Neal Weinberg
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Neal Weinberg is a freelance technology writer and editor. He can be reached atneal_weinberg@idg.contractors.
DXG DXG-711 digital camera
或者，正如该公司在其营销材料中所说的那样，它的目标是“中期和入门级数码相机的主流中期和晚期”。我不确定这是什么意思，但是DXG-711易于使用，有趣和轻巧...
Canon PowerShot A650 digital camera
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.
Nokia E65 smart phone
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 the time and is...
Epson Stylus Photo RX680多功能照片打印机
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.
LG Muziq (LX570) cell phone (Sprint network)
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 when the...
IPv6 D-Day is coming up fast
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 virus software
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, the Kaspersky Lab...
Gartner: IT will waste $100 billion on network overspending
IT will waste an estimated $100 billion over the next five years by overspending on network products and services.
Microsoft Vista: Wait 'til 2008
Microsoft's Vista is expected to ship early next year, but companies shouldn't even think about deploying the new operating system until well into 2008, Gartner analyst Michael Silver says.
Matt vs. the volcano
Reventador, located in northern Ecuador, is an active volcano. In 2002 it erupted with such massive force that it blanketed Quito, Ecuador's capital city 60 miles to the west, with a layer of ash so thick the airport had to shut down....
Making headway on ID management
Rolling out a complete identity management system is virtually impossible today, given the immature state of tools, frameworks and standards available. That doesn't mean you can't tackle discrete pieces of the identity management...
Users make headway in identity management
SAN FRANCISCO -- Rolling out a complete identity management system is virtually impossible today, given the immature state of the tools, frameworks and standards available. That doesn’t mean you can’t tackle discrete pieces of the...
Security concerns could slow RFID
RFID will someday revolutionize business, but that won’t occur until serious security issues are resolved.
Living on virtually
A late industry analyst's life is celebrated online.
Gartner event focuses on security
With many keeping one eye on Hurricane Wilma churning off the coast, 6,000 IT executives last week heard Gartner analysts offer their vision on everything from security trends to wireless network directions.
SMB tour kicks off
When attendees were asked to name their top concerns going forward, the list included security, backup and data recovery, wireless networks, VoIP implementations, server upgrades, spam, storage, spyware, securing and encrypting mobile...
Users offer RFID reality check
RFID has great potential, it can bring about fundamental improvements in core business processes, and every company should be engaged in RFID pilot projects. But speakers also agreed that the business case today for RFID is shaky at...
RFID reality check
The first retail item ever barcoded was a pack of Wrigley gum back in 1974, but the Chicago-based manufacturer is not interested in chewing up a lot of internal resources when it comes to RFID. “We don’t want to be the person to drive...
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