Vintage geek gift guide

Got a vintage geek in your life? They don't want an iPhone for the holidays. What they really crave is cutting-edge 1970s technology... more

Getting entrepreneurial in 2008

A fond farewell from an intrepid columnist, who exits offering shameless self-promotion for two adrenaline-boosting ventures... more

Morgan Stanley's stocking full of tech trends

Based on big growth in consumer and enterprise tech this year, Morgan Stanley predicts a very happy 2008... more

A cooling economy chills innovation

Big financial services companies will have less to spend on IT, but the real crisis for the tech sector is that VCs are throttling back on enterprise startups... more

Giving thanks where thanks are due

An almost snark-free column in which I express gratitude to the people and companies who actually deserve it... more

Wanted: Some nice German voting software

What do you get when you combine the worst of democracy with the worst of technology? The modern voting machine!... more

My Google phone hangup

Attention CIOs and IT execs responsible for mobile applications: Google is coming to save you!... more

The new lightweight service models: A no-brainer for SMB

Google and Amazon are two of the companies offering Web-based services that let your enterprise focus on its strongest value-added layer... more

Total system disruption, part 2

No one anticipated the scale of the disaster wrought by San Diego County wildfires. After Katrina, shouldn’t the technology to sound the alarm have been in place?... more

BEA vs. PeopleSoft: Top 10 reasons it's different this time

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When humans meet data management

Hard data is more than 0s and 1s; real people, with their real-world behavior, are behind those numbers... more

Don't manage IT like the Titanic

Put engineers in the driver's seat, and don't let nontechnical product managers get in the way... more

Cut through financial BS

Crazy company valuations are back – and it's worth the effort to learn your way around the hype... more

The end of booth-babe culture?

IT isn't immune to the sexism rampant in other industries, but there's something you can do about that... more

Meetup madness: Slumming it in startup land

Odyssey of face-to-face meet-ups rivals golf as a good waste of time... more

Are you the IT guy for family and friends?

As an InfoWorld reader, chances are you're the go-to person. Here's how to keep from spending all your leisure time on other people's problems... more

Change coming? Say it loud

The best thing you can do to increase user satisfaction is to make absolutely sure everyone gets the message when changes are made... more

Kiss and make up with IT?

The Wall Street Journal balances its recent slam of IT departments with a pseudo-apology that does more harm than good... more

Business models: A million ways to pay as you go

In a few years time, what will it be like to buy software by subscription? Consult your mobile phone calling plan for a preview... more

Should IT care about the credit meltdown of 2007?

Memories of the dot-com bust still linger for many of us. This year's credit bust may or may not be so severe for IT, depending on where you work... more