone surveillance requests pre-date 9/11
Critical flaw in Cisco Security Agent for Windows
Customer intimacy not strong at SAP
Data breaches: 2007 IT failure superstar
Data loss CEOs should go to jail
Data trips between light and sound
DataDirect's "sleep mode" for green storage
Dell adds support for Ubuntu 7.10 and build-in DVD playback
Dell adds Ubuntu 7.10 to its lineup
Dell blames Citi, India call center for order snafus
Dell launches its first tablet PC; Hopes touch boosts interest; Is price an issue?
Dell needs DNA housecleaning
Dell's answer to HP and Apple: 2G Core 2 Duo, 20-inch monitor, $499
Dell, Best Buy forge retail deal
Demo: ClusterSeven's Enterprise Spreadsheet Manager tightly monitors spreadsheet integrity
Dems: White House fudged climate change data
Denial and the coming "data meltdown"
Dept of Energy labs hacked by phishers
Desktop Linux most popular topic of 2007
Details here: BlackBerry-maker RIM gets hit with patent infringement suit
Detecting individual cancer cells with silicon
DHS planning Cyber Storm II exercise in March
Did anyone really expect a wireless desktop to be secure?
Did the W3C acknowledge CDF's potential as an office format (vs ODF) in newly public e-mail?
Didn't get it for Christmas? Buy it today and get post-holiday deals
Digital Inspiration has exclusive screenshots of Live Documents
Digium: as of this a.m., one million Asterisk downloads this year
Disclosure: Josh Taylor
Do switchers now rule the Mac?
Do you have that solar bag in pink?
Don't like DRM, then look to Neuros to free your digital content
Don't take your iPhone to a hot yoga class?
Don't weep for underappreciated enterprise software
Drowning in an information sea
Duke Nukem Forever lives! Yeah!
Duopoly watch: SAP and Microsoft chatter (again)
E.P.A. the Environmental Pollution Agency?
Eclipse gets accessibility toolkit
Economics that are impossible to stop
ECOtality snaps up maker of fast-charge batteries
EDS lands $715 million outsourcing pact
EFF wants to saddle you with metered Internet service
ELC Technologies and FiveRuns join forces for RAD Rails development
Electric Rain releases Swift 3D version 5
Endeavors Technologies' AppExpress Lite
Enjoying some Wii time
Enter Argentina as a nearshore destination...
Enterprise apps not sexy?
Enterprise software is crappy and it isn't going to change any time soon
EPA, CO2, coal and mercury
ePlatform launches Techmeme competitor and application platform
Equipping PG&E workers with PCs
Erosion of privacy is a corporate strategy
European ringtone market generated $1.1 bln in 2007
Examining Web 2.0
Exclusive: Seattle man has registered "fakemarkzuckerberg.com": Is a "Secret Diary of Mark Zuckerberg" next?
Exploit discovered for QuickTime vulnerability
F-Secure: More than 100-150 malware variants targeting Macs
Facebook accuses UK politician of impersonating himself
Facebook Beacon complete opt-in missing piece (updated)
Facebook finally breaks out Friend Lists
Facebook outmaneuvers Google; Bebo launches FB-compatible platform
Facebook responds to OpenSocial--opens its platform architecture
Facebook user survey highlights insecurity over Beacon fiasco
facebook.com safety
Facebook: The canary in the social networking coal mine
Fastest Windows Vista notebook - MacBook Pro
FBI building massive biometric database
FCC asked to make companies carry all text messages
Fear Factor in BitTorrent debate
Federated ESBs come to fore as natural outcome of guerrilla SOA practices
Feeling low? So's Indonesia
Fewer patches != safer OS
FileMaker fixes serious Leopard 'compatibility issues' for older versions
Finally, a 'critical' Java runtime update from Apple
Finally. WPF Yahoo! Messenger available for preview
FireFox 3 beta 2 scheduled for availability Dec. 21
Firefox 3.0 Beta 2 better than Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer 7
Firefox vs. Internet Explorer: No real security winner
First impressions of the HTC Touch Dual with new finger-optimized photo application
First Look at Firefox 3.0 Beta 2
First look at the ATI Radeon HD 3870
First Moonlight port of Silverlight to Linux due in six months
First Office 2007, SharePoint 2007 service packs ready for download
First prediction for 2008 to come true
First reflected light from an exoplanet
First VoIP call completed on iPod Touch-here's what it looks like
Five great unsolved mysteries of SOA
Five tips for achieving IT success in 2008
Fixing damages immediately with RFID
Flash H.264 support and new pricing/availability for Flash Media Server 3
Fleury's back and SOA's got him
Flickr and Picnik - RIAs continue to go mainstream
Flying solar: Nellis Air Force base claims largest solar installation
Follow the money in SMB open source market
For 2008 expect more Linux applications
For 2008 media will create Red Hat-Ubuntu war
For 2008, I am Google (and so can you)
For some categories, Vista x64 support is still scarce
For this Skype vulnerability fix note to FINALLY get posted, it takes a Villu
For those of us who forget to turn off the lights
Forget predictions, get a wishlist
Forrester: iPhone not ready for enterprise use yet
Four reasons why: Skype is minor bandwidth hog compared to torrents and file-hosters
Friday Rant - When antivirus software goes bad
Friday Rant - Why, oh why didn't I pick up a Nintendo DS Lite ... ?
