Latest Internet Opinion

• 07 February 2013

• Opinion: How Cloud Computing Is Driven by Mobile, Media and Marketing

  Defenders of enterprise computing are in for a rude awakening. Mobile, media and marketing applications are poised to flock to the cloud, which is far better suited to handle load variability, latency and change management. As end users and executives demand more flexibly business applications, they will soon follow suit.

• 06 February 2013

• Opinion: Remains of the Day: Radio buttons

  iOS may have some radio features up its sleeves, Apple's pimping self-made ebook authors, and if you work in mapping and software, there are plenty of jobs in Cupertino. The remainders for Tuesday, February 5, 2013 are radioactive. Get it?

• 05 February 2013

• Opinion: Aaron Swartz suicide: who's to blame, what happens now

  On January 11 2013 programmer and internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz was found dead in his New York apartment having taken his own life. He was 26 years old. We investigate the circumstances of Aaron Swartz's death, and what happens next.

• Opinion: The one keyboard key you should be using in your browser--but aren't

  Every so often I like to revisit topics I haven't covered for a few years, the idea being that new readers might have missed them the first time around.

• 01 February 2013

• Opinion: How to get Google Voice Search on your PC

  If you own an Android-powered smartphone or use the Google app on your iOS device, it's a good bet you've fallen in love with Google's voice-powered search. It works freakishly well.

• 29 January 2013

• Opinion: Network not work: life without internet

  Could you live without the internet? We certainly can't, and it seems even Google is beginning to rethink its online-only approach with its ARM-powered Chromebook laptops.

• Opinion: Get a free shared workspace for your small business

  I truly believe that effective organization and communication can make the difference between business success and business failure.

• 28 January 2013

• Opinion: As CMOs Grab IT Budget From CIOs, Cloud CapEx and OpEx Shift

  If analysts are correct, and the CMO eventually wrests control of the IT budget from the CIO, then spending on cloud computing will get a lot less predictable and a lot more complicated.

• 22 January 2013

• Opinion: Answer Line: An obscenely slow Internet connection when you're paying for a fast one

  Interronator is paying Time Warner for 20mbps Internet service, but is only getting about .7 (note the decimal point).

• Opinion: How to get started with Google AdWords

  What if you built a website and nobody came? Simple answer: Start an ad campaign using Google AdWords. AdWords is a daunting and complex system, but it really isn't that difficult to start using. Even with a budget of a dollar a day, the service is worth trying to see if you can generate traffic to your site.

• Opinion: How to fix jerky YouTube video in Google Chrome

  Lately I've noticed that whenever I play a YouTube video on my PC, it's jerky. Choppy. Call it what you will--it's really frustrating.

• 18 January 2013

• Opinion: Remains of the Day: Without a map

  An explanation for some (but not most) of Apple's mapping woes, Google's CEO exhibits l'esprit d'escalier on a massive scale, and you could be the voice of Siri. The remainders for Thursday, January 17, 2013 are lost in translation.

• 14 January 2013

• Opinion: Six quick Safari tips

  Little things mean a lot--especially when tiny tips save time. Ramp up your Web-browsing skills with these speed-friendly techniques for Safari 6.

• Opinion: Gartner Cloud Computing Magic Quadrant Pits AWS Against the World

  Say what you will about Gartner Magic Quadrants, but there's little doubt that IT organizations use them to evaluate technology. The firm's last two analyses of the cloud service provider place Amazon Web Services head and shoulders about the rest. Will other CSPs adapt--or die?

• 12 January 2013

• Opinion: Television ancestors

  If you've watched all the modern TV there is to see, maybe it's time to take a look at some of the shows that inspired your favorite television. This week we look back at some of the shows that inspired the modern TV landscape and some of the programs where your favorite stars and creators got their breaks.

• 11 January 2013

• Opinion: Firefox 19 enters beta with a native PDF viewer and extra ARMv6 support

  "You can't stop progress," as the old saying goes, and that's just as true in the Firefox project as it is elsewhere in life.

• 04 January 2013

• Opinion: Print Friendly for Chrome optimizes Web pages for printing

  To paraphrase Forrest Gump, printing Web pages is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're gonna get.

• 19 December 2012

• Opinion: 5 Cloud Computing Trends That Will Be Big in 2013

  Will 2013 finally be the year executives stop worrying about cloud security and actually start looking at their bills from cloud service providers? Columnist Bernard Golden thinks so. He has four other cloud computing predictions for 2013, too.

• 18 December 2012

• Opinion: How to get started with DLNA

  What the heck is DLNA and why you should care about it? I'll keep this simple.

• 14 December 2012

• Opinion: Is Internet Explorer leaking sensitive information?

  Do you use Internet Explorer? If you do, hopefully you've already applied the updates from Patch Tuesday earlier this week. But, even if you did it seems your browser might still be vulnerable to a potentially serious issue.

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