Opinion

Does Apple really have the greenest notebooks?

Apple and other PC makers are overdoing it when they flash their EPEAT Gold to prove they're green

By Ted Samson

Jul 1, 2009 10 mins

Dell Technology Industry

I see little value in Mozilla’s “See How We Stack Up”

Mozilla shouldn't play the "Get the Facts" comparison game. It's a waste of everyone's time

Browsers Technology Industry

Jun 30, 2009 2 mins

Why margin isn’t a good metric

A product's profit margin doesn't always tell you how a company is performing — at least, not without a lot more context

Jun 30, 2009 3 mins

Less focus on reuse is good for SOA

The value of reuse will continue to drive SOA, but for many, in the wrong direction

By David Linthicum

Jun 30, 2009 2 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development

Windows 7, Snow Leopard, and revisionist history

Microsoft zealots ignore their platform's past in an effort to bash Apple and Mac OS X

By Randall Kennedy

Jun 30, 2009 3 mins

Firefox 3.5 hits general availability

Mozilla's latest browser features a speed boost and HTML 5 capabilities

By Pete Babb

Jun 30, 2009 2 mins

By Mårten Mickos, Zack Urlocker

Computers? Not my job

An IT tale about a tech support call for a printer that wouldn't print — and the reason why

By InfoWorld Anonymous

Jun 30, 2009 3 mins

Data Management

Marten Mickos on effective teams

The former CEO of MySQL weighs on in the principles of building an effective executive team

Jun 30, 2009 5 mins

Careers Technology Industry

OpenOffice.org priority on adding new features vs. fixing bugs

OpenOffice.org developers agree that a renewed focus on fixing bugs is required

Servoy: 90 percent is not enough

CEO Jan Aleman discusses Servoy, his Java-based IDE that can produce desktop and Web interfaces from a single code base

By Martin Heller

Development Tools

iPhone 3G S: Hot or not?

Reports are coming in that the iPhone 3G S gets really hot. Oddly, not mine

By Paul Venezia

Reader rabid: Love, hate, and IE8

The residents of Cringeville weigh in on Internet Explorer 8, for good and ill. Cringely ducks the brickbats and gathers up the bouquets

Browsers Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Peter Drucker on the effective executive

Peter Drucker defined a simple yet powerful set of characteristics of effective leaders

By Zack Urlocker

Jun 29, 2009 2 mins

Simple problem leads to another Adobe headache

What should have been a simple phone call ends up in insults, frustration — and finally a happy resolution

By Christina Wood

Google Voice means Google is now a telephone company

Main use of Google Voice is that all your phones — work and personal, landline, and mobile — are connected

By Mike Elgan

Jun 29, 2009 7 mins

Is Apple’s push notification enough for the iPhone?

The Apple Push Notification Service is a free, simple, and safe way to push data to iPhone apps. It fills iPhone's background process gap, albeit imperfectly

By Tom Yager

PHD Virtual releases free VMware ESX patch downloading software

Patch Downloader 6.0 automates the download of patches for various VMware ESX versions.

Jun 29, 2009 2 mins

Will Larry Ellison eat his words on cloud computing?

Analysts are speculating that Oracle's chief is reconsidering cloud computing, but I suspect it's just more of his infamous bash-to-embrace technique

By whurley

Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Cloud computing and your career

Having trouble ignoring the growing horde of cloud services at the gates? For your own sake, put a few of them to work

By Eric Knorr

Cloud Computing Software Development

Does the ‘hacker ethic’ help or harm today’s developers?

Programmers emphasize independence and entrepreneurship over business processes, development methodologies, and best practices — to their detriment

By Neil McAllister

Jun 29, 2009 6 mins

IT Skills and Training Software Development Technology Industry

VMware continues to push Mac OS X virtualization

VMware Fusion for the Mac gets a maintenance update, but the virtualization application is also going into private beta

Jun 28, 2009 2 mins

When trying to get hired, the answer is more math than preference

If you're going to send a letter, send it directly to the hiring manager and not to HR — but get the conversation started with a call too

Jun 26, 2009 4 mins

IT Jobs

Want the latest greatest Windows ever? Operators are standing by!

Microsoft trims Windows 7 prices in the hopes of convincing people to pony up. Cringely catches a bad case of discount fever.

