These are the blogs you won't see on the Techmeme Leaderboard, Technorati's Top 100 blogs, or the CruchBase BloggerBoard ... at least not yet. They include VCs, entrepreneurs, coders, experts, and...

In early March, during an annual conference in Seattle, Microsoft announced it was launching Microsoft Office SharePoint Online. While the idea was to provide a lightweight version of SharePoint as a...

The longer I stay in this business, the more I think I should have listened to my mother and become a copyright attorney. Don't get me wrong -- I love digging for dirt and punishing the...

Sanjeev Bikhchandani, CEO and co-founder of InfoEdge, says that IT can help his company with product innovation. In boxing as in business, footwork is everything. And a back step means something...

According to an internal company memo received by CIO.com, Ron Rittenmeyer says he will remain chairman, CEO, and president of EDS even after it is subsumed as a business group by Hewlett-Packard...

Third-party service centers left LG India's clients exposed to the glare of poor support. HQ urgently needed to supervise service staff in remote locations -- before brand loyalty dried up. "The...

These are the blogs you won't see on the Techmeme Leaderboard, Technorati's Top 100 blogs, or the CruchBase BloggerBoard ... at least not yet. They include VCs, entrepreneurs, coders, experts, and...

If the many business-oriented blog and wiki solutions are starting to look like one big blur, you're not alone. Most "Web 2.0 collaboration" vendors give you a departmental wiki that works about the...

As I mentioned last week, Google Docs recently added a new feature that enables you to edit your Google word processing documents offline. In my experience, the feature works well. The free Google...

Hewlett-Packard confirmed late Monday afternoon that the company is indeed in "advanced discussions" regarding a possible "business combination" between it and EDS. Media reports earlier this...

According to an internal company memo received by CIO.com, Ron Rittenmeyer says he will remain chairman, CEO, and president of EDS even after it is subsumed as a business group by Hewlett-Packard...

The first time I worked at a start-up was by accident. I was the executive editor at IDG’s Publish magazine, and they decided to close the publication. The president of my business unit made me an...

Almost one year ago Facebook announced the Facebook Platform, unleashing an assault of applications on unsuspecting users. At first those applications were silly, even bothersome. But now they are...

I'm a confirmed Ubuntu fan, but I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the release of Fedora 9 this morning. Fedora is the community-maintained Linux distribution that's the foundation for Red Hat...

Like many of you, when I cross over into the meat world I find less commonality with my fellow bipeds than I do in this domain of pixels, bits, and broadband. For instance, I'm introduced to parents...

"Because we need our software to work the same on all platforms, our GUI is entirely written in OpenGL. So Windows is already in trouble here, with [its] less-than-perfect commitment to the...

If you've got a Mac with multiple CD/DVD burners--a Mac Pro with two installed drives, or any other Mac with a combination of internal and external drives--you can burn two (or more, perhaps) CDs at...

We all pack appropriate clothing when we leave for a business trip, but most mobile users will still feel naked if they don't have easy, fast access to the Internet. Sure, you can stop at a Wi-Fi hot...

Almost one year ago Facebook announced the Facebook Platform, unleashing an assault of applications on unsuspecting users. At first those applications were silly, even bothersome. But now they are...

So my phone rang one day last week and, naturally, there was a computer on the other end. But this wasn't a political robo-call trying to confuse me into voting for the wrong candidate. This was a...

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 have been parked at Yahoo Small...

One of the joys of being a Web programmer is heading to a dinner party, a haircut, or a reunion and fielding the pitches for everyone's dream for a brilliant Web application. Everyone is always happy...

Overall, IT business leaders are an optimistic bunch. Although the industry is maturing and changing dramatically, most feel they will emerge from this transition successfully. It is difficult,...

If you've ever asked a friend or coworker to call you at a particular time to help you escape an interminable meeting or end a bad date, you're in luck.  Enter your own phone number at a simple...

James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, has experienced "The Great Firewall of China" firsthand, an experience people from around the world will share this summer when the...