Friday Unrant - Twas the Friday before Christmas
Friendster debuts Developer Platform- but where are the voice APIs?
FTC says cautiously approves of DoubleClick merger
FTC: Google-DoubleClick deal a go; One dissenter; Privacy principles floated
Future proofing digital assets
Gartner puts phishing tab at $3.2 billion
Gasoline is so yesterday, what's on tomorrow's menu?
Gates' Microsoft future of intense interest
GDDR 5 to come to graphics cards next year
German win for closed iPhone contracts
Getting started with Android
Getting things done with Gmail
Give a man a computer ...
Give Mother Earth the holiday gift of freecycle.org. I have.
Give nurses the checklist
Give your PC the gift of security
Global warming killing off movie stars
Gmail finally gets AIM support
Gmail source code hints at social feature
Going green with DC power
Going into predictive health with eyes wide open
Going mobile
GOOG-411 isn't what you think
Google Airwaves Inc among list of 700mhz bidders
Google Android apps surface: cool but I need to see more
Google Apps 'founder' Rajen Sheth: We dialog with users through new code
Google confirms JotSpot will replace Google Pages
Google Earth inner workings described in newly published Google Patent App
Google Gears next steps closer to Prism, Adobe AIR
Google Knol: Wikipedia killer or knowledge management app?
Google may have finally figured out what to do with Google Apps
Google officially launches for iPhone
Google OpenSocial APIs not ready for the dance
Google Predicitons, 2008
Google rethinks how labels in Gmail should work
Google sends out presents to loyal advertisers
Google shows real-time solar power statistics
Google takes a stab at Exchange and BES
Google Toolbar: A New Malware Threat
Google updates iPhone interface; ties apps together
Google vs. Microsoft = Search + Apps
Google Webmaster Tools gets new features
Google's GMail product manager: 'User data should never be held hostage'
Google, CDT call for more searchable government
Google/OpenSocial's director of engineering David Glazer unplugged: 'Shindig is live'
Google: Rewriting the book on data centers
Gore's Nobel speech: harsh but optimistic
Graphene-based transistors on the way?
Great tutorial on using forms with PHP
Green gifts for the holidays: fuel cell car and solar home
Green IT becoming more fashionable
Green Tech boon. But is the new U.S. energy law cornographic?
Green tech does not meet U.S. Senate's standards
Green tech resources galore
Greening your office for the new year
Grids need more medical applications
Ha! Firings of experienced floor staff come back to bite Circuit City in the assets today
Hacking as a competitive edge in the Olympics
Haephrati technique used to crack US research lab
HanDBase 4.0 mobile database application released with major updates
Haptics for stroke victims
Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Dec 07/Jan 08
Has Movable Type gone open source too late?
He likes it: Linux guy gives Windows Home Server a (qualified) thumbs up
Helium leads to geothermal energy resources
Helping holiday travelers find Wi-Fi at airports
Here are 13 tips for using your BlackBerry's camera
Here's Google Mobile Updater for BlackBerry
Here's how I've just "nuked" Beacon off my Facebook page
Here's that Windows Vista service-pack blocker tool
Here's the number one SOA post in 2007
Here's why teachers who ban Wikipedia are misguided
Hey Facebook's Zuckerberg, we're the blogosphere and we won't ease up until you kill Beacon
Hey Lane Hartwell, what about watermarking your images?
Hey, Miami, remember when there was a city called New Orleans?
Hey, why not? Solar-powered wireless headset to have U.S. debut in January
Hitting 50W peak on a dual-core desktop computer
Hobbs shows risks and rewards of predictive health
Holiday PC prank
How about using an endoscopic webcam with Skype?
How Amazon screwed up my order
How are Microsoft's FeedSync and Sync Framework related?
How common are medical kickbacks?
How Dell screwed up my order
How do I make a website?
How fast can it go? How soon will it arrive?
How harmful are new wives' tales?
How LCD makers inflate their contrast ratio scores
How LCD makers lie to you about viewing angles
How Microsoft (and Apple) will respond to very-low-cost Linux systems
How much power should a server at rest consume?
How should doctors be rated?
How Universal Music lost touch with their customers
How would you make an enterprise software blog sexy?
HP confirms gaping backdoor on 82 laptop models
HP laptops: Another zero-day vulnerability found
HP sets 2009 targets; Says its IT revamp 'halfway there'
HP thinks big about printing; Acquires NUR Macroprinters
HP's Hurd: Digital content will force enterprise IT overhaul
HP: Blade, enterprise printing and channel happy
Hulu, News Corp, and the Web (2.0?)
I love Linux, but it's not going to save the world
I'd like to share with you the two life lessons Marc Orchant taught me
I'd suggest Linux - but..
