Features editor
Responsibilities: Feature stories, product reviews, Tech Update page, Management Strategies page, Op-Ed page, Face-Offs.
Past experience: Assistant news editor, Computerworld; business/technology editor, Middlesex News.
How to reach: E-mail.
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Cloudy picture for cloud computing
Apr. 30, 2008
You can call it cloud computing. You can call it grid computing. You can call it on-demand computing. Just don't call it the next big thing - at least not yet.
Botnet economy runs wild
Apr. 10, 2008
Cybercriminals have created a global business with a supply chain that's every bit as organized and sophisticated as that of any legitimate business.
U.S. cyber readiness lagging, panel says
Apr. 09, 2008
Cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated, more organized and more dangerous, according to security experts at this week's RSA show.
Data leakage prevention: Hot technology for 2008
Jan. 14, 2008
How hot is the data leakage prevention market? Well, if the big boys like Cisco, Symantec, McAfee and Trend Micro are snapping up DLP start-ups to the tune of $1.6 billion in 2006, there must be a reason.
802.11n: Hot technology for 2008
Jan. 14, 2008
Now is the time to start salivating over the prospect of deploying wireless access points that promise 300Mbps of throughput. Why now? Because all of the major enterprise WLAN vendors – Cisco, Trapeze, Aruba, Meru, etc. ...
Virtualization: Hot technology for 2008
Jan. 14, 2008
VMware, which created x86 server virtualization and is the dominant player in the market, is absolutely on fire. When EMC bought the company in 2003, VMware revenues were around $100 million a year. VMware's final ...
Two-factor authentication: Hot technology for 2008
Jan. 14, 2008
We've known for a long time that requiring just a user name and password to get on the network or to access personal information on a Web site isn't the tightest security posture, but there weren't a lot of good ...
iSCSI: Hot technology for 2008
Jan. 14, 2008
Bottom line: An iSCSI SAN is cheaper to set up and easier to run than a Fibre Channel SAN. Pure and simple.
8 Hot Technologies for 2008
Jan. 14, 2008
AI gets real
Jun. 23, 2008
10 unsung fathers of technology
Jun. 11, 2008
DXG DXG-711 digital camera
Nov. 19, 2007
Or, as the company says in its marketing material, it's targeting "mainstream mid- and late-adopters of mid- and entry-level digital cameras." I'm not sure what that means exactly, but the DXG-711 is easy to use, fun ...
Logitech MX Air wireless mouse product
Nov. 19, 2007
I don't want a multi-function, super-duper mouse that can start my car, turn on the coffee maker and control my thermostat. Just give me something that moves my cursor.
Canon PowerShot A650 digital camera
Nov. 19, 2007
The coolest feature is a 2.5-inch LCD that folds out and swivels so you can flip it around and see yourself when you're taking shots of you standing in front of someplace interesting or you and somebody else.
LG Muziq (LX570) cell phone (Sprint network)
Nov. 19, 2007
If you're looking for a cell phone for somebody in the Hannah Montana crowd, this could be it. The Muziq is slick, colorful, well-designed and focused on music. (Hence the name.) The coolest feature of the phone is that ...
Wowwee Robotics Robopanda
Nov. 19, 2007
Remember Teddy Ruxpin or Furbies? Robopanda blows them out of the water with a toy that a child can really interact with.
Epson Stylus Photo RX680 multi-function photo printer
Nov. 19, 2007
I found it not to be the fastest machine on the block, but I was quite willing to sacrifice a little speed for amazing picture quality, even at 8- by 10-inch size.
Nokia N95 smart phone
Nov. 19, 2007
But if you've got $400 to spend on a phone/music player/Web browser/e-mail device, the iPhone is light years more cool.
Toshiba Portege R500-S5002 ultraportable notebook
Nov. 19, 2007
The Toshiba Portege R500-S5002 is an ultraportable that doesn't make you give up anything.
Nokia E65 smart phone
Nov. 19, 2007
The E65 is one of the industry's best selling smart phones. In fact, Nokia sold more than 1 million E65s in the last quarter alone. This is a heavy-duty business phone for the power user who needs to be connected all ...
Shure SE 110 sound isolating earphones
Nov. 19, 2007
Should your earphones/headphones cost more than your iPod? That's the question consumers need to answer when they consider these expensive audio accessories. On the one hand, why pay $119 for something that comes with ...
IPv6 D-Day is coming up fast
Jun. 28, 2007
IP addresses under IPv4 will be gone by 2011, expert warns, meaning ISPs and enterprise networks have to upgrade to IPv6 soon.
Kasperskys on cybercrime: Don't blame the Russian mafia and why we need anti-anti-anti ..
Feb. 01, 2007
Russian security professionals Eugene and Natalya Kaspersky dropped by Network World this week en route from Moscow to the RSA Conference in California. In a wide-ranging interview with Features Editor Neal Weinberg, ...
Best (Worst) T-shirts at RSA
Apr. 10, 2008
Cloudy picture for cloud computing
Apr. 30, 2008
You can call it cloud computing. You can call it grid computing. You can call it on-demand computing. Just don't call it the next big thing - at least not yet.
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