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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...

September 6, 2007

Thursday, September 06, 2007 10:27 AM/EST

Subprime Crisis to Crunch IT?

No one is really sure what impact the subprime lending crisis will have on the rest of the economy. Jean-Philippe Cotis, head economist of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, noted yesterday that it's still too early to tell...

August 28, 2007

Tuesday, August 28, 2007 9:43 AM/EST

Cabbies Reject 1984-type Rules

As a native New Yorker and a onetime (short-time) cab driver, I have very mixed feelings about cabbies. I usually defend their behavior because I understand the stress and challenges that the job entails, but I also understand why people...

August 17, 2007

Friday, August 17, 2007 11:34 AM/EST

PowerOf Arrogance

eWEEK Senior Writer Renee Boucher Ferguson has uncovered a case of infuriating management arrogance at TIAA-CREF. When IT problems crop up at a big company, you know it's a management issue rather than an IT issue. And we've all seen...



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