I'll go ahead and say it: Facebook's Beacon MUST DIE. NOW
I'm a weirdo, I live in The Cloud
i-Snake, a new robotic surgeon
IBM business partner develops greenhouse meter
IBM cooks up internal virtual world for confidentiality, security
IBM demos 'On Demand Workplace'; Will Web 2.0 deliver productivity gains?
IBM To Buy Grid Storage Startup?
IBM: When it comes to energy use, consumers will pay more for greener options
IE gets security makeover in Patch Tuesday batch
IE team shares ... a version number
IE6 crashing? Here's the reason, and the fix
IEEE survey cites AT&T, Microsoft and Cisco as top tech innovators
If viruses are no threat to Macs ...
If yesterday's ruling holds, TorrentSpy must die
If you hate Microsoft you'll really hate this: Patent app calls for "enforcing" ad playback within downloaded multimedia files
If you pray, please pray for Marc Orchant
If you're concerned about security, look beyond the browser
If your antispyware provider can't spell...
iGoogle grew 267% and Google Products shrunk 73% in 2007
Illinois beats Texas in the Coal Bowl
In Google-DoubleClick merger, FTC chief won't recuse herself
In search of...AMD quad-core Opterons
Indian doctors seek American standards
Indian printer market to grow at 8.9% a year
Inside story: why that MP3 you just downloaded probably sounds like crap
Intel uses SOA to chip away at integration, project management issues
Intense interest in Microsoft Office standard
Internal Microsoft IE 8 build passes the Acid standards test
iPhone and iCal syncing problems
iPhoning it in — in a good way
IPOs, they still happen and one looks green
Ireland, labor migration and globalization
Is India adapting to the Night Shift?
Is it bling or innovation?
Is Linux enough for open source medical advocates?
Is open just another word for nothing left to lose?
Is social media accelerating a move from SOAP to REST?
Is Sun still a bully?
Is the boom in kiddie porn a Net effect or is 'victimless' behavior unduly punished?
Is the world really that "flat"?
IT transformation - it's about destroying fiefdoms
It'll be lights out Chicago, and Toronto and so on
iTunes 8 needs subscriptions and rentals
JetBlue launches in-flight Wi-Fi
JetBlue to offer some inflight BlackBerry services starting next Tuesday
JotSpot to power new Google Sites in 2008
Judge finds TorrentSpy destroyed evidence, rules for MPAA
Just don't call it trolling, Verizon
Just how far are you going with FRCP compliance?
Just two words: Green plastics. Think about it.
Just what's so special about Apple RAM to justify the crazy price?
Justice comes out against Jammie Thomas
Kaiser CIO, "delivering real-time health care"
Kaiser Permanente CIO: Phil Fasano
Kaiser Permanente CIO: Phil Fasano - Transcript
Kaiser, taking the pulse with RFID
Keep your cool when cleaning a glossy-screen Mac
Kim Polese's journey from Sun to SpikeSource
Klausner Technologies: The new NTP?
Kodak responds to commentary on outrageous 4 cent per photo shipping charge
Kompozer is easy and free
Lanier's attack on open source religion
Largest Adobe Flash crash in the world
Larry Dignan loans me his Kindle
Leopard compatibility ups and downs
Let the lawsuits ensue
LeWeb3: innovation in Paris
Life in extreme environments
Life-saving program BANNED by the Feds!
Lighten your load by dumping those old incandescent Christmas light strands
LinkedIn revamps interface, opens APIs
LinkedIn Vice President of Technical Operations: Lloyd Taylor
LinkedIn VP of Technical Operations: Lloyd Taylor
LinkedIn vs. Facebook, MySpace
LinkedIn wants to be more than a glorified Rolodex - adds new sticky features
Linux, cheap PCs and the effect this will have on Microsoft
Live from the Apple store: West 14th NYC
LiveJournal acquired by Russian company SUP
Lloyd Taylor: LinkedIn's 'scaling guru' tackles the social graph
Looking back at the years most popular posts
Looking inside our skin
Mac OS X Leopard still not ready for prime time
Mac Safari's cool new Inspector
Mac versus Windows vulnerability stats for 2007
Mac versus Windows vulnerability stats questioned
Macs join the Army - Hooah!
MacWorld rumblings: Expect a 11- to 13-inch screen on Apple ultra-portable
Made in China? How about FISHED in China?
Maiffret's exit raises questions about eEye
Make enterprise software really sexy -- romance the user!
