Opinion

Can you really click ‘No’?

Don't assume you can refuse a license agreement and get an automatic refund if you object to the terms

You can’t hurry love

Many Web sites aren’t designed well for kids

Age differences often overlooked in design

You can stop spam

The problem is so bad that users must work together to plug the widening drain on resources

Gorillas in the mist

Despite Sun's pivotal role in Web services development, Microsoft and IBM are still muscling their rival away from WS-I

Let your people code

Laying claim to every thought that enters your employees' heads stifles open-source development

Virtualizing services

More flexible outsourcing is on the horizon, thanks to Web services and grids

Location, location

Microsoft plots its Web services course with release of MapPoint .Net

From point B to point A

As congestion increases on the 2.4GHz Wi-Fi spectrum, 802.11a WLANs may be worth the wait

Security maintenance

System security is only as good as your vigilance and action — no matter which OS you're running

The next era in enterprise evolution

Utility computing will let IT target investments and act as sector service providers

Fight server overload

F5 Networks' BIG-IP 5000 Application Switch has what it takes to manage the heaviest traffic through the largest sites

Old domain refrains

Complaints against VeriSign's domain registration antics continue to mount, but is the battle still worth fighting?

Tomorrow’s storage

The arrival of voice in the network is driving research into new storage technologies

The realities of utility

The dream of utility computing awaits advances in infrastructure, applications, interoperability, and more

Across the universe

Virtuoso speaks SQL, XML, and Web services, delivering tomorrow's universal server today

Should the Postal Service expand into e-business?

Plan aims to stem mounting losses

J2ME’s future shines

Sun has won the battle for wireless development standard supremacy, but will the company profit?

We can work it out

The architecture of unintended consequences is pointing the way to the future of the Internet, and you can see it now

Google’s new news

If you need an authoritative source for the latest stories, now Google can give it to you

New name, same smell

The CBDTPA, formerly the SSSCA, still potentially puts severe limitations on open-source development

Bargain bloopers

If an Internet price looks too good to be true, it may well be just the kind of deal you want to avoid at all costs

Securing the back end

AppDetective does wonders, but database security doesn't come cheap

Password-by-number

How do you deal with all those pesky passwords and still keep the keys to the kingdom secure?

Avoiding merger fallout

The HP-Compaq merger's impact on IT planning can be mitigated with a little effort

NAS grows up

New tricks set network attached storage on a collision course with storage networks

They call it puppy love

The real reasons for the rise of the CTO

Leading companies recognize that technology choices are also critical business decisions

How an ad-based online company grew in 2001

Guaranteeing sales leads is the key

Reaching for gold

Intel targets enterprise rivals with aggressive, high-end CPU strategy

Storage hierarchies

Lowering storage costs is good, but not when it puts even less important data at risk

Battle of the spectrums

A knockdown, drag-out fight over Wi-Fi access looms with GM and Ford facing Intel and Cisco

Microsoft’s handset war

Cell-phone makers won't buy Windows, so the software giant is trying to bankrupt them

The rebate runaround

Readers complain that Microsoft and other vendors are unfairly restricting payouts on product rebates

Get Mono from .Net?

Ximian CTO Miguel de Icaza is working on a Linux-friendly adaptation of Microsoft's touted platform

Printer protection

Secure network printers and other "smart devices" before they start bad-mouthing your business

CRM fools and their jobs are soon parted

You can't expect CRM to fix poor customer management systems

Careful, Big Brother

Using IT assets to monitor and restrict staff activities can bring unwelcome consequences

The new McNealy?

Sun chief acknowledges the importance of XML, but sees his battle with the big boys over standards as a fair fight

Tricks up his sleeve

Shaped for the network

CommVault Galaxy 3.7 simplifies managing backups across a wide range of platforms and storage devices, but gaps remain

Actio finds its ideal target audience

The best match isn't always the most obvious

The challenges and opportunities of disruptive technologies

Web services bring a significant opportunity for innovation and leadership

File-sharing warnings

Morpheus and other p-to-p file-sharing programs may be hazardous to your network's health

Extending the reach

Sun's Forte for Java 4.0 promises to ease creation of Web services, hybrid systems, and wireless applications

IM, No.1 with a bullet

A recent study shows instant messaging edging out e-mail as a priority for wireless developers

A tale of two vendors

Fibre Channel stalwarts Brocade and McData should focus on simplicity, not bickering

Symbian cell-through

Nokia and Sony are poised to out-market Microsoft in sales of gizmos to 1 billion users

Simplified Web services

BEA's WebLogic Workshop offers developers of all stripes an easier path to building and testing Web services

CTOs have all the fun — and money, too

If you're not a CTO yet, here's an opportunity to make an investment in your career