Latest From Mark McDonnell
Gartner Predicts the Blogosphere’s Future
December 15, 2006 11:00AM Digg It! Bookmark to del.cio.us Gartner’s new report about blogging predicts that today’s overexuberance will give way to a steady set of some 30 million bloggers around the ...
Microsoft’s Open XML Now a Standard
December 8, 2006 9:54AM Digg It! Bookmark to del.cio.us Microsoft has been pushing hard to get the Open XML format approved as a standard, particularly in light of decisions by members of ...
ICANN Rejects ‘.travel’ Search Plan
December 1, 2006 7:52AM Digg It! Bookmark to del.cio.us As proposed by Tralliance, users who type a “.travel” name that does not exist would get a Web page inviting them to register ...
Spam Levels Up by 80 Percent
As vendors come up with new techniques, spammers do, too. Image spam began popping up a few months ago, and security vendors responded with products that create a “fingerprint” of the message ...
Microsoft and Novell Enter Landmark Linux Partnership
The new deal between Microsoft and Novell is being hailed as a historic agreement that could have major implications for Linux and other open-source software. If all goes according to plan, Microsoft ...
Review: Gateway CX2620 Convertible Notebook
The coolest feature is the way the large LCD screen rotates 180 degrees and folds back onto the keyboard to convert into a pen-based, handwriting input system. It was easy to cradle ...
Qtrax Goes Legit with EMI Music Deal
June 6, 2006 8:01AM Digg It! Bookmark to del.icio.us Mike Goodman, an analyst at Yankee Group, said that the new incarnation of Qtrax was not all that different from the new, current ...
Toshiba Unveils 200-GB Laptop Drive
June 5, 2006 8:26AM Digg It! Bookmark to del.icio.us “This is a significant breakthrough for the hard-drive industry because the longitudinal recording technology has been extended as far as possible,” said John ...
Monitoring Employee Communications in the Enterprise
The rationale behind monitoring employees is that a computer at work is a corporate tool for enhancing the employee’s productivity. Because some people abuse that privilege by sending personal e-mail and viewing ...
Is It Time To Say Goodbye to Paper Money?
January 30, 2006 7:00AM Digg It! Bookmark to del.icio.us Creating a cashless society in the U.S. with either mobile phones or smart cards would require enormous effort by players in several industries, ...