Man interrupts post-intimacy cuddling to check BlackBerry; she's outta here
Managing hybrid environments
Mapping a submarine volcano with a robot
Mapping Application Dependencies - Tideway Systems Virtual Appliance
Mapping where the solar action is
Matching platforms to ecosystems
Mattresses to generate $11 bln by 2011 in the US
McGuire Air Force base tries out a different shade of green
Measuring energy usage with smarter meters
Michael Bay blames Microsoft for HD DVD/Blu-ray war
Micron sampling smallest 1 GB DDR2 memory chip
Microsoft 'officially' announces XP SP3 public test build
Microsoft accused of stacking ISO committee
Microsoft and Samba finally come to terms over Windows protocols
Microsoft architect compares Volta and Google's GWT
Microsoft confirms man-in-the-middle WPAD vulnerability
Microsoft creates GWT clone
Microsoft delivers test build of its 'Volta' cloud-programming toolset
Microsoft fate draws strong open source reaction
Microsoft FolderShare data loss bug in shipping product
Microsoft goes on a Christmas Xbox Live banning spree - Unmodded Xboxes caught in crossfire
Microsoft lands Viacom as ad partner
Microsoft makes IE with component activation change available to testers
Microsoft moves a step closer toward getting Windows on OLPCs
Microsoft offers a Vista two-for deal
Microsoft Office not dead yet
Microsoft outlines what's coming in Windows Mobile 7, 8
Microsoft Patch Day preview: 7 bulletins, 3 critical
Microsoft provides workaround for IE 6-Patch standoff
Microsoft rebrands PlaysForSure, gives consumers a reason to buy iPods
Microsoft releases CRM 4.0 to manufacturing just under the wire
Microsoft releases public test build of Vista SP1
Microsoft security update derails IE
Microsoft starts rolling out more OOXML translators
Microsoft starts rolling out public XP SP3 test build
Microsoft system builders offering Vista holiday bundles
Microsoft Tafiti opens the source code door
Microsoft to build an 'Emacs.Net' text editor
Microsoft to deliver Office 2007 SP1 early
Microsoft to modify Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy scheme
Microsoft to relax XP activation rules with SP3
Microsoft to release Hyper-V virtualization beta
Microsoft Volta - a cool new RIA technology
Microsoft Windows hardware leader takes a 'vacation'
Microsoft's $300 million 'consumer product blitz' inches closer
Microsoft's OEM chief defects to Lenovo
Microsoft's Office Live Workspace: What it is and isn't
Military robots from 2007 to 2032
Mill Valley: Doing its green civic duty
Mining the LinkedIn network
MIT students at it again: bike-powered supercomputers
Mobile browser based on Microsoft tech makes its beta debut
MobileTechRoundup #118, Thoughts on Mobius, Verizon LTE, Google Maps, Sony Reader, and more
MobileTechRoundup #119, HTC Touch Dual, WiBrain UMPC, and Dell Tablet PC
Moka5 - a different take on application virtualization
Mono code broken into 3 modules, MonoDevelop 1.0 to ship in January
More companies painting their IT green-er
More hints that IT systems analysis and on-demand models are coming together
More Microsoft predictions from around the Web
More reflection on the Kindle: Did Amazon just answer an unnerved media industry's prayers?
More than 50% of US households have digital TVs
More ways SOA mushroomed in 2007
Most influential tech of 2007
Mozilla floats Weave as Web platform
Mozilla: Critical vulnerability in Microsoft flaw-counting
Mr. Dodd's filibuster threat works, vote delayed
MSFT working on XP for XO
MSN Mobile to carry ads: I don't like the idea a bit; do you?
Music studios: Love Amazon, hate Apple
My (daughter's) OLPC laptop has arrived
My 2007 predictions - wrong, wrong, and wrong
My favorite Christmas gift
My most-read stories in 2007
My New Year's resolutions
My rich Internet application predictions for 2007. How did I do?
MySpace launches "Transmissions" - exclusive content from major label artists
MySpace users are ready to vote
MySpaceIM With Skype Officially Released
Naked IT: Conversations with innovators
Nanodisks used to encrypt information
Nanorobots for drug delivery?
Nanotechnology and viruses working together?
Natural experiences with software
Need charts for your website? Google makes it easy!
Need details about BlackBerry enterprise support levels? Well, here you go
Net Neutrality outrage: reports of T-Mobile blocking Twitter
Netbeans 6.0 weighs in at a paltry 12MB
NetSuite auction doubles IPO price
NetSuite edges closer to IPO; price range and ticker set
NetSuite IPO to price next week
NetSuite lights fuse for Xmas IPO
NetSuite starts its IPO auction; broadcasts roadshow
NetSuite ups its IPO price range
New 'Astoria' test build released; final set for mid-2008
New charger extends iPhone, iPod battery life by several hours
New digital camera got you down? Surf for support before picking up the phone
New Duke Nukem Forever teaser released
New efficiency standards for cars? Just say no
New healthcare IT bill going nowhere fast
New holiday iGoogle theme on the way
New Intel architectures hold promise for a new crop of educational laptops
New IT project failure metrics: is Standish wrong?
New oil-repelling material from MIT
New solution enables really, really cheap intl. calling from your iPhone OR iPod Touch
New spare lithium battery travel rules go into effect 1 January 2008
New SSD from Intel points to serious UMPC expansion
New to know: Looking back on 2007 and forward for 2008
New version of the Google Talk client disables voicemail and more
New wave energy to hit Washington
New ways to reduce computer-related injuries
New Windows Live Messenger build works on 'almost all' phones
News to know 2007: The final edition
News to know: Apple patches; Windows Mobile 7, 8; Adobe; Green tech
News to know: Apple's notebook strategy; Talking malware; Vista SP1
News to know: Dell's tablet PC; SAP on VMware; Office Live Workspace; The transistor's birthday
News to know: Globalization, randomness, iPhone, robots and more...
