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Rumors that Apple is going over to Intel were discounted last month, but the company reportedly plans to announce today that it will start using Chipzilla's microprocessors and phase out IBM's. Apple plans to use Intel chips, "in lower-end Macs such as the mini in mid-2006, and higher-end models suc...
Computex in Taiwan is the showcase for technology coming out of, and into, this country. Much like Comdex, it, and CeBIT in Europe, are the shows that have defined high technology throughout the world. The vendor battles here are no less dramatic than the vendor battles were at Comdex, and, strang...
Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) connections to the Internet provide business and personal users with near limitless computing convenience. However, unprotected wireless connections can be more damaging to corporate network security and user privacy than always-on cable connections without firewalls. Securi...
Broadband experts gathered in Washington, D.C. this week to discuss the future of high-speed Internet access. Much of the talk centered on Texas, where a major battle recently took place between telecom companies and cable firms. The focus of the war was a Texas bill that would have allowed telecom ...
President Bush let it be known on April 14 of this year that he does not send e-mail -- not even to his twin daughters -- because he fears his "personal stuff" may be made public. His remarks were made during a discussion of whether his administration is being responsive to requests made under the F...
For several years a number of us have been anticipating the emergence of a Software Labor Union. The argument has not been whether it will emerge but what form it will take. The conditions for forming technology unions have never been better. In many companies there exists a huge difference in com...
Once criticized for unreliability, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is now making headlines for its flexibility. Once accused of being difficult to deploy, VoIP is today being touted for its ease of use and manageability. Indeed, VoIP technology has come a long way in just a few years. The "not q...
Revenge is sweet. Record-breaking box-office receipts came in for the opening of the final installment of the "Star Wars" series this past weekend. Having grossed US$158.5 million from Thursday to Sunday, "Revenge of the Sith" currently stands as online ticket seller Fandango's top-seller for openin...
E3 is the conference to go to if you are into gaming. Computer games, console games, even phone games are here, and the show is all about demos and entertainment. No place else in the world lets you try out not-yet-released titles, see characters and equipment that only exist in the virtual gaming...
Last weekend, hundreds of libertarians and conservatives descended upon Las Vegas to discuss and celebrate freedom. One topic that drew a great deal of interest was the question of whether innovators and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley are really as libertarian as everyone thinks. Back in 2001, tech...
The very first thought that crossed my mind when I saw the new Xbox was that this is probably what would have resulted if the rumored merger between Sony and Apple had been successful. It borrows heavily from design elements common in the most aggressive products from both companies and seems to mis...
R. Hewitt Pate, head of the Justice Department's antitrust division, said this week that he is leaving his post. This gives the Bush administration an opportunity to appoint someone who will ignore empty political grandstanding and make forward-looking decisions on two recent telecom mergers. Both ...
When Princeton University Office of Information Technology policy adviser Rita Saltz learned the MPAA might follow the RIAA in suing students, she said, "My heart and viscera just shrank and chilled." Saltz is quoted in the Daily Princetonian in a story that reveals MPAA boss Dan Glickman has "expre...
A few months ago the Harvard Business Review did a piece on CEOs and pointed out the average tenure of an external CEO was 18 months, which suggests that a lot of CEOs are simply not qualified for the job they were selected for. Recently the HP board came to the conclusion that their high profile C...
Late last month, the British House of Lords approved a so-called "designer baby," escalating the debate over genetic engineering and other body enhancements. Fortunately, the new book More Than Human helps to calm hysterics and explain the issues. Zain Hashmi is a six-year-old boy born with beta th...
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