Small and Medium Business Software Development Technology Industry

Jun 26, 2009 4 mins

Vendor collaboration key ingredient of Eclipse success

Eclipse remains one of the top three examples of meritocratic open source driven by an open community; vendor collaboration makes this possible

Development Tools Open Source

Jun 26, 2009 2 mins

Fail: Four out of five Tyan motherboards

A readers discovers a fatal flaw in his ambitious server-building plans: Faulty Tyan motherboards

By Christina Wood

Jun 25, 2009 4 mins

Dotfuscator expands its functionality

In Visual Studio 2010, Dotfuscator does runtime intelligence and product expiration as well as code obfuscation

By Martin Heller

Jun 25, 2009 2 mins

Development Tools

Zoho Office links with Microsoft SharePoint

The new add-on uses Microsoft's technology to help Zoho better compete with offerings like Google Apps

By Pete Babb

Jun 24, 2009 2 mins

Sour Apple: Steve Jobs and snow jobs

Has the high-tech icon really returned to health and his old job? Apple would like you to think so. Cringely's not so sure

Jun 24, 2009 5 mins

SOA vendors see cloud computing writing on datacenter walls

It's time for SOA vendors to figure out what cloud computing will bring and take away from them

By David Linthicum

IaaS Software Development

Heroku eases Ruby on Rails deployment

Will Heroku drive more adoption of Ruby on Rails?

By Zack Urlocker

Jun 24, 2009 2 mins

IaaS

Eclipse Galileo shoots for the stars

Coordinated 2009 release makes it easier for users to take advantage of new features across 33 different Eclipse projects

Development Tools Open Source

A call to arms: IT must prepare for datacenter regulation

Datacenter operators must unite to prevent senseless regulations limiting CO2 emissions

By Ted Samson

Jun 24, 2009 6 mins

Should device manufacturers make their firmware open source?

Independent film makers have developed a firmware update to Canon's 5D Mark II digital SLR. What should Canon do about it?

No-cost help on virtualization and green IT

Microsoft provides some free tools to help you reduce vulnerability to attack, keep you running green, and ultimately save you and your company money.

By J. Peter Bruzzese

What to do when a software vendor eliminates an important feature

When a software vendor changes direction, you may not have a great option or even an adequate one

Development Tools Software Development Technology Industry

Jun 24, 2009 4 mins

IT contract from hell

An IT tale that begs the question, Why won't the boss let me do my job?

By InfoWorld Anonymous

Jun 23, 2009 4 mins

Data Management

Are you an MPC refugee?

What do you do when you discover your computer is one of the many orphaned by MPC?

By Christina Wood

Jun 23, 2009 3 mins

4 SOA myths busted

When it comes to SOA, there is still a lot of misinformation out there

By David Linthicum

Jun 23, 2009 2 mins

Endpoint Protection Microsoft Exchange Technology Industry

Can you manage an iPhone like a BlackBerry?

Apple's iPhone 3.0 OS and iPhone Configuration Utility 2.0 extend the iPhone's enterprise-class management and security features. The InfoWorld Test Center sees how far they really go

By Doug Dineley

Jun 23, 2009 8 mins

Microsoft enters the health care business

Your intrepid blogger draws some politically incorrect parallels between Microsoft's Security Essentials and the push toward universal health care

By Randall Kennedy

Jun 23, 2009 3 mins

Malware

VMLogix brings virtual lab automation into the cloud

The next generation virtual lab automation is going to take advantage of Amazon EC2 cloud technology.

Jun 23, 2009 6 mins

Choosing the right side after an acquisition isn’t always obvious

A merger/acquisition can sometimes make you feel like you're trapped in an episode of "Turf Wars Gone Wild"

Jun 23, 2009 3 mins

A weekend with the iPhone 3G S

A few rainy days were spent moving from the Apple iPhone 2G to the 3G S

By Paul Venezia

Jun 22, 2009 6 mins

Thinking of going into business with a close friend? Think again

There are plenty of reasons not to partner professionally with a buddy, starting with how much you value your friendship

Jun 22, 2009 3 mins

Don’t stop believing in the RIAA’s capacity for evil

Another file-swapping lawsuit, another outrageous verdict. Something's deeply wrong with the laws controlling copyrights

Jun 22, 2009 4 mins

Does Amazon really care about the Kindle?

Which is more important — the razor or the razor blades?

By Zack Urlocker

Jun 22, 2009 2 mins

Rebit claims painless backup

With one small exception, a Rebit appliance offers hands-free continuous backups

By Martin Heller

Jun 22, 2009 2 mins

Data Management

Sun Microsystems opens VirtualBox 3.0 beta program

The latest beta version of the VirtualBox virtualization platform includes virtual SMP and graphics enhancements.

Jun 22, 2009 2 mins