News to know: Green Grid; Windows 7; AMD speaks; Bebo
News to know: HP zero days; IE patches; Missing Mac apps; Microsoft service packs galore
News to know: IE 8 anticipation; LiveJournal sold; Facebook's fumble
News to know: IE 8; 50W dual-core PC; Oracle; NetSuite; Dell snafu
News to know: iTune movie rentals, best and worst tech support, naked IT and more...
News to know: LinkedIn revamp; Can enterprise software be sexy?; Apple; R.I.P. Marc Orchant
News to know: Microsoft predictions; XO en route; IBM; Palm
News to know: Mozilla Weave, LCD inflation, Santa tracker, predictions, more
News to know: QuickTime Band-Aids; Opera; Hyper-V; AMD; iPhone@Work
News to know: Red Hat's new CEO; RIM; FTC on privacy; Best PC components
News to know: Salesforce.com; Second Life currency theft; SAP; Document standards
News to know: So long Vista kill switch; XP SP3; Adobe; AMD; Microsoft vulnerability
News to know: Vista SP1; XP on OLPC; Facebook's lessons
News to know: Working with Android; XP activation; Google Talk woe; Apple
Nice effort, VoSKY, but just the name "Skype" is a no-deploy zone for enterprise IT
Nick Carr's endless battle
Nick Carr's enterprise software fantasy land
NIMBY, but I still want the electricity
Nine places where SOA is making a difference, right now
NJ bans sex offenders from the Internet
No charges in MySpace suicide
Nokia debuts Nokia PC Phone
Nokia dismisses Google Android threat at its peril
Nokia N95 8GB NAM and N82 8GB revealed by Nokia?
Nokia World 2007: Avvenu acquisition, internet radio, free music, and more
Nokia: Dissecting the moving parts
Nominate your rich Internet application for a Crunchie award
Nortel sues Vonage for patent infringement
Notebook: Google Toolbar flaw; Gmail issues; Microsoft assessment tool
Notebook: Google/Orkut worm, Leaky HP laptops; Google text ad Trojan; Sun patches
Notebook: IBM's Linux desktop installs; Notes evolution; Data center stats
Novell: Microsoft open source deal has halo effect
Number 10 Most-Commented Post of Year:iPhone without a keyboard!
Number 9 Most-Commented Post of Year: Circuit City shorts out some of its best people
Oak Ridge attacks linked to China
Odd Firefox system requirements recommendation
Of green Santas and an energy-efficient New Year's Eve
Office 2007 SP1 installed, world continues as normal
Office Live Workspace narrows Google App gap while playing to MS-Office's strengths
Oh, go on, techies, read some bloody fiction during the holidays
Oh, one more beef about CompUSA: the drug testing
Oil-eating microbes produce green energy
OLPC backlash continues
OLPC sees charitable and government orders
OLPC: the best designed notebook in the world
On the test bench - AMD 'Spider' Phenom 9600-based system
On your way out, recycle yourself
One more place SOA is making a difference
One year later: Where are the killer Vista apps?
OpenID 2.0 specification released
OpenOffice plugs code execution vulnerability
OpenProj was 10th most-popular post here for 2007
Opera brings action against M$ in Europe
Opera files complaint against Microsoft in the EU over IE, Windows bundle; CTO makes Web standards case
Opera fixes four flaws
Opera: Acid or no, its Microsoft antitrust complaint goes forward
Opera: Setting the record straight on Microsoft and Web standards
Oracle's Ellison says SOA migration rate is 'slow'
Oracle: Strong second quarter; Outlook in line; BEA book closed
Our most popular posts of 2007
Our thoughts are with Marc Orchant
Outsourcing Predictions for 2008... in a nutshell
Overstock: Playing wait-and-see with Facebook's Beacon
Palm can't execute; The downside of Centro
Palm Treo 680 gets a major firmware update, layoffs may be coming too
Palm: We're going to lose a bundle next quarter too
Panasonic Lumix DMC-L10 is a great DSLR for newbies, but at a price
Parallels, VMware Fusion, Boot Camp battle in real-world tests
Parting thoughts on the Kindle for students
Patent troll hits medical tablets
Paul Saffo: The Seer of Silicon Valley
PC market growth, 2006-2011
PC shipments, 2006-2011
PC World gets it wrong: as Vonage goes, so not necessarily goes VoIP
People demand their public feeds back from Google
PG&E CIO: Pat Lawicki
PG&E CIO: Pat Lawicki - Transcript
Picasa 3.0 on the way
Please no "yapping away" on Skype in the air
Podcast: A look back at 2007
Podcast: Beacon woes, Techonorati revamp, Kindle, ODF and more...
Podcast: Opera vs. Microsoft; Bebo's big move; AMD's future
Poll: Is Twitter good or bad for corporations?
