EHarmony living out a storage-project dream
Hey, storage pros! What if you were given a blank slate upon which to create a storage system for a rising, successful dot-com heavily involved in supporting user-generated content? What storage...
View ArticleFatal mistake? Microsoft's cavalier disregard for its customers
When Computerworld reporter Gregg Keizer broke the story over the weekend that Microsoft had a 19-hour server outage that caused the WGA validation of many Windows Vista and XP users to fail, resulting...
View ArticleWindows XP or Vista?
There are two main types of Windows users in the world. Which kind are you: Windows XP or Windows Vista?
View ArticleMacBook Air: Ethereal or Unrealistic?
The day is coming when Apple learns that creating a big splash with new product is not entirely about surprising your prospective customer base. Wowing people is a good thing. But making a product they...
View ArticleAn Object Lesson
Today was a tough day, but one that drove home an important object lesson.
View ArticleEating My Words on the MacBook Air
The first installment of a long-term review, in which your author tries out the product and finds that he's willing to put up with some inconveniences for the MBA's surrealistic and luxurious thinness.
View ArticleWindows 7 Pre-Beta Early Reactions
We probably shouldn't get ahead of ourselves, but Microsoft has hit a home run with the pre-beta of Windows 7. The biggest surprise is that it feels unbloated and fast.
View ArticleFast first impressions of Windows 7
I’ve got to eat a little crow on this one. When Windows 7 RC1 came out, I began to detect a trend I’ve seen with many other Windows development cycles — the layering on of bloat. RC1 was noticeably...
View ArticleA love-hate relationship with iPad and iOS
{EAV_BLOG_VER:fc4740d210f47bf9} From the moment I downloaded my first app for Apple's iPad, I was addicted. I spent hours and hours the first couple of months downloading and trying apps, and testing...
View ArticleKindle Touch review: A dramatic improvement over the Kindle 3
I ordered the new $139 Kindle Touch "without special offers" as soon as it was offered and received it on November 16. After opening the box, my first impressions were positive. The Kindle Touch is...
View ArticleScot Finnie: The continuing evolution of Computerworld
On June 23, we will publish the last print issue of Computerworld. It was 47 years ago, almost to the day, that Computerworld's very first issue rolled off the presses: June 21, 1967. The newspaper's...
View ArticleOut with the old, in with the new
Welcome to the new Computerworld. Before your eyes is a completely reimagined, redesigned and re-architected website. The editors are working with an entirely new suite of content-creation tools. It's...
View ArticleMicrosoft awakes
We may be witnessing the beginning of a turnaround for one of the mainstay companies of the IT industry: Microsoft. And by turnaround, I don't mean financially. Microsoft is a prodigious revenue and...
View ArticlePremier 100 IT Leader: Ram Reddy
Ram Reddy espouses a business-first approach to IT. He believes that business needs must be thoroughly investigated, and business processes charted and understood, before anything else is considered....
View ArticleScot Finnie: It’s all about business value
The initiatives that many of this year's class of Premier 100 honorees have handled so well amount to IT 101, really. Building or acquiring IT systems that meet business needs. Implementing technology...
View ArticleThe first 29 days of Windows 10
Windows 10 upgrade installations aren't for the helpless. As a longtime Windows reviewer -- and even though I defected to the Mac some time ago -- I don't qualify as helpless. Still, it's surprising...
View ArticleDragon for Mac 5: Despite bugs, an upgrade worth making
My first Dragon for Mac 5 installation experience wasn't pretty. I've been using Nuance's Dragon for the Mac for several years and experience has taught me that with any major new version of the...
View ArticleLong-term review: The Dell XPS 15 Touch is the laptop to beat
The recently introduced series of Dell XPS 15 9550 Touch and Non-Touch laptops has been getting a lot of attention. These devices are loaded with high-tech goodness -- in fact, there's no doubt in my...
View ArticleHas Google finally found enterprise religion?
Google I/O can be mystifying to someone with an enterprise IT perspective. Google's two-hour keynote to its annual company developer outreach (and technology roadmap) event featured a new...
View ArticleThe 'Late 2016' MacBook Pro isn't exciting, but still leads by example
What should you take away from the long, long wait for Apple's new 13-in. and 15-in. MacBook Pros and the fact that they're relatively pedestrian? For one thing, they might not be as pedestrian as...
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