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On Friday Apple released its "Tiger" operating system into the marketplace. Borrowing heavily from what we had seen in Longhorn (Microsoft's next version of Windows) last year, Tiger is an impressive piece of work. I'm not one of those who thinks that using a competitor is a bad idea, particularly i...
It's not a bird or plane, it's the "stratellite," a huge broadband blimp announced this month. It will make high-speed Internet junkies gleeful, leave broadband competitors fearful, and tell policymakers to ignore warnings of an imminent broadband monopoly. Some might be surprised to learn that any...
Apple currently enjoys a market position that they haven't had since the beginning of the PC era. I often wonder if the Microsoft folks chuckle about the problems Apple is having as a result, problems that Microsoft has enjoyed for some time. When you dominate a segment, like Apple does with the iPo...
SBC and AT&T announced plans to merge in February, but some states are hesitating to approve the marriage and some advocates want the relationship to end. This uncertainty is bad for consumers because if technology companies can't control their business plans, freedom and choice will suffer. Ou...
For too long now we've seen security threats have a negative impact on internal networks, and as a result, a harmful effect on employee and company productivity. And for far too long, enterprises of all sizes have neglected to focus enough resources and energy on securing these valuable internal net...
I've been looking back this week and recalling almost a decade ago when a little company called Netscape prematurely slapped Microsoft upside the head and by so doing better positioned Microsoft for the future. Granted, I'm sure Microsoft would have loved to avoid the related litigation that contin...
Today is tax day, but those who think this expensive event only comes once a year should examine monthly phone bills and beware of recent actions by greedy bureaucrats. Anyone who's ever taken the time to inspect their landline or wireless phone bill will know that, on top of the price of service, t...
Consumers around the world are becoming increasingly concerned about the trustworthiness of e-commerce. They may have good reason: Cases of identity theft appear in the daily headlines, and we are only now starting to understand exactly how difficult it can be to restore one's name and credit rating...
Canadians concerned about attempts to have Canada's Copyright Act re-written to suit the entertainment industry's desires are marshaling their efforts to make sure it doesn't happen. Member of Parliament Peter Julian has introduced "Petition for Users Rights" signatures in Canada's Parliament. More ...
With the passing of Pope John Paul the II comes an opportunity to look back -- as well as ahead -- at the kinds of technological changes that can occur in 30 years. In the late '70s we didn't have cell phones or GPS navigation systems; cloning people was the stuff of science fiction stories; and IB...
Transmeta makes for an interesting Silicon Valley case study. The net of its announcement last week is that it will continue to be with us indefinably. This company has an amazing history, and its story demonstrates the opportunities and mistakes that can surround a high-profile startup in Silicon V...
Following a trend burning across the nation, San Francisco's Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently approved US$300,000 for a feasibility study on whether the city should add broadband to its utility services. This move toward government-run communications systems is dangerous for a number of reas...
Google is being sued by French news agency Agence France-Presse for using AFP photos and news stories in the Google News listings. That's a bad break for Google and now, to make things worse, p2pnet.net is joining AFP in suing not only Google, but also Yahoo and any other news aggregation services i...
"Beta release." These two words are attached to more and more software releases these days -- and not open-source products, either. It seems almost everything Google releases, for example, is first introduced in beta version. Analysts said even Microsoft has now officially jumped on the beta bandwag...
Every year, the RSA security conference convenes in San Francisco to discuss the latest technology and issues involved in information security. The event still feels a bit like pre-tech-bubble days, with free gizmos galore, but the topics, such as identity management, looked to the future. One of th...
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