Pondering the green-ness of storage
Predicting drug side effects
Prepaid health card? Not really.
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) sued by Sydney Water over IT failure
Proactive IT support in higher education
Project portfolio management and IT governance
Projity exanding open source, Saas attack against Microsoft Project
Proposed solar plant not worth its salt?
Puzzling why broadband users are more aware of DTV changes than other groups
QuickBooks for Mac deletes Desktop folder (update 3)
QuickOffice Premier 4.5 is essential in turning your S60 device into a multimedia computer
Quickoffice Premier 5.0 for S60 provides Office 2007 support
QuickTime hack allows Second Life currency theft
QuickTime zero-day attacks intercepted
R.I.P. Marc Orchant
Ray Ozzie's Simple Sharing Extensions get a new lease on life
Reading Windows tea leaves
ReadyBoost - Does anyone use it?
Red Hat names new Whitehurst CEO; Szulik stays chairman
Red Hat unveils JBoss Developer Studio -- is it destined for an Amazon or IBM cloud?
Red shift meets event horizon
Remediation
Remove tell-tale metadata from Microsoft apps
Report: 3G iPhone by June. Here's how much it will cost and why
Report: here are a few specs for forthcoming BlackBerry 9000
Report: Verizon Wireless to support Google's Android
Reputation taking center stage
Researchers map China's underground cybercrime economy
Resistance is futile...I want to buy a Mac
Rest in Peace Marc Orchant
Rice re-engineers Gleevec for Novartis
Richard Monson-Haefel responds, still gets it wrong
RIM shares dip- but this could ultimately be good news for BlackBerry users
RIM: BlackBerry demand just swell; Earnings more than double
Robert Scoble doesn't understand enterprise software
Robotic help for stroke patients
Robots to control oil drilling platforms
Ruby on Rails picks REST; no tears for SOAP
Sage - not a piece of cake, but powerful and open
Sales up 3.6% between Thanksgiving and Christmas in 2007
Salesforce to Salesforce, the anti-viral network
Salesforce.com rolls out customer data sharing; eyes 1 million subscribers
Samba is beneficiary of Microsoft-EU deal
SAP blesses the iPhone
SAP doesn't do cool stuff - right? Wrong!
SAP Influencer Summit: SOA grows up
SAP, Oracle, Babies, and Wonks: Competition, American-style
SAP: 'customizing is out, extending is in'
Saving Internet freedom - for users - from telcos
Scaling the LinkedIn social graph
Scandal: Apple 'unlocked' iPhones not really unlocked
Schools self-policing P2P just fine
SCO bankruptcy was celebrated online in 2007
Scrapblog gets venture capital from Disney's Steamboat Ventures
Second Kindle bug hits (not a crash this time) and how Amazon will 'patch' Kindles
Secondlife: A+ for proactive security
Security Update 2007-009 fixes 42 Leopard vulnerabilities
See, complain loud enough and Microsoft will listen
Semiconductor sales up 2.3% in November 2007
Senate challenges Martin over media ownership
Share your knol with the world, with Google Knol
Shrewd moves: Will Adobe's 90 percent price drop on its media server wag the Flash dog?
Six Apart jettisons LiveJournal
Six Apart sells LiveJournal for c. $30 million
Skype 2.7 for OS X promises 640x480 at 25 fps
Skype patches high-risk flaw, says sorry for not telling us
Skype releases Skype for Windows 3.6.0.244: changes and bugfixes and why they matter
Skype VoSKY Exchange gateways have a big sales task ahead
Skype-IBM Lotus SameTime licensing partnership seen as likely
Smarter homes with an Amigo
SNS Top Ten Predictions for 2008
So which laptop will be more reliable than my Dodge Caravan?
Social nets and identity fragmentation
Social networking and the open business revolution
Social networking prediction for 2008
Some perspective on the data center power problem
Spam a bigger concern than network neutrality
SPEC launches standardized energy efficiency benchmark
Spring goes five star with Integration announcement
SquirrelMail warns of 'high-risk' package compromise
State of the CIO: Pay is up; tenure is down; transformation is in
Steve Jobs wants you to pay $4 to "space-shift" DVDs
Sub notes: Details emerge on Apple's MWSF plans
SugarCRM 5 sweetens the deal with on-demand service, AJAX e-mail
Summer 2008 is just around the corner
Sun hungrily awaits the Red Shift
Sun launches backline OpenOffice support for distributors, OEMs
Sun Microsystems' Jonathan Schwartz on CIO / CTO differences
Surf's up for PG&E and Finavera
Surprise! There will be a PDC 2008 after all
Surveillance cuts both ways
Survey: 13 percent of CIOs plan to add staff soon
SWsoft Renames Itself "Parallels"
Symantec borrows $200M to close Vontu deal
System-wide Vonage outages reported Fri. evening, Sat. a.m.
