Article | 29/01/2010
On24 touts virtual events as alternative to real thing
If you asked 100 random people what they dislike most about attending conferences, it's safe to say "travel," "scheduling," and "cost" would be at the...
Article | 28/01/2010
Early iPad reaction: 'It's just a giant iPod touch'
After hitting a grand slam with the iPhone, Apple can't be too happy with some of the early reaction to the iPad. On message boards, Twitter, blogs, a...
Article | 26/11/2009
Wikipedia loses editors: Crowdsourcing reality check?
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia built on the backs of a seemingly never-ending supply of free labor, is in a bit of a bind.
Article | 20/11/2009
Good vibes for Microsoft 'point-and-click cloud computing'
People who write code for a living have a love/hate relationship with Microsoft. Over the years the press has played up the hate (and the hype), but t...
Article | 9/10/2009
Mac OS X gets thrashed in OS social media face-off
If you were a betting man (or woman), who do you think would win in a social media face-off between the two most widely used desktop/laptop operating ...
Article | 6/10/2009
Google Wave reality check: weighing the challenges
"Google Wave [is] a highly interactive communication environment," intones the official Wave Extension Design Principles document. "As such, it provid...
Article | 28/04/2009
What Facebook vote?
An early morning blog post by Facebook's Ted Ullyot has noted the preliminary results of the site governance vote. About 3/4 chose the new Facebook Pr...
Article | 19/01/2009
Twitter documents Hudson plane water landing
Wednesday night, I took the red-eye back to Boston, and wondered during the safety demonstration: would the passengers on board a commercial passenger...
Article | 24/11/2008
Linden Lab focusing on higher-end systems for Second Life
A senior Linden Lab executive has indicated that Second Life's client software is being developed to take advantage of more powerful computers, but di...
Article | 8/08/2008
MS piggybacks on Olympics fever to boost Silverlight
Olympics fever has taken over the world, and Microsoft has come up with a clever idea to boost the use of Silverlight: Partner with NBC to show clips ...
Article | 4/08/2008
US police show Web 2.0 savvy in kidnapping case
The Boston Police Department has demonstrated its Web 2.0 savvy by using blogging software and online video to highlight the case of alleged kidnap vi...
Article | 10/06/2008
Most important WWDC announcement: GPS on iPhone
The most important iPhone announcement from Monday's keynote presentation at the Apple WWDC wasn't the 3G news. Faster speeds were pretty much a given...
Article | 13/05/2008
Why is Yahoo boosting domain fees by 30%?
Like many people, I "own" a few personal domains for my blogs and a few old business ideas that never got off the ground. And, like many people, they ...
Article | 24/10/2007
Tom Musgrove discusses Blender development
Blender is a popular open-source software package used for modeling and rendering 3-D images. Computerworld recently spoke via e-mail with Tom Musgrov...
Article | 6/10/2007
Sony's PS3 long-term prospects look good, despite Xbox's Halo 3 win
In the wake of last month's hyped-up launch of Halo 3 for the XBox 360, comes the news that the game earned more than US$300 million in sales in its f...
