Stories by Robert L. Mitchell

Article | 28/07/2009 A GIS pioneer on the future of mapping technologies
With the founding of ESRI 40 years ago, Jack Dangermond pioneered the business of geographic information systems (GIS). He shares his perspective on h...
Article | 12/05/2009 What Google knows about you
"Google knows more about you than your mother."
Article | 25/02/2009 When good browsers go bad -- and they all do
Jeffrey Zeldman must have thought he'd never live to see the day. Ten years after he co-founded the Web Standards Project, all of the major browser ve...
Article | 29/01/2009 12 tips for managing your information footprint
When it comes to managing personal information online, most people are their own worst enemies. Many of us fail to adequately protect our personal dat...
Article | 28/01/2009 What the Web knows about you
She had me at hello ... or just about. Our conversation had barely started when privacy activist Betty Ostergren interrupted me to say that she had fo...
Article | 26/09/2008 Microsoft demos robotic receptionist
Move over, Laura Croft. At the EmTech08 Emerging Technologies Conference Thursday, Microsoft’s Craig Mundie introduced the audience to “Laura,” a dise...
Article | 11/09/2008 Review: Universal printer drivers from Xerox, HP aren't so universal
If, like me, you travel regularly with your laptop between different locations, you know how annoying it can be to get even a simple document printed ...
Article | 29/07/2008 Reconsidering Vista
OK, it's not perfect. But Windows Vista on a new PC is perfectly serviceable for many users. In some ways, in fact, Vista is a better operating system...
Article | 1/07/2008 It's not Vista: Windows Server 2008 gets nod from IT
It may look like Windows Vista. It shares the same code base as Vista. It even rolls in Vista's first Service Pack. But in terms of customer adoption ...
Article | 1/07/2008 The verdict on Vista
Windows Vista has been slow to catch on in business. Could Windows Server 2008 ride to the rescue? The new server operating system shares the same cod...
Article | 1/07/2008 The great 32-bit turnoff
Don't say you weren't warned. Your 32-bit Windows applications are going the way of analog television: Unless they're upgraded, in the next few years ...

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