Take internet radio on the go with the Nokia Internet Radio application
Taking down spammers: Successful spam fighting via legalization, regulation and economics
Talking malware with Eugene Kaspersky
Tata Consultancy: new IT failure stats and COO interview
TechCrunch holds its own Presidential primary
Technology's natural state: Duopoly (or close to it)
Technorati rolls out Percolator and Blogger Central
Telecom immunity bill advances in Senate; Dodd promises filibuster
Ten more ways SOA made a difference in 2007
Ten reasons to NOT use iPhone for company business
Ten things about tech I really hate-and maybe you do as well
Ten threat predictions for 2008
Ten tips to prepare for and do Internet videconferencing
That's not a hub, is it?
The 2007 IT top ten list
The best and worst of 2007 Ed Tech
The best ever images of the Milky Way
The best mobile application idea I can think of..shopping mall geolocation services!!
The best open source development model
The Corporatenet will be a big 2008 trend
The Cult of Kindle
The day my iPhone touch screen died (updated)
The demonstration project challenge
The Di Blasi trike: A different kind of green tech hybrid
The dynamic duo of virtual storage and virtual processing
The further conflicts of Deborah Platt Majoras
The Hardware 2.0 survey
The importance of multimedia training
The iPhone and HTC devices were the most discussed and most popular of 2007
The karaoke cure
The Latitude XT - Finally, a Dell I actually want
The mind of a Mac fan
The missing demonstration project (1)
The most disappointing products of 2007
The most discussed posts of 2007
The new corporate intranet, Web 2.0 style
The peril of panels: Can Web traffic stats be trusted?
The real argument against electronic health records
The RIAA is NOT saying that ripping your CDs is illegal
The Role of Access Virtualization
The secret of IT transformation: It's all about the CEO stupid
The state of Unix (Jun 18/07)
The top Enterprise Web 2.0 stories of 2007
The traffic jam mystery finally solved
The transistor turns 60
The wave and its powerful-looking future
The Web campaign is about everything but control
There's still a lot of life left in desktop office suites
These guys are hot 'cause their system is so cool
Think Secret ceases publishing to settle Apple suit
ThinkSecret smackdown: Steve Jobs' and Apple's Vladimir Putin moment
This BlackBerry Pearl emulator is the best I have seen
This time for sure on mobile Linux
Those clever 419'ers
Those Gmail ads are a hoot
Times Square a green light district?
To ESB or not to ESB, that is the question
To jailbreak or not to jailbreak?
To nothing less than the Whole Earth: "We are as gods"
Today's "duh" study is a honey
Top 10 SOA posts for 2007 -- part 1
Total BlackBerry user base passes 12 million
Toyota dominates new hybrid vehicle ranking
Treating Leopard's Finder not-fully-loading bug
Treo 750 Windows Mobile 6 upgrade available along with SIM-free version
Tropical heat wave
True meaning of the holidays
Truphone "Call Me" app now available for Facebook
Try out the latest and greatest phones virtually with TryPhone
Try the iPhone for free. Here. Right this second
Ts'o what's new at the Linux Foundation?
Turn off the lights! And the PCs, and printers, and the ...
Twin Dell Vostros arrive
Twitter / T-Mobile: when policy meets technology
Twitter downtime and life at home
Twitter is dangerous
Twitter is useful
Twitter now officially part of the live web
Two cities and two separate paths to the planet's future
Two gaming dead ends of 2007
U.S. government may decide fate of iconic species
U.S. leads in a green tech besides geothermal
U.S. Postal Service to Netflix: You're killing us on labor
UK personal banking data for sale
UK Rural Payments Agency (RPA): IT failure and gross incompetence screws farmers
Ulteo plans free and paying subscriptions for online OpenOffice service
Uncovering the missing Mac OS X applications
United Online shelves Classmates IPO
Universal Chat Translator for Skype offers 38 "language pairs"
Updated Skype patches critical and brings high quality video
US DVR penetration is at 20%
US Government leadership in cyber security lacking
US SMBs to spend $240 bln on infrastructure and applications
US-CERT warns of Microsoft Access Database attacks
Using Internet phone to communicate with loved ones in Iraq this Christmas? Send me your stories
Veeam Reporter 2.5
Vendor relationship management: viable or theory?
Verizon Business announces several new IP services
Verizon Wireless announces the Treo 755p device
Video: Amazon's Kindle in a crashed state -- must the content be reloaded?
Virtual Iron 4.2 - Increased Support for Production Environments
Virtual labs and education
Virtualization, terminal services, or what?
Vista and Leopard both make it onto PC World's "Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007"
Vista deactivates me for upgrading motherboard firmware
Vista SP1 will deliver big network speed boost
VMware, SAP in virtualization support pact; Will ERP implementations become easier?
VoIP on iPod Touch? Almost there, but for one little detail
VoIP sessions subpar? Try this
VoIP-builder tool Ribbit: has potential, but manage your boasting, please
VoIP? no, CoIP
Vonage ContactBook now in alpha test: here's how you can get in
Vonage Survives Patent Dispute, But Can it Run a Reliable Phone Service?
Vote: XBOX vs. Wii, iPhone vs. Moto Q, iPhone vs. BlackBerry Pearl, etc.
