How SOA could change the way you buy electricity
Imagine that your appliances could power up or down, in real time, based on up-to-the-minute electricity costs. An SOA-based electricity marketplace proves the possibility.
Co-working: the ultimate in teleworking flexibility
Co-working communities, which combine the relaxed, informal atmosphere of working at home with sociability and cost-sharing of an office, have emerged as …
Buzzblog: ‘Fire blogging’ from the San Diego wildfires
Jim Forbes, a retired tech editor and founding producer of Network World’s then DemoMobile brand, is among the quarter-million evacuees coping with those horrifying San Diego-area wildfires. As you might expect from a mobility expert, he’s filling his shelter time “fire blogging.” And he’s also answered my e-mailed questions about how the people and technology are holding up in his shelter.
World Series ticket sales to resume after Colo. stall
After a 26-hour delay, the Colorado Rockies baseball team will at last be able to sell its tickets for World Series home games at Coors Field.
ID thieves have a 50-50 chance of going to prison
If you’re a convicted identity thief, you’ve got about a 50% chance of avoiding jail time.
Microsoft says next version of NAV not quite baked
Microsoft has delayed the release of the next version of Dynamics NAV, one of its ERP applications for midsize companies, company executives …
Desktop application software is not dead, Microsoft exec says
A top Microsoft executive defended desktop application software, the source of the company’s revenue for three decades, arguing …
Microsoft, Turbolinux to push single sign-on
Microsoft and Turbolinux, a Tokyo-based Linux distributor, are cozying up with a patent cross-licensing deal and agreement to work more …
Enterprise mobility ‘daunting’ but doable
At the CTIA convention that starts Tuesday in San Francisco, participants are discussing enterprise mobility and wireless solutions that deliver to …
