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Operating Systems

I don't want to use Windows anymore

Christopher Dawson: As I am forced to turn more attention to ensuring that my Windows PCs stay malware free and I watch my *nix computers hum along happily, I'm struggling to see a good reason to stick with the Windows platform.

Companies

Dell: How bad is it?

Larry Dignan: Dell's fiscal third quarter isn't expected to be pretty. The only real question is where Dell's quarter falls on the ugly scale.

Security

US Army bans USB drives

Ryan Naraine: Under sustained attack from what is described as a rapidly spreading network worm, the U.S. army has banned the use of USB sticks, CDs, flash media cards, and all other removable data storage devices, according to a report.

IT Management

Metrics of open source success

Dana Blankenhorn: For two generations now those who work with or on computers have seen money as the main metric of success. By "money" we mean Paris Hilton money.

Enterprise Hardware

AMD's Phenom II show overclocking potential

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: After initial overclocking disappointment with the Phenom, AMD has put effort into giving the Phenom II a fair amount of overclocking overhead.

General News

Towards a World Wide Grid?

Roland Piquepaille: The g-Eclipse project aims to build an integrated workbench framework to access the power of existing Grid infrastructures.

Enterprise Software

Sun updates NetBeans with PHP support

Sun introduced a version of the open-source NetBeans integrated development environment (IDE), with expanded support for web and Java software development.

Web Technology

It's official: No IE 8 until 2009

Mary Jo Foley: After one more public test build early next year, Microsoft plans to release the final version of Internet Explorer 8 in calendar 2009.

Communications

iPhone 3G coming to Walmart, Sam's Club

Andrew Nusca: Walmart will begin selling Apple's iPhone 3G on December 28th in select locations, eventually expanding to 2,500 stores, according to a report.

  • Linux and Open Source

    Dana Blankenhorn & Paula Rooney

    Covering all aspects of the shared software, shared processes business model, including open spectrum, an open Internet and the implications of open source values on politics and society.

  • Managing L'unix

    Paul Murphy

    A free-ranging daily blog on issues related to Unix - including Linux, BSD, and Solaris - with a particular focus on enterprise-level decision-making.

  • On Sustainability

    James Farrar

    James Farrar focuses on the business balance between financial performance and social-environmental impact.

  • Rational Rants

    Mitch Ratcliffe

    "Mitch Ratcliffe blogs about the constantly changing boundary between media and life, the businesses that live on that border, and the meaning of all this change to society and the economy.

  • Service Oriented

    Joe McKendrick

    SOA promises many "-ilities": greater agility, flexibility, and reusability. Joe McKendrick explores the challenges and opportunities with SOA, and how to capitalize on this new computing philosophy.

  • Smartphones and Cell Phones

    Matthew Miller

    Professionals are doing more today on the go than ever before. Matthew Miller provides you with news, commentary and in-depth reviews of the latest in mobile gadgetry running Windows Mobile, S60, Palm, BlackBerry, and more.

  • Software & Services Safari

    Brian Sommer

  • Software as Services

    Phil Wainewright

    In the best-informed blog on software-as-a-service and on-demand business applications, Phil Wainewright cuts through the vendor spin, analyzes the trends to watch and adds his thought-provoking insights.

  • SOHO Networking

    Sean Portnoy

    Get the latest news and expert views on new wireless networking products and services, plus tips on how to optimize your SOHO network.

  • Storage Bits

    Robin Harris

    Storage is what makes a computer your computer. Robin Harris writes about storage and other tech with a focus on the SOHO/SMB market. And fun stuff, too, like PS3 supercomputers and Google's technology.

  • Team Think

    David Greenfield

    David Greenfield delivers practical information about tools and technologies that enable organizational teams to work more effectively with one another.

  • Tech Broiler

    Jason Perlow

    Irreverent, unapologetically arrogant and uncensored, IT Professional Services industry veteran Jason Perlow muses on a cornucopia of topics on all matters of Information Technology.

  • The Apple Core

    Jason D. O'Grady & David Morgenstern

    Apple technology keeps gaining respect in the executive suite, with businesses and in the data center. Jason O'Grady and David Morgenstern deliver critical news and penetrating analysis that managers need to succeed.

  • The Core Truth

    John Morris

    John Morris delivers straight talk about semiconductors.

  • The IT Grind

    Deb Perelman

  • The Mobile Gadgeteer

    Matthew Miller

    Professionals are doing more today on the go than ever before. Matthew Miller provides you with news, commentary and in-depth reviews of the latest in mobile gadgetry running Windows Mobile, S60, Palm, BlackBerry, and more.

  • The Semantic Web

    Paul Miller

    Paul Miller offers insight and analysis on the Semantic Web, dissecting the news and showing why it matters to the wider business world.

  • The Social Web

    Steve O'Hear

    From Facebook to MySpace, YouTube to Second Life, social software is reshaping the world we live in. Steve O\'Hear provides daily news and analysis of the emerging social web.

  • The ToyBox

    Josh Taylor and Andrew Nusca

    The latest gadgets and gear -- because even busy business professionals need their playtime.

  • The Universal Desktop

    Ryan Stewart

    The technology and business implications of the next generation of software, rich Internet applications.

  • The Web Life

    Andrew Mager

    Capturing the atmosphere of the Silicon Valley tech experience.

  • Tom Foremski: IMHO

    Tom Foremski

    Former Financial Times reporter Tom Foremski writes about Silicon Valley business trends and the intersection of technology and media.

  • Virtually Speaking

    Dan Kusnetzky & Paula Rooney

    Virtualization is a mix of technologies that is changing how datacenters use standard systems. Dan Kusnetzky examines this hotly competitive market and weighs the strengths and weaknesses of each supplier.

  • ZDNet Education

    Christopher Dawson

    News and analysis on IT and computing in the education sector.

  • ZDNet Government

    Richard Koman

    Richard Koman delivers news and analysis on IT and enterprise computing in city, state & federal government.

  • ZDNet Healthcare

    Dana Blankenhorn

    Covering all areas of medical technology, and the public policies under which they're paid for. From networked systems and electronic medical records to gadgets, breakthroughs, and research.

  • Zero Day

    Ryan Naraine, Dancho Danchev & Adam O'Donnell

    Staying on top of the latest in software/hardware security research, vulnerabilities, threats and computer attacks.

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