Wachovia: $211 trillion "word-processing error"
Waiting for Leopard's iSCSI support
Wal-Mart PC was a sell-out
Want to test Vista SP1? Anyone can, starting next week
Was there a big virtualization story in 2007?
Watch DrunknBass Video Recorder grab some video for iPhone!
Watch these FTC privacy principles and expect a skirmish
Ways to improve device backlighting described in new BlackBerry patent app
We need to calm down over the SAFE act
We will all miss Marc
Web 2.0 in the enterprise: Are you prepared?
Welcome to the Outsourcing Blog!
Welcome to ZDNet's digital cameras blog
Welcome to ZDNet's SOHO Networking Blog
Well, come to think of it, iPhone at work might not be such a bad idea
What a cool idea dept.: First-ever dedicated BlackBerry store opens
What are the best interests of advertisers on Facebook?
What CIOs really want
What does Microsoft's IPTV reorg have to do with 'Fiji'?
What geeky tech treats are on your holiday wish list?
What iPhone can learn from Verizon's Voyager
What Mac apps will get 'Sherlocked' at Expo?
What that RIAA/CD rip court brief really says
What the heck is the difference among all those Canon ELPHs anyway?
What the statistics are telling us about SOA
What to do with Apple's $15 billion in cash: Try nothing
What will be the health care headlines of 2008?
What will the hackers be targeting in 2008?
What'll it cost to save the planet? Who's spinning the numbers?
What's on Microsoft's agenda for 2008?
What's on tap for Ed Tech in 2008?
What's on your wish list this year?
What's the real story on the Windows Home Server data corruption bug?
What's the story with these security holes?
WhatSize utility app revamped
When application failure is not an option
When is half a loaf enough for open source?
When this new technology arrives, cellphone cameras are not gonna suck
Which part of "share" didn't you understand?
Who will mandate electronic health records?
Who's choosing XP over Vista?
Whole Foods' perfect response to IT failure
Why Bristol-Myers dumped its hockey stick
Why build desktop applications? Because no one has heard of your browser application
Why can't all Microsoft products be like the XBox?
Why don't kids use email?
Why ed tech is like my Honda Pilot
Why is Microsoft watering down WGA on Vista SP1?
Why metered Internet is a really bad idea
Why Opera's antitrust complaint against Microsoft is a bad idea
Why regulations are important
Why Sourceforge lost its mojo
Why Sprint should promote WiMAX to Wall Street until they get it
Wide finder redux
Wii vs. iPhone - Which was the biggest hit of 2007?
Wii: Can't keep up with demand or supply artificially limited
Wikia looking to topple Google, but will fail miserably
Will an economic downturn spark a new wave of outsourcing growth?
Will China manufacturing costs be a tech overhang?
Will co-habitation be a new business for Facebook?
Will consumers scrimp on paid security software?
Will educational software ever be fun?
Will the Feds take down a big hacker group in 2008?
Will this LG device be next in the T-Mobile Shadow lineup?
Will Windows 'XO' bear fruit for OLPC?
Wind River's John Bruggeman on Google Android and the advent of mobile internet devices
Windows 7 to get new touch features
Windows adoption rates: a history lesson
Windows Server 2008 public test build available
Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate goes to MSDN, TechNet testers
Windows, Linux, and the Kyoto Climate Protocols
With Office Live Workspace in play, Microsoft's Web-competitors (Google, WebEx, Zoho) speak
With Peru sale, is OLPC on the right track?
With SP1, Microsoft plans to ditch the Vista "kill switch"
With tech titan support, Green Grid to help datacenters go green with measurement standards
Without competition from AMD, Intel starts to put the brakes on releases
Woman receives Sprint wireless broadband bill for $14,062.27
WordPress vs. an army of clunky content management systems
WorkLight aims to secure Facebook inside enterprise
WorkLight secures Facebook for enterprises
Worried about your medFICO score?
Would you let Microsoft snoop on your computer usage in exchange for free software?
Writer's Cafe is slick, cross-platform software for all writers
Xbox Live - The Unbanning
xkoto's GridScale virtualizes data access
XP on OLPC: Microsoft's gambit to stay in the emerging market conversation
Yahoo Answers scarier than Wikipedia
Yahoo's eBay ad trips up Yahoo Mail
Yamanaka reopens stem cell debate
You know what? Software's not sexy. Get used to it.
You won't believe these two Patents Apple iPhone is getting sued over
Your best work for a chance at cash and prizes
Your XO laptop is about to land
YouTube video of iPhone vs. Nokia 61i: guess which wins!
ZDNet 2007: What the tag cloud tells us
Zero Day's most discussed post of 2007
Zero Day's most popular posts of 2007
Zero-day flaw haunts HP laptop models
Zoho refreshes its Show online presentation tool
ZoneAlarm toolbar bundle raises a ruckus
ZoomInfo offers evidence of 'controlled circulation' advertising benefit now emerging on the web
Zuckerberg speaks: Lessons learned from Beacon
Zumobi brings a fresh experience to Windows Mobile