Changing of the Guard
Perhaps it's only fitting that I picked this week to be my last at eWEEK. When Apple's market valuation surpasses that of Google, when style wins over substance, then maybe it really is time to get out of the game....
IT in the World
August 15, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008 10:34 AM/EST
July 15, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:37 AM/EST
When Government Geeks Go Bad
Talk about wish-fulfillment. An engineer with San Francisco's Department of Technology has locked the city out of its own computer system. Not very smart, though. Apparently he did this as a form of job insurance. It didn't occur to him...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 9:33 AM/EST
When Worlds Collide
What happens when superficial air-heads collide with superficial gear-heads? Someone gets called a jackass. (In case you're wondering, the air-heads are superficial because they're not interested in the substance of the issue and just want to make fun of the...
April 1, 2008
Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:16 PM/EST
Wireless Coverage Doesn't Kill People, Government Regulation Kills People
To say that Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam would rather walk across hot coals barefoot than abide government interference with his business is really putting it mildly. During his keynote presentation at CTIA, McAdam made the rounds of traditional anti-government intervention...
March 17, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008 5:51 PM/EST
It's Still (and always) The Economy
The pundits insist that the economy (softening, weakening, choose your euphemism) isn't going to hurt IT because companies need IT more than ever when times are tough. That's a comforting thought if you're an investor in a big IT company,...
February 28, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:50 AM/EST
An Internet for Bad Guys?
Nick Carr notes that the U.S. Army is using social networking to help wage war. Citing an article by David Talbot in Technology Review, Carr also points out one obvious fly in the ointment: "cheap, simple Web-based systems are also...
January 23, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:31 AM/EST
Talking Ourselves into Recession
Did you ever have such a good night that you felt you had some kind of comeuppance coming to you in the morning? Or had such a string of good luck -- in both love and cards -- that you...
November 26, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007 12:13 PM/EST
iPhone Safety Risk
There's been a lot of talk about how the iPhone could create security risks for the enterprise, but I don't think this is what people had in mind: The cabbie taking me from Logan airport to our quaint offices in...
October 22, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007 9:32 AM/EST
The Price of Liberty: $30
What price liberty? You can have it for free, with strings attached, or you can have it for $30 per book. Google and Microsoft say they want to make all of the world's information available to all, and why should...
September 29, 2007
Saturday, September 29, 2007 11:13 AM/EST
Who's Accountable in the Gap Data Breach?
Incredible. It seems like the Gap did everything right. It used an experienced third-party vendor to manage job applicant data. It insisted that the vendor use encryption to protect that data in case of loss or theft. Seems like...
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