Watch for these software X factor upgrades
The future of IT begins in June, with Apple's Snow Leopard, AMD's Istanbul CPU, and large-scale GPUs
Sun's vision to standardize IT
By giving away software that might otherwise be used to shackle customers, Sun earned customers' trust -- and pointed to a more meaningful way of delivering technology
Can you fix it? Yes, you can
Instead of service plans, buy spare parts. Instead of new systems, invest in CPU and memory upgrades.
Rich online apps can learn from the old IBM 3270 terminal
Whether they run on your server, in your hand, or in the cloud, remote applications should favor reliability over a desktop look. The good apps can go for both
Unix. IT should ask for it by name
Would you rather have a vendor's promise to interoperate with competitors' systems, or a contract obliging them to do it? Unix is the contract
Where does Intel's Nehalem get its juice?
Etched somewhere in Intel's new quad-core CPU are the origins of a massive speed boost for Apple's new Mac Pro
Taking AJAX literally makes lousy Web apps
As little as possible should be the rule for JavaScript, which must play a supporting role to CSS and HTML
AT&T U-verse turns the triple play
It's no mean feat to get the Internet, telephone, and entertainment combo exactly right, but AT&T may have the formula
AMD's six-shooter is loaded and ready
AMD's next big thing for servers is the Istanbul six-core Opteron CPU; it's much more than the sum of its cores
Self-guarding storage for ultimate server security
Thousands of dollars of security software can't guard against local threats as well as a $3 chip can
Viewers respond to video: The power of 'emotional metadata'
Nothing tops video's ability to teach, sell, sway, or convince. Streaming video players can tell you whether your message hits home -- and how viewers react to it
AMD spins Moore's Law in IT's favor
Does Moore's Law of rising transistor density necessitate disruptive system reengineering? AMD thinks not
Windows 7 beta uses trickery to fix Vista compatibility
Microsoft is determined to make Windows 7 a much cleaner upgrade than Vista, even if it has to tell a few lies to do it
The key to the next economy
Everyday visionaries and information technologists will rebuild the collapsed economic house of cards
The ABC's of CES
CES is filled with companies looking to cash in on the global public's desperate need for fun
Apple won't be missed at Macworld Expo
Here's to future Macworld Expos featuring keynote speakers who don't have to walk eggshells to avoid alienating Apple
Parallelization is next performance horizon
Parallel execution, streaming, batching, and coprocessing will blast through architectural bottlenecks to pull next-frontier performance out of mainstream hardware
When in trouble, can your phone find you?
In an emergency, knowing where you are is paramount. Your phone can save you if you know its limitations
After building up and out, it's time for in and down
Big, hot, loud servers waste a lot of time doing what efficient, DC-powered black boxes can do. The next step in the virtualization cycle is vacation.
Is the BlackBerry Storm doomed for lack of Wi-Fi?
RIM's design-out of Wi-Fi dooms the BlackBerry Storm in the same way that lacking essentials have buried the iPhone 3G and Wii -- not at all.
