Latest From Michael Smith
MySpace Age Verification Bill Proposed
March 8, 2007 12:46PM Under the MySpace age-verification bill spearheaded by Connecticut State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, social-networking sites that fail to verify ages and fail to obtain parental permission to post ...
New York Mulls iPod Ban on City Streets
New York Senator Carl Kruger’s proposal to ban gadget use on the streets of major New York cities is based on the notion that he calls “iPod oblivion,” which Kruger says leads ...
Apple: Don’t Upgrade to Vista Just Yet
February 5, 2007 9:32AM Digg It! Bookmark to del.cio.us Apple is offering some advice it hopes will improve the experience for customers who do decide to upgrade from Windwos XP to Windows ...
The I.T. Burden of Software as Service
Suppose your company has a payroll of 5,000 or more employees divided into 10 departments and each department uses between four and 10 SaaS applications. I.T. is dealing with, at the low ...
Samsung Develops Marathon Fuel Cell
Samsung expects to release the new fuel cell for mass production by the end of 2007, and has begun research on a second, smaller fuel cell that can use only a coffee ...
Stopping Today’s PC Spies at the Gate
“If you want to avoid spyware, there are certain parts of the Web you should stay away from,” says Dave Cole, director of Symantec Security Response. “They’re the dark alleys of the ...
Open Source Unlocks Options for SMBs
“There is definitely more interest among SMBs in Linux and other open source solutions,” says Michael Dortch, principal business analyst and I.T. infrastructure management practice leader at the Robert Frances Group. “These ...
Open Source Matures for Business Roles
“From now on it’s really all about mainstreaming,” says Michael Dortch, principal business analyst and I.T. infrastructure management practice leader at the Robert Frances Group. “It’s not about open source vs. proprietary. ...
Review: Writeboard Online Writing Software
June 14, 2006 8:35AM Digg It! Bookmark to del.icio.us The collaboration tools are simple but effective. Click a link at the bottom of the page to add a comment and Writeboard adds ...
The New Fuel That Will Shape the Future
If, hypothetically, all U.S. cars ran on 100 percent corn-based ethanol, and if one Ivy League professor’s analysis is correct, then 97 percent of the entire country’s land area — including real ...