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So Microsoft is rolling out this new search engine called Bing. It's Microsoft, and it's a search product, so of course it's big news. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was impressed by a Bing d... More >
I've got hideous feet. I don't blame genetics, I blame the scars caused by my long-ago tendency to wear "fashionable" shoes even if my feet bled, blistered and otherwise rebelled. Style was all I car... More >
Though the economy is seemingly showing signs of recovery, companies are still spending with caution -- if at all. Innovation is one area where at least some companies appear to be be scaling back th... More >
I'm coming off a long weekend that was preceded by a family emergency that kept me out of the office a few days last week and digging out from a pile of work that accumulated during my absence. So it... More >
Will any IT job look the same in 10 years' time as it does today? Maybe not. It's beginning to look as if a new set of skills will be required for folks hoping to navigate the shifting technol... More >
I'm mildy obsessive. When I get interested in a topic, I sometimes find it tough to let it go. I'm one of those folks who gets a little too interested in cocktail party chatter and ends up monopolizi... More >
Is a CIO by any other name still a CIO? That's a tough question to answer, since so many folks seem uncertain what the heck a CIO does. Some, like Wired's Chris Anderson, apparently think it doesn't... More >
There was plenty of Google Kool-Aid in Google CEO Eric Schmidt's recent addresses to graduates of Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pennsylvania, as evidenced by excerpts on TechCrunch . For i... More >
Nuance is a challenge for journalists. It's tough to offer a nuanced view of dense topics -- and technology topics are among the worst -- without boring the reader to tears. In a recent story, I trie... More >
For every win that seems to promise more enterprises will at least consider adopting Google Apps, there's a worry that seems just as likely to hold them back. Last week I wrote about Google's ... More >
The social media rules recently put out by the Wall Street Journal and its parent Dow Jones are all about control rather than conversation. They hamstring reporters' ability to use channels such as... More >
To the well-known Type A and Type B personality types , we may need to add a Type T (for technologist). In my just-published interview with Robert Austin , one of three authors of "The Adven... More >
I have attention deficit disorder, at least when it comes to my work. I write about lots of different business technology topics. While this keeps my life interesting, my editorial interest also tend... More >
One of my husband's favorite movies is "Cool Hand Luke." He's been known to use its best-known line (No. 11 on the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations of all time ) during... More >
IT gets knocked for seeing technology as an end rather than as a means. It faces frequent criticism for focusing too narrowly on keeping tech gear in perfect working order rather than helping compani... More >
Whether it's social networking, wikis, RSS feeds or blogs, most Web 2.0 technologies are about collaboration. They make it easier for groups -- including those previously not connected to each other ... More >
When times are good, it's easy for Americans to love the global economy. Prices for consumer goods drop when companies move manufacturing overseas, which increases spending power. If companies can re... More >
Is there any doubt that interest in, and thus spending on, cloud computing is on a steep upward trajectory? Not according to Gartner, which projects that spending on software-as-a-service will... More >
Earlier this year I wrote a story for which I interviewed several companies using Google Apps, grilling them about their likes and dislikes .The ease of collaborating with coworkers and with others ... More >
President Barack Obama's announcement that he hoped to end some popular tax breaks employed by multinationals, including tech giants like Cisco, IBM and Microsoft, cerrtainly touched a nerve. Some sa... More >
I just wrote a story about cloud computing , which I opened by citing Nicholas Carr's well-known analogy that it makes about as much sense for most companies to operate a dedicated data center as it... More >
Up until now, much of the tech industry has embraced President Barack Obama. Techies seemed to appreciate his groundbreaking, tech-infused approach to campaigning, a nine-page technology position ... More >
I've never been much for teases and come-ons, but I think that might be changing -- at least here in the blog. The interviews I did for my forthcoming story on corporate blogging were so wide-